The president's right to veto would not disappear if Iceland were to join the EU, but it would be limited, according to former parliament speaker Birgir Ármannsson. The EU's "salami approach" in negotiations could, in his opinion, make it more difficult for Icelanders if they want to abandon a potential membership application. "Most of the work of men is now in such a way that it can be reversed," he says, however.
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The president's right to veto would not disappear if Iceland were to join the EU, but it would be limited, according to former parliament speaker Birgir Ármannsson. The EU's "salami approach" in negotiations could, in his opinion, make it more difficult for Icelanders if they want to abandon a potential membership application. "Most of the work of men is now in such a way that it can be reversed," he says, however.