# Iceland votes on whether to resume EU membership talks

https://mins.news/en/video/36511

- France 24 English, 2026-08-29 08:57 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLrXUDp8AiM

> Icelanders are voting Saturday on whether to restart membership negotiations with the European Union in a close referendum being watched closely in Brussels. Iceland applied to join after the 2009 financial crisis devastated its economy, but talks were suspended in 2013 after a eurosceptic government took power.

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- [Iceland EU Membership Referendum](https://mins.news/en/topic/iceland-eu-membership-referendum) — Markdown: https://mins.news/en/topic/iceland-eu-membership-referendum.md

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