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POLITICSELEVATED5d ago · Aug 29, 2026, 8:57 AM

Iceland votes on whether to resume EU membership negotiations

France 24 [en] · western europe

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 membership talks were suspended in 2013 when a eurosceptic government came to power.

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