Thousands Protest Government’s EU Application Withdrawal

More than eight thousand people protested against the government decision.
More than eight thousand people protested against the government decision to write a letter to the European  Union withdrawing Iceland as an applicant country for membership to the EU. 

The coalition government of the Independence Party and the Progressive Party decided to bypass Alþingi, Iceland’s Parliament, when a decision was made to ask the EU not to consider Iceland as an application country for membership.

Read more in Iceland Review Online.