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Iceland refuses EU membership

Iceland has announced it is no longer seeking EU membership.

Foreign Minister Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson said he had informed Latvia, currently holding the EU presidency, as well as the European Commission about the decision.

The government gave no reason for its decision not to join the 28 member bloc.

The North Atlantic country began the membership process in 2009, but afterwards, in 2013, a Eurosceptic party that came to power vowed to annul the membership talks.

It is worth mentioning that the country is already a member of the European Free Trade Area (joined in 1970), as well as a party to the European Economic and the Schengen visa-free travel zone.

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