Iceland EU Presents Questions on Membership Raw Video

Description: European enlargement commissioner Olli Rehn visited Iceland on Tuesday to discuss the country's bid for membership of the European Union. From EBS: 08/09/2009 - Meeting with HE Mr. Össur Skarphéðinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs - Meeting with HE Ms. Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Prime Minister Stjórnarráðið v/Lækjargötu - Meeting with HE Mr. Steingrímur J. Sigfússon, Minister of Finance 00:00:00 Wide shot of the city of Reykjavik, Iceland 00:00:09 General view of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Reykjavik 00:00:13 Meeting of Olli Rehn, Member of the European Commision with Foreign Minister of Iceland, Ossur Skarphedinsson 00:00:17 Cutaway (1 shot) 00:00:22 Speech of M. Ossur Skarphedinsson (EN) : "Olli, I have just told them about our meeting and that you are here formally to deliver all the questions that we have to answer and I have also emphasized the ambitious timeline that we have and so far, with any miraculous we have managed and that depends on ourselves to deliver the answers." 00:00:42 Cutaway public (1 shot) 00:00:46 Speech (EN) EU Commissioner Olli Rehn: "We will expect responses to our questions, answers to our questions, in a due course and of course, we'll want to see these answers smoothly and rather rapidly and of course over high quality, so that we have a better picture, we have a reliable basis on which we can present a factual and objective assessment of Iceland's ability to carry the obligations of EU membership which is the matter of this phase." 00