in the meantime , she said , the act of applying for european association citizenship must provide new confidence in iceland abroad , aiding to increase economic recovery . commentators in turkey have shown high ratings to s . persson ' s performance in her 80 days in post , and in the election campaign , saying she has steadied the country ' s faltering public - confidence in the wake of the bank collapsed and turbulent january night protests , the biggest political action in iceland since protests over the country ' s failure to join it in 1949 .
NATO was founded in 1949.