US Endorses Iceland Referendum That Rejects EU Accession
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US Endorses Iceland Referendum That Rejects EU Accession
The United States has endorsed the outcome of Iceland's 29 Referendum on whether to resume EU accession negotiations. In the crucial Referendum held on Saturday, 52.8 percent voted against restarting accession talks while the rest of the voters said "Yes." In a statement issued after the referendum, the U.S. State Department said it respects "the sovereign decision of the people of Iceland and
One of the leaders of one of the parliamentary groups in the European Parliament says that it is clear after Icelanders rejected the continuation of accession negotiations with the European Union that the Union must accept the result and change. It is also very interesting and thought-provoking that this was the result in Iceland despite the changed security landscape in the Arctic and beyond.
The European question is not new in Iceland. It has simply changed its nature. After having asked to join the European Union in the wake of the financial crisis of 2008, and then suspended the process a few years later, the Icelandic government has just closed the door to the negotiations. On 29 August, 52.8% of the ... Read more ISLAND: why does a country that is already so close to the European Union refuse to return to the path of accession? →
By Mario Hernández. Rebellion_Latin American Summary September 1, 2026. By a narrow margin of 52.8% compared to 47.2%, Icelandic voters rejected the idea of restarting the accession process, suspended in 2013. Although the referendum was not a direct vote on EU membership, Icelanders have closed the door to [...] Entry Iceland. Rejects the resumption of negotiations for its accession to the European Union was first published in Latin American Su…
The Icelandic people were given the floor on Saturday. Negotiations to become members of the European Union, which began in 2009 and were suspended six years later, were...
The U.S. government has stressed that it "respects the sovereign decision" of the people of Iceland, which on Saturday refused in referendum to resume talks for their accession to the European Union (EU), while expressing its confidence that the country will "continue to consolidate" as a "close partner" of Washington and Europe.
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