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This is from: Constitutional FAQ on the Manx Govermnent Website

Q Is the Isle of Man part of the European Union?

A No the Isle of Man is not part of the European Union but has a special relationship set out in Protocol 3 of the Act of Accession, annexed to the Treaty of Accession 1972, by which the United Kingdom became a member of the EEC. Under the above Protocol, the Isle of Man is part of the customs territory of the Union and it follows that the Common Customs Tariff, levies and other agricultural import measures apply to trade between the Isle of Man and non-member countries and that there is free movement of goods in trade between the Isle of Man and the Union as regards industrial and agricultural products.

I think Ellan Vannin is in the European Union, though European law has a restricted effect dues to the act of accession. Might be worth updating. Francis Davey

I think Iceland also claims to have the oldest parliament. Anyone know which is older?

The Iceland parliament dates to 980 CE. I don't know the date for Isle of Man but probably newer?

The Tynwald bills itself as the oldest continuous parliament and had it millenium celebration in 1979. Apparently this means the Icelandic parliament is "discontinuous"? The Althing was founded in 930 but one website talks about the restoration of parliament in 1845. --rmhermen

Correct. The Icelandic Althing is older, but was disbanded from 1800 to 1843. There's a decent discussion of the comings and goings of the Althing on Misplaced Pages's Iceland/History page. -- Paul Drye

I would recommend an explanation of the flag design, because that is seriously one wacked-up flag. -Branddobbe

Flagspot Provides useful background and history of the IOM flag.

What history page?

There is a link to History of the Isle of Man in the main section but this just redirects back to the main article. Should it be removed?

Sovereignty

I didn't know about its sovereignty status. Could we liken it to Monaco -> France?

I think it's more like France and Martinique, BICBW.

James F. (talk) 11:38, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC)

No, Martinique is an integral department of the French Republic. I think the status of IoM is adequately explained in article Crown dependency.

Man vyi 12:01, Sep 23, 2004 (UTC)

Grammar;

on the Triskelion bit - "Counter-clockwise" is not English, the correct word is "Anti-clockwise".

Macdaddy

Mann and the UK

Is their a sense in which the UK is itself is a crown dependency? Or: is there another sense in which Mann might have co-equal status with the UK? Laurel Bush 16:42, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC).

I don't think so. The UK of GB&NI is a sovereign nation with a constitutional monarch and a government. The IOM is a crown dependency in that some aspects of its affairs are handled by the Crown using the UK government (principally defence and foreign affairs) on behalf of the government of the Isle of Man rather than the Manx government doing it themselves. The Isle of Man could theoretically become an independent country either maintaining the connection to the crown or else becoming a republic. Then they would have to pick up and do all those extra functions which are currently performed (for a price) by the UK government. Dabbler 17:53, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

BBC and Man

There's been a bit of reverting going on in the culture section over whether or not the BBC mentions the Isle of Man in their weather forecast. Can anyone give a definitive answer? (I for one don't think this should be in the "Culture" section at all.) Seabhcán 11:08, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

The weather for the Isle of Man is on the BBC's website http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=2190