Farmers Say No to the EU

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Farmers are preparing to fight against Iceland's membership in the European Union. The Farmers' Association has rejected the reopening of accession negotiations, and in the coming days the Farmers' Association will begin a campaign of meetings around the country to promote their cause.

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Icelandic agriculture would need to receive permanent and extensive exemptions from the EU's agricultural policy, should it join. This is the assessment of the Icelandic Agricultural Parliament, which believes that such exemptions are not available and opposes accession negotiations and Iceland's membership of the EU. All but one voted in favor of the proposal. The Farmers' Association held an additional agricultural parliament today following a…

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The Icelandic Farmers' Association's Agricultural Congress opposes Iceland's accession to the European Union and the reopening of accession talks. The proposal was approved by a decisive majority at a supplementary congress in Reykjavík today.