Poll: Majority in Iceland now for EU-membership

[minionofmidas]

Do we want them though?

(We probably would.)

[minionofmidas]

They need to rename the European Union if they are going to let countries that aren't even part of Europe in.

When can we expect the United States of America to do likewise?

"United States of America and North Polynesia". Sounds fine to me.

[minionofmidas]

I think if the question was "Do you want Iceland to join the EU, knowing that this would deprive us of our favourable fishing rights?" the vast majority would be against.

Georgia is certainly European, so I think it's cultural more than anything.

Georgia is unlikely to become a member until they have solved their separatism problems and that won't be any time soon.

Cyprus has much worse problems and it was accepted.

That was due to blackmail.

[minionofmidas]

I think if the question was "Do you want Iceland to join the EU, knowing that this would deprive us of our favourable fishing rights?" the vast majority would be against.

Georgia is certainly European, so I think it's cultural more than anything.

Georgia is unlikely to become a member until they have solved their separatism problems and that won't be any time soon.

Cyprus has much worse problems and it was accepted.

That was due to blackmail.

I don't understand you. Who was blackmailed by whom?
Bono, Georgia actually had a war over both separatist territories about ten years ago, and there are still clashes and high tension. Cyprus has more or less settled down.

The EU was blackmailed by Greece. Cyprus was included largely to prevent a Greek veto of Eastern expansion.

[minionofmidas]

I think if the question was "Do you want Iceland to join the EU, knowing that this would deprive us of our favourable fishing rights?" the vast majority would be against.

Georgia is certainly European, so I think it's cultural more than anything.

Georgia is unlikely to become a member until they have solved their separatism problems and that won't be any time soon.

Cyprus has much worse problems and it was accepted.

That was due to blackmail.

I don't understand you. Who was blackmailed by whom?
Bono, Georgia actually had a war over both separatist territories about ten years ago, and there are still clashes and high tension. Cyprus has more or less settled down.

The EU was blackmailed by Greece. Cyprus was included largely to prevent a Greek veto of Eastern expansion.

Well, Cyprus also had a much better economy than some other countries which joined recently.

Yes... not the point though. The EU wouldn't have saddled itself with that boundary dispute if it wasn't for the, ahem, specific political circumstances.