With Iceland vote, EU dares dream of enlargement ‘success story’

BRUSSELS - No meddling, but fingers crossed: as Iceland votes on whether to resume entry talks with the EU, Brussels is watching from afar in hope the outcome can deliver a rare enlargement “success story” for the bloc.Residents of the small volcanic island in the north Atlantic have until Aug 29 to answer a simple question: “Should Iceland reopen accession negotiations with the European Union?“The country of 400,000 people has wrestled with the issue before: Iceland applied to join in 2009 after a financial crisis devastated its economy.Brussels and Reykjavik spent years in painstaking negotiations, before Iceland ultimately shelved its application in 2015 with a simple letter.Dream candidateThen came Greenland.US President Donald Trump’s threats to take control of the autonomous Danish t