# Iceland on track to reject EU referendum as counting nears end

https://mins.news/en/video/37489

- BBC News, 2026-08-30 11:30 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttbgHyrk_zM

> Iceland is on course to reject the government's proposal to resume EU membership talks, public broadcaster RUV reports, with votes from only one constituency still uncounted. Of 188,496 ballots counted so far, 52.5% opposed the proposal and 47.5% backed it, a gap of about 9,500 votes.

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