# Icelanders to vote on whether to restart EU membership talks

https://mins.news/en/video/30344

- The Associated Press, 2026-08-24 09:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfnuCRMwf-A

> Iceland will hold a referendum on Aug. 29 on whether to restart negotiations to join the European Union. Through the European Economic Area, it has already adopted many EU laws but has no say in the bloc’s decisions.

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