In my opinion, this gives Icelanders all the benefits ensuing from it, but they have no costs connected with EU membership.

220

It's an awful thing and I take it very seriously.

218

We would definitely vote for it [Iceland's EU entry].

214

I explained to the prime minister [Asgrimsson] that for the Czech Republic it was no choice, but necessity.

208

By no means can the hospitals work the way they used to work. If someone believes that they can, I think he or she is very wrong.

187

It is such a delicate part of Czech history that it cannot be done without consensus on it in the Czech Republic.

121

We found no compromise. This uncertainty can escalate rather than calm down the political situation.

115

Nonsense. I would like to say, quite formally and clearly, that my government would never allow something like this.

107

For the Czech Republic, EU entry was necessary for historical and geographical reasons. But I would almost say that to be a part of the economic side of European integration process is sufficient for Iceland.

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