Istorija
The DEEA Delegation (Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, the EEA and the North)
Bilateral relations
The Delegation's earliest relations were bilateral, focused on a single country.
The Parliament established a delegation for relations with Switzerland in 1981, a delegation for relations with Iceland in 1987 and one with Norway in 1982.
In 2010, the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) was established. The Committee originally served as a forum for legislators from the EU and Iceland to review, twice a year, Iceland's progress in joining the EU.
Because Iceland put its EU accession negotiations on hold in 2015, the Committee has decided to meet only once a year. Its rules of procedure will be adapted accordingly in 2018.
European Economic Area
The European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA JPC), which includes a delegation from the European Parliament and one from Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway, was established in January 1994.
The aim of this Committee has been to contribute, through political dialogue and debate, to a better understanding between the EU and the three countries. The Committee also provides democratic control in the fields covered by the EEA Agreement.
Northern Dimension
In 2007, the European Parliament initiated the Northern Dimension Parliamentary Forum, which is the parliamentary extension of the Northern Dimension policy shared by the EU, Russia, Iceland and Norway. The Forum was created through a European Parliament resolution on the Future of the Northern Dimension which underlined the Parliament's "support for the establishment of the Northern Dimension Forum and its readiness to play a full part in it and to host its first meeting".
An initial conference took place in 2007, followed in 2009 by the first full Northern Dimension Parliamentary Forum. Both these events were hosted by the European Parliament in Brussels.
The most recent meeting was held in 2015 and hosted by the Icelandic Parliament.
The European Parliament will host the fifth Northern Dimension Parliamentary Forum on 22 November 2017.
Arctic, Baltic, Barents and Nordic forums
The European Parliament has participated in the Conference of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region and the Nordic Council since 2000, and in the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference and the Barents Parliamentary Conference since 2005.
Generally, the European Parliament has permanent seats in these regional parliamentary assemblies. The only exception is the annual session of the Nordic Council, which the European Parliament joins as an observer.
The European Parliament has met with the West Nordic Council once a year since 2008. This encounter takes the form of an inter-parliamentary meeting and includes representatives from Iceland, the Faroe Islands and Greenland.