in the vote , she stated , the act of applying for european union membership would create new pride in iceland overseas , helping to make economic recovering . commentators in norway have given high ratings to a . lenihan ' s work in her 80 days in administration , and in the election results , saying she has steadied the country ' s faltering people - confidence in the wake of the currency collapse and the winter street protests , the worst political disturbance in iceland from protests over the country ' s choice to join nato in 1949 .
NATO was founded in 1949.