One diplomat notes that EU enlargement is not in good shape: many countries want to halt the process after Croatia (and perhaps Iceland).

一位外交官指出，欧盟的扩张并未处于一种良好状态：在克罗地亚(也许是冰岛)(加入后)很多成员国希望中止(欧盟扩张)进程。

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Ireland has called for the EU to impose sanctions against Iceland for over-fishing, and talks in September between Norway, Iceland, the Faroe Islands and the EU were inconclusive.

CNN: Iceland fishing for deal on EU quotas

Iceland could then become a formal candidate in late 2009, when Sweden (another ally) holds the rotating EU presidency, and a full EU member by 2011.

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

The commission could rush through a formal positive opinion in six months (Iceland already applies two-thirds of EU laws).

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne