Iceland Update: Voters Reject Resuming EU Accession Talks, Again
Published: September 6, 2026 Icelanders voted 52.8 percent to 47.2 percent against resuming European Union accession negotiations in an August 29, 2026 referendum, with turnout at 82.5 percent, one of the highest of any recent Icelandic vote. The question was whether to restart the membership talks Iceland shelved in 2013. Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir’s centre-left … Read more