This sounds like extortion.

By Ron | July 24, 2009 3:38 PM

They should pay it immediately;
it´s only 13.333 euros per capita.

Plus interest of course.

Pay up or perish!

By Van der Galder | July 24, 2009 8:47 PM

dear all,

The question is not if Iceland wants to pay, it is a question how much we can pay and should. Even if the dutch and the UK governments threat Iceland or try to blackmail by trying to block Iceland out of E.U and even worse blocking all investments funding and loans to the starving Icelandic economy, it will not help. Driving Iceland bankrupt because of some stupid internet bank that went bankrupt will definetly not help either. I think the E.U should have helped Iceland through it difficulties rather than trying to sink it, than this had been a complete different story for all.
Yes Icelandic government shears the most responsibility of how things went, the banking system was to big but WHY did people still invest in it? WHY?
And i think the general public in iceland hurts the most that the money was most likely routed throug UK tax-paradises and probably still is there..
The majority of us we want to pay, but how much can we pay needs to be taken into account.

with greetings from Iceland

By Stefan | July 24, 2009 10:14 PM

I´m from Iceland and this 'deal' is that I and the rest of the Icelandic nation will pay of a loan from the Dutch and Brits. Basically, I´m supposed to pay the debts of lowlife scums that ran a PRIVATELY OWNED bank to the ground. Does that sound right to you? It doesn´t to me. No one in Iceland has ever said that the Dutch and Charlies will not be compensated. We want a better deal, which doesn´t require me to pay other peoples debt. Also, the Dutch and British governments are also to blame in this case.

By AKB | July 26, 2009 2:45 AM