Iceland's voters have rejected a referendum to restart negotiations to join the European Union. RÚV, the national broadcaster, said opponents defeated the measure by a margin of 52.8% to 47.2%.

Iceland’s voters rejected a proposal to restart negotiations on joining the European Union more than a decade after previous talks ended, the national broadcaster reported Sunday.

The vote will put the long-debated issue to rest more than a decade after a euroskeptic government ended EU talks.

Opponents defeated the measure by a margin of 52.8% to 47.2%, RUV reported. The capital of Reykjavik was the only area in the island nation of 400,000 people where a majority supported the referendum.

  • antianarchist@sopuli.xyz
    17·
    17 hours ago

    Just wait until a bigger problem comes, then the EU will crumble. It is a virtual construct which works on paper, but not in reality. The amount of time and money they are wasting is just in no proportion to what the countries get back.

    • Eternal192@anarchist.nexusEnglish
      22·
      13 hours ago

      I love how everyone keeps downvoting, unable to accept the reality that the EU might not be so great as they keep imagining.