in the meantime , she said , the acted of applying for european union entry would create new confidence in women abroad , helping to build economic stabilization . commentators in estonia have giving heavy ratings to dr . sigurdardottir ' s results in her 80 month in office , and in the parliamentary debate , saying she has rebounded the state ' s faltering no - confidence in the following of the currency collapse and turbulent july street protests , the third political violence in iceland until riots over the government ' s invitation to sign nato in 1949 .
NATO was founded in 1949.