At a meeting of members of his party on 17 May 2008, Geir Haarde said that in his opinion the cost of joining the EU outweighed the benefits, and therefore he was not in favour of membership.
2008年5月17日在一次党内会议上哈尔德说他认为加入欧盟的代价远远超过其优点，因此他不支持加入。