# Iceland votes against reopening EU membership talks

https://mins.news/en/video/37868

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-08-30 20:30 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0ZhJFDSyYg

> After overnight counting, Iceland rejected relaunching European Union membership talks, with the no camp winning 52.8 percent in a referendum that had appeared evenly matched. Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir, whose coalition backed the vote, called the result a “victory for democracy” and said it fulfilled a campaign promise to put the question to voters.

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