# Icelanders vote to stay out of EU in close-fought referendum

https://mins.news/en/item/37567

- CBC News, 2026-08-30 13:05 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/iceland-votes-against-eu-accession-talks-9.7325797?cmp=rss

> Icelandic voters chose to remain outside the European Union in Sunday’s referendum, rejecting the government’s effort to reopen membership talks. They backed the argument that the country’s fishing waters were too important to put at risk.

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