# Voting closes in Iceland’s knife-edge EU referendum

https://mins.news/en/item/37173

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-29 23:33 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/29/voting-closes-in-icelands-knife-edge-eu-referendum?traffic_source=rss

> Voting has ended in Iceland’s referendum on restarting membership talks with the European Union. Polls showed the “yes” and “no” campaigns virtually tied, with a clear result expected to take hours. A “yes” vote could lead to years of negotiations with Brussels followed by a second referendum on joining the EU.

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