Iceland is holding a referendum to restart EU membership negotiations
Key Points
- Icelandic voters are deciding today whether to restart EU membership negotiations.
- The referendum asks the yes/no question of whether the negotiations, suspended since 2013, should be reopened.
- Polls showing an almost even split predict a very close result.
- Political scientist Eiríkur Bergmann says this race is the tightest (closest) he has seen in Icelandic political history.
Icelanders are deciding today, via referendum, whether to restart the suspended EU membership negotiations. The referendum asks the yes/no question of whether the negotiations should be reopened. The government emphasizes that this vote is an opportunity for Iceland to reassess its European future.
The issue appears deeply divided in Iceland, and polls show an almost even split. Analysts predict the result will be very close; political scientist Eiríkur Bergmann says this race is the tightest (closest) he has seen in Icelandic political history. Regardless of the outcome, the vote will shape Iceland’s relations with the EU in the coming years.
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- What is the referendum in Iceland about?
- It asks whether Iceland should restart its suspended EU membership negotiations, via a yes/no question.
- How close is the expected result?
- Polls showing an almost even split predict the outcome will be decided by a very small margin.
- Who spoke about the closeness of the race?
- Political scientist Eiríkur Bergmann said this is the tightest (closest) race he has seen in Icelandic political history.
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