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Iceland votes on whether to resume EU membership negotiations

August 29, 2026 France 24 Europe 1 min read
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Iceland votes on whether to resume EU membership negotiations

Icelanders go to the polls on Saturday in a referendum on whether to resume membership negotiations with the European Union, in a tight race that will be closely watched in Brussels. The country of just under 400,000 people applied to join the EU in the wake of a 2009 financial crisis that devastated its economy. The membership talks were suspended in 2013 when a eurosceptic government came to power.

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