Rich, stable, European, and yet no: Iceland rejects EU membership:
In a referendum, Icelanders voted overwhelmingly against resuming EU accession talks ...
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Iceland Rejects Resuming EU Accession TalksA 52.8 percent majority left the government without a mandate for renewed EU accession negotiations.
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- In Saturday’s referendum, 52.8 percent voted against resuming negotiations on Iceland’s accession to the EU.
- Through the European Economic Area and Schengen, Iceland already applies much EU law and remains closely integrated into the single market.
- Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir’s government viewed restarting talks as a prestige project for stronger security architecture and a firmer economic anchor.
- Since Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the EU has increasingly linked enlargement to stronger security and geopolitical influence.
The Icelanders did not vote against Europe, but against the superfluous. If a country already has access to the single market, Schengen and open borders, the added value of a seat must weigh more than the shared control over its key resource.— Mika Aaltola, EPP Member and shadow rapporteur of the European Parliament for the report on the EU's diplomatic strategy and Arctic geopolitical cooperation, commenting on the Icelandic vote on EU membership
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