Iceland Votes on Resuming EU Membership Talks
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Iceland will vote today, Saturday, on whether to continue EU membership negotiations that were suspended in 2013. The result of the advisory referendum could still go either way.
Iceland is preparing for a referendum to determine whether the country will resume negotiations with Brussels, suspended since 2013, to join the European Union. Icelanders are divided, with polls showing almost equal numbers of voters for and against joining.
The Icelanders' referendum could be a first step.
Iceland is going to the polls to decide whether to restart EU membership negotiations. Recent polls showing a difference of only 2.6 points between "yes" and "no" votes are increasing uncertainty ahead of the critical referendum. US President Donald Trump's statements regarding Greenland are also contributing to the uncertainty.
El Periódico
Will Iceland resume negotiations on accession to the European Union (EU), interrupted in 2013 and frozen two years later? The question seems to be more disturbing to Brussels than to the citizens of this volcanic island of just 397,000 inhabitants and 103,000 square kilometers. The advanced vote began at the end of July and this Saturday, 29 August, the ballot boxes that should or should not give the yes to the reopening of the negotiations will…
Iceland votes this Saturday in a referendum if it resumes the negotiation of accession to the European Union, amid fishing discrepancies, tight polls and allegations of external interference.
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