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"The EU, which started with six countries, continues its enlargement process, particularly eastwards, with Croatia slated to accede in June 2013. This report concerns the EU’s enlargement to include Iceland, previously the territory of Denmark which, coincidentally, holds the EU Presidency. On 5 December 2011, the European Parliament recommended that negotiations on Iceland’s accession process go ahead. This is a country that is already in the single market and the Schengen area, that has a highly professional government, that is undergoing a financial recovery process already marked by success, as its reclassification by the ratings agencies shows, and that has a team that is very committed to the integration process. There remain some issues to be resolved, particularly as regards fisheries, but in other areas, such as the transposition of EU directives, it is showing itself to be more efficient than many Member States. I voted in favour because it is crucial that Parliament shows its determination to include Iceland, because it represents no financial burden for the EU, and I hope that the Icelandic people will understand the benefits of adopting the euro rather than the Canadian dollar or the yen."@en1
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