# As Icelanders reject resuming EU talks, what issues shaped the vote?

https://mins.news/en/item/38943

- France 24, 2026-08-31 15:26 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/as-icelanders-say-no-to-resuming-eu-talks-what-issues-weighed-in-the-election

> Icelandic voters rejected restarting negotiations to join the European Union in a referendum shaped by concerns over geopolitical stability and the desire to retain national control of the country’s prized fisheries. Membership talks began after the 2008 financial crisis but were later ended by a Eurosceptic government.

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