Why Icelandic Voters Just Rejected European Union Negotiations
16 Articles
16 Articles
berlingske.dk
Negotiations with a rich member near the Arctic would have been a victory for the EU, according to the professor. But it was a no.
Iceland voters have rejected the reopening of negotiations on joining the European Union in a referendum. Preliminary opinion polls have shown that Icelanders are deeply divided on the issue. The biggest objection is fisheries policy.
According to the EU expert Paul Schmidt, the Icelanders' no to EU accession negotiations is due to issues of sovereignty and identity. "The geopolitics, security policy, foreign policy play almost no role here," said the Secretary General of the Austrian Society for European Policy (ÖGfE) on Sunday of the APA. Moreover, the strong lobby groups of Icelandic fisheries and agriculture would have spent a lot of money on their no campaigns.
The Icelanders voted. 52.5 percent voted against EU membership, 47.5 percent in favour. The referendum was preferred by the social-democratic Prime Minister Kristún Frostadóttir. Obviously, she misjudged the mood in the country. Now there will be no negotiations for accession to the European Union. The result is more clear than the Der Beitrag The Icelanders do not want to become a member of this EU appeared first on Tichy's insight.
On Saturday, Icelanders voted on whether they were ready to resume accession negotiations with the EU. It will be a “no thanks” to Brussels
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 50% of the sources lean Left, 50% of the sources lean Right
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
