‘The Sauna Is Hot and Uncomfortable’: Vote on E.U. Talks Makes Iceland Sweat
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- The usually genial country has been bitterly divided over a vote this weekend on whether to enter membership talks with the European Union.
- The Nordic nation is holding a referendum on Saturday on whether to start membership talks with the European Union. Voters are divided.
- A few years ago, some feared the European Union was going out of style. Now Iceland is mulling membership alongside a long list of candidates.
- The final vote is expected to be extremely close, with ballot counting continuing through the night.
- A vote on whether to resume membership talks with the European Union is too close to call.
- No camp looks to have prevailed, holding 52.5% of votes with only a few left to be counted, says public broadcaster Iceland appears to have rejected the government’s proposal to hold accession talks with the European Union, the public broadcaster RUV has reported, with only a small…
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- The Nordic nation shelved earlier plans to join the EU over fishing rights, but geopolitics, including Trump's threat to seize Greenland, has prompted a rethink.
- Iceland’s Prime Minister, Kristrún Frostadóttir, cast her vote on Saturday as the country held a referendum.
- Iceland's leadership has promised to honour the country's decision in the vote, which is currently too close to call.
- The 'yes' camp won 51.2% of the vote in early counting, but election officials stressed that a more reliable result might not be ready until later on Sunday.
- Results from five of six constituencies showed that 52.5% of Icelanders don't want to reopen accession talks with the European Union.
- A nationwide referendum failed to win enough support to restart negotiations on European Union membership, despite geopolitical tensions in the North Atlantic.
- This is a breaking news story.