Iceland appears to have rejected EU accession talks in referendum, reports say

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: headlines · Bias: Center · Published: Sun, 30 Aug 2026 08:51:05 GMT

The no camp looks to have prevailed, holding 52.5% of votes with only a few left to be counted, says public broadcasterIceland appears to have ⁠rejected ⁠the government’s proposal to hold ⁠accession talks with ⁠the EU, ‌the public ‌broadcaster RUV has ‌reported, with only a small ‌number of votes left to count.The no camp had 52.5% of votes and the yes camp 47.5%, with only a few ballots left to be counted in one of Iceland’s six voting districts, which was already leaning towards no, online ballot counting on RUV showed on Sunday.Reuters and Agence France-Presse contributed to this story. Continue reading...

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