Icelandic voters reject a proposal to restart negotiations to join the European Union

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Iceland's voters rejected restarting negotiations to join the European Union in a referendum that pitted concerns about geopolitical stability against keeping national control of Iceland’s prized fisheries, officials said Sunday.

Iceland’s voters rejected restarting negotiations to join the European Union in a referendum that pitted concerns about geopolitical stability against keeping national control of Iceland’s prized fisheries, officials said on Sunday. Opponents defeated the measure by a margin of 52.8 per cent to 47.2 per cent, the Natio

The Arctic island of 4,00,000 people has debated whether to join the EU for well over a decade and had initially been expected to narrowly back holding membership talks, but opinion polls this month showed views had changed.

Opponents defeated the measure by a margin of 52.8 per cent to 47.2 per cent, RUV reported. The capital of Reykjavik was the only area in the island nation of 400,000 people where a majority supported the referendum.

Icelandic Voters Reject A Proposal To Restart Negotiations To Join The European Union  HuffPost

Opponents rallied around fishing and the fact that Iceland already reaps benefits from being in the EU’s single market.

Iceland's voters have rejected a referendum to restart negotiations to join the European Union

Icelandic voters reject a proposal to restart negotiations to join the European Union  AP News

Icelandic voters reportedly narrowly rejected a proposal to restart negotiations to join the European Union, as voters sided with independence versus the capital city's general desire to restart talks that were suspended more than a decade ago.