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Icelanders vote in tight referendum on restarting EU membership talks

Cover image: People with Icelandic flags attend an "Afram Island", "Forward, Iceland", rally, opposing the resumption of European Union accession talks at Austurvollur in Reykjavik on August 27, 2026. © Marco Di Marco, AP

Iceland will vote Saturday in a tight referendum on whether to reopen membership negotiations with the European Union. Reykjavik applied for EU membership in 2009, following a financial crisis that devastated its economy, but a eurosceptic government suspended the process in 2013.

Icelanders go to the polls on Saturday in a referendum on whether to resume membership negotiations with the European Union, in a tight race that will be closely watched in Brussels.

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