Other then Iceland - though Iceland is a country by itself - ,<div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Where to go if and when the non democratically <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereignty">sovereign</a> government of the Treaty of Lisbon becomes increasingly powerful and/or limiting potential for p2p alternatives ?</b><div>
<br></div><div>Latest strengthening of its powers being economic ( example : budgets need to be revised by the EU Council and Commission ).</div><div><br></div><div>List of special status regions within EU :</div><div><br>
</div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_member_state_territories_and_their_relations_with_the_EU">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_member_state_territories_and_their_relations_with_the_EU</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Aland :<a href="http://maps.google.be/maps?q=lemland&hl=en&sll=60.146974,20.335693&sspn=3.041345,7.064209&t=h&z=9"> ( map )</a></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><br>
</font></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85land"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85land</font></a></div>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Autonomy_of_.C3.85land">Autonomy of Åland</span></h2><div class="rellink boilerplate seealso" style="font-style: italic; padding-left: 2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; font-family: sans-serif; ">
See also: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_member_state_territories_and_their_relations_with_the_EU" title="Special member state territories and their relations with the EU" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Special member state territories and their relations with the EU</a></div>
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 13px; font-family: sans-serif; ">The autonomous status of the islands was affirmed by a decision made by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Nations" title="League of Nations" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">League of Nations</a> in 1921 following the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85land_crisis" title="Åland crisis" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Åland crisis</a>. It was reaffirmed within the treaty admitting Finland to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">European Union</a>. By law, Åland is politically neutral and entirely demilitarised, and residents are exempt from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscription" title="Conscription" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">conscription</a> to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_Defence_Forces" title="Finnish Defence Forces" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Finnish Defence Forces</a>. The islands were granted extensive autonomy by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Finland" title="Parliament of Finland" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Parliament of Finland</a> in the Act on the Autonomy of Åland of 1920, which was later replaced by new legislation by the same name in 1951 and <a href="http://www.finlex.fi/en/laki/kaannokset/1991/en19911144.pdf" class="external text" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 102, 187); background-image: url(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; padding-right: 18px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; ">1991</a>.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 13px; font-family: sans-serif; ">In connection with Finland's admission to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">European Union</a>, a protocol was signed concerning the Åland Islands that stipulates, among other things, that provisions of the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Community_Treaty" title="European Community Treaty" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">European Community Treaty</a> shall not force a change of the existing restrictions for foreigners (i.e., persons who do not enjoy "home region rights" <i>(hembygdsrätt)</i> in Åland) to acquire and hold real property or to provide certain services, implying a recognition of a separate <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationality" title="Nationality" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">nationality</a>.</p>
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