Iceland appears set to reject a proposal to hold a referendum on resuming European Union accession negotiations as vote counting nears completion. Preliminary results indicate that a majority of voters have cast ballots against the initiative, reflecting domestic priorities surrounding national sovereignty and the country’s vital fishing industry. The outcome signals that Iceland will continue its current framework of relations with European partners through the European Economic Area rather than pursuing full membership in the bloc.
- Vote counting indicates that Iceland is on course to reject holding a referendum on resuming negotiations to join the European Union.
- Voter concerns largely centered on preserving full control over domestic policies, particularly the regulation and management of national fisheries.
- The decision maintains Iceland’s existing trade and travel arrangements through the European Economic Area and the Schengen Area without full EU integration.
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Smart choice! Control yourselves and protect your sovereignty! No need for the EU to dictate your every move!
You dodged a bullet there, well done.
Iceland should never join EU
Lets hope their government listens to its people, unlike the British government
My dream is:
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Together we are stronger. Together we can learn from each other. Together we can be a big family.
Best move you will ever take! Look at Ireland.
Notice how the media gives us something stupid to argue about right when inflation hits? Thats not an accident. I just finished the book The Reality They Created and it breaks down the exact psychology used to control the masses. Read this if you want to stop getting played.
Well, Iceland has decided and that should be respected. A sovereign nation, member of Nato. That should be enough. And if not, well, there's always Donald Trump.😂
Great day for Island!
No to EU no to NATO!
Iceland choose Le Pen, Farage, Netanyahu, Trump…. Now in In great company
Don t be a EU iceland you don t know what it is please.don t go for EU
Bravo Iceland!!!
STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND READ book The Reality They Created. the matrix is real and this book is the literal red pill.
Iceland for icelanders!
It's funny how the economists were claiming that the UK is too small to survive outside of the EU when the population of Iceland is about the same as Nottingham.
No bbc they definitively said no !! FairPlay Iceland you did the right thing !!🇬🇧🏴🇮🇸
🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷 bravo ✊✊ UE c'est une catastrophe … en france des pauvres partout … nous somme plus libre de notre pays .. notre souveraineté est piétinée par l'UE ….
nous demandons de plus en plus le
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notre pays est devenu un bordel monstrueux ..😭
notre pays la france a une dette de plus de 4 milles milliards Euros
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Iceland is still more in the EU than the UK ever was.
As a remoaner this is bad, i think they should vote again and i will mention this sad story at my drag queen story hour 🇪🇺
As a finn and eu member i want say: great choice iceland👌
Congrats Iceland! Proud of you. Keep iceland Icelandic, not a Disney movie cast 🤮
Don’t cry BBC 😂
Saved themselves from a Islamic invasion.
Well done Iceland!!!!!!! Never surrender your Sovereignty
WELL DONE ICELAND!!! F them EU communists!!
Condolences to the BBC .
Best decision ever….
Greetings from the Netherlands.
Well done Iceland !! Eu mafia with Chinese fingers up the rusty one !.
There’s some good news for once ❤
I wonder if their left wing MP's have decided people didn't know what they were voting for and there should be a second referendum? I am sure James O'Briensen will say they are all misguided idiots on IBC.
The people of Iceland made a wise decision to choose freedom, democracy and sovereignty above a false sense of security. Economic cooperation is OK, but absolute tyrannical control is NOT OK. God bless the brave people of Iceland.
The BBC must be in mourning now.
Interestingly, this doesn't end the pro EU people and only pauses it for two years. How can that be? Referendums only occur regularly when they want you to join but once you have joined you are unlikely to vote to leave. I still can't believe we managed it.
Iceland and the UK were allowed to vote. The Netherlands were not and just dragged into the EU, A lot of us want to go out of the EU.
Common sense prevails, control over their fisheries, economy, sovereignty, and no migrant quotas mongrelizing their country
Oh dear, the remainers in Britain will not be happy. Are they going to demand a new vote because the result was so close? Or Russian interference? Or simply inform us that the Icelanders didn't understand what they were voting for?
EU laws destroyed Germany as a manufacturing power. Overwhelmed by migrants and on the brink of becoming a third world overtaxed country. We are lost.
Do not give up your sovereignty!
Well done Iceland
Good for them. Smart move.
The E.U and the toxic Left are destroying the West with their crazy policies. Wake up, people! Instead of calling them racists, try to understand why people are feeling this way.
The no side won….common sense, brains together, looknafter your people first 😊
Congratulations Iceland ….Takk fyrir