Iceland Isn’t An Island
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The inhabitants of this small volcanic island in the middle of the North Atlantic have until 29 August to decide a sensitive question: "Does Iceland have to reopen the accession negotiations with the European Union?" This country of 400,000 inhabitants has already considered this subject once. Iceland had submitted its application for EU membership in 2009, after the financial crisis that had devastated its economy. Brussels and Reykjavik had ne…
While Icelanders will soon go to the polls to vote on a possible EU application, the debate about the union is also ongoing in Norway, and the right to control and manage fish and the sea is at the center.
Iceland Isn’t An Island
We’re a fortnight away from a referendum on restarting accession negotiations with the EU. According to the polls, the result will be a coin toss. While much ink has been spilled on the timing of the referendum and the sitting PM’s lack of enthusiasm regarding it, what is absent from the local discourse are the…
The external referendum on whether Iceland should reopen accession negotiations with the European Union has started quite quickly. A total of 13,187 votes have been cast outside the polling station since voting began on July 27. In addition, around 8,524 people have voted outside the polling station in the capital area, of which around 841 today. A total of 272,690 people are on the electoral register in Iceland, which means that just over 4.8% …
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