Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-04-06-Speech-3-606-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-04-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:2010 progress report on Iceland2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110406.35.3-606-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-04-06-Speech-3-607-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Alf Svensson2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with South Africa (2009-09-30--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AFET (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Israel (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; DEVE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 unknown; Kristdemokraterna (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Iceland is a small nation in terms of its population, with around 300 000 inhabitants, but it is a great nation. I really want to emphasise what has been said here. Iceland has democratic traditions, it has an impressive culture, and it was actually also able to provide social security long before other countries were able to. Clearly, we could get bogged down talking about the economic excesses of 2008, but there have been such excesses in more countries than just little Iceland. It is clear that when a small nation with a population of 300 000 is affected by the unrestrained market economy, there are no inertia effects in the administration. That is something that we should not forget when we talk about a country, an island nation, in the Arctic region. I also understand very well that the Icelanders are interested in fishing. It is also the branch of industry that has made it possible for generation after generation to live on the island. We have to be careful when we talk about a small nation that we do not fall into a kind of big brother role. Iceland is naturally subject to scrutiny by the EU, and I would like to say that it is coping with it better than many current Member States would have done if they had been subject to as rigorous scrutiny as we are now subjecting Iceland to. By that, I do not mean that it is wrong. I also believe that it will be easier for Norway to draw closer to the EU and eventually become a Member if Iceland joins. Iceland should be welcomed. Iceland will breathe life into the EU and it is certainly not a sacrificial offering."@en1
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