Icelanders Reject EU-Membership Talks - WSJ

Icelanders Reject EU-Membership Talks  WSJ

Icelanders voted 52.8% to 47.2% against reopening talks to join the European Union.

As Icelanders head to the polls on Saturday to vote in a referendum on whether the country should resume talks with the EU over membership, FRANCE 24 speaks to Eiríkur Bergmann, Professor of Politics at Bifröst University, for more insight into the vote.

Voters in Iceland will take part in a referendum on whether or not to revive membership talks with the European Union, more than a decade after they were frozen.

The Nordic nation is holding a referendum on Saturday on whether to start membership talks with the European Union. Voters are divided.