# Iceland votes on starting EU membership talks amid Trump's Greenland threats

https://mins.news/en/item/37032

- CBC News, 2026-08-29 15:40 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/iceland-vote-eu-membership-9.7325448?cmp=rss

> About 265,000 Icelanders are eligible to vote in a referendum on whether to launch European Union membership talks. Supporters say membership could bring stability and protection against possible threats from U.S. President Donald Trump, while opponents call it unnecessary and warn it could put the country’s rich fishing stocks at risk.

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