# Iceland EU referendum on a knife edge as counting continues

https://mins.news/en/item/37267

- BBC News, 2026-08-30 03:57 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70le8ed1plo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Iceland’s referendum on resuming European Union membership talks remains too close to call. Of 153,197 votes counted, 50.1% opposed the proposal and 49.9% supported it, a gap of just 435 votes. Fishing rights dominated the debate, alongside concerns about regional security.

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