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Re:UK triggers the official Brexit process in a letter to EU by meheleventyone on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @02:18PM (#13989074)
Iceland is part of the EEA through EFTA and as such needs to follow much of EU legislation without any real say in what it is. The country is actually split about 50/50 in whether they should continue talks to join the EU proper.

Edit: Replied to the wrong comment. :(

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Re:UK triggers the official Brexit process in a letter to EU by Nursie on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @03:32PM (#13989783)
Sure, but in a lot of matters where Iceland can make a decision, it can be effected by relatively small numbers of people, something I like very much.
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Re:UK triggers the official Brexit process in a letter to EU by pluma on Thursday March 30, 2017 @09:06AM (#13994972)
So basically like how an independent Scotland or England+Wales would interact with the EU, not a post-Brexit UK.
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Re:UK triggers the official Brexit process in a letter to EU by Nursie on Thursday March 30, 2017 @10:55AM (#13995888)
No, I think the point may have been missed - I envy the small size of their democracies and how they are able toneffect change as a result, not their interactions with the EU that stifle the ability of these populations to make change.

E.g. Switzerland's recent attempts to curtail freedom of movement.

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