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No fast-track EU entry for Iceland - EU president
Mon, 27th Jul 2009 07:57
BRUSSELS, July 27 (Reuters) - Iceland, which has applied to join the 27-nation European Union, will be not be given a fast-track entry into the bloc, EU president Sweden said on Monday.
'There is no fast-track for Iceland but rather a shorter track because they are already a part of the single market and the Schengen area,' Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt told reporters ahead of the EU foreign ministers' meeting in Brussels.
(Reporting by Bate Felix) Keywords: EU ICELAND/
(Reuters Messaging: bate.felix.reuters.com@reuters.net; Email: bate.felix@reuters.com; +32 2 287 6812)
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'There is no fast-track for Iceland but rather a shorter track because they are already a part of the single market and the Schengen area,' Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt told reporters ahead of the EU foreign ministers' meeting in Brussels.
(Reporting by Bate Felix) Keywords: EU ICELAND/
(Reuters Messaging: bate.felix.reuters.com@reuters.net; Email: bate.felix@reuters.com; +32 2 287 6812)
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