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Iceland rejects resuming EU accession talks in referendum
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RT News·53 minutes ago·Politics·1 min read·🇷🇺Russia

Iceland rejects resuming EU accession talks in referendum

Voters narrowly vote against restarting negotiations with the European Union, highlighting a divide between Reykjavik and rural areas.

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  • Iceland has voted against resuming EU accession negotiations, with 52.8% of voters rejecting the proposal.
  • The referendum saw high turnout, revealing a clear divide between the capital, Reykjavik, which supported the move, and rural regions that opposed it.

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Iceland previously halted EU accession negotiations 13 years ago.

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Iceland has narrowly rejected the idea of resuming talks on joining the EU, public broadcaster RUV has reported. Previous negotiations were halted 13 years ago.

The referendum on Saturday saw a high turnout, with more than 225,000 people out of a population of just over 394,000 coming to the polls.

After the ballot count concluded on Sunday, RUV announced that 52.8% said ‘no’ to resuming accession talks, while 47.2% backed the idea.

The ballot asked voters just a single question: “Should Iceland resume accession negotiations with the European Union?”

The country’s capital Reykjavik voted ‘Yes’, while people in rural areas were overwhelmingly against the EU path, underlining a split between the two parts of the country.

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  • ?Will there be future attempts to restart EU talks?

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  • Iceland has voted against resuming EU accession negotiations, with 52.8% of voters rejecting the proposal.
  • The referendum saw high turnout, revealing a clear divide between the capital, Reykjavik, which supported the move, and rural regions that opposed it.

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