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Originally Posted by Osem
The amount in question wasn't a loan was it? In any event it represents an awful lot of money for a country of only 300,000 people - IIRC about half their entire GDP. The strong desire of some powerful politicians there to join the EU might also account for the Icelandic people being given a 'second opportunity' to say yes.....
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actually i don't think it was a loan as such , according to Maggies link it is for monies lost when the banks collapsed ,i know a fair number of UK local authorities lost money they had invested in the Icelandic banks that went under
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Originally Posted by Osem
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will we veto it ?or could we use their membership as a way of getting our money back