Iceland Set to Reject EU Entry Talks in Tight Referendum

Icelanders are on track to reject reopening membership talks with the European Union in Saturday’s referendum.

‘Yes’ vote takes early lead in Iceland’s EU talks referendum  CNN

Iceland voted in a referendum on whether to resume membership negotiations with the European Union, with a close race predicted and the final result expected late in the night or next morning.

A reliable result might not be available until midday on Sunday, election officials said

Polling stations in Iceland's EU referendum closed Saturday at 10 p local time, with vote counting underway and results due overnight. Voters were asked whether to resume EU accession negotiations, frozen since 2013. Turnout appeared as high as in the 2024 parliamentary elections.

Iceland’s Prime Minister, Kristrún Frostadóttir, cast her vote on Saturday as the country held a referendum.

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 Nordic nation shelved earlier plans to join the EU over fishing rights, but geopolitics, including Trump's threat to seize Greenland, has prompted a rethink.

Counting is under way in Iceland's referendum ‌on whether to resume talks to join the European Union, years after discussions stalled.

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