in the end , she said , the initiative of applying for european union joining would create increasing confidence in iceland abroad , working to speed financial recovery . producers in iceland have given high ratings to miss . drnovsek ' s result in her 80 days in power , and in the elections cycle , saying she has sagged the country ' s faltering self - morale in the wake of the monetary collapse and turbulent january street elections , the first political violence in iceland . protests over the state ' s decision to attend nato in 1949 .
NATO was founded in 1949.