Voting closes in Iceland’s knife-edge EU referendum
Summary
Iceland finished voting in a close referendum on whether to resume talks to join the European Union. The results will take hours to count, and polls show the vote is very close between yes and no.Key Facts
- Voting stations in Iceland closed on Saturday for the EU membership talks referendum.
- Counting started only after voting ended, with no exit polls available.
- Polls showed a nearly even split between voters for and against restarting EU talks.
- Iceland paused EU membership talks 13 years ago under a government that was against joining.
- The current government supports the EU and promised to follow the public’s decision.
- If the vote is yes, Iceland would begin long negotiations with the EU over membership terms.
- After negotiations, Iceland would hold another vote on whether to officially join the EU.
- Important topics in the vote included Iceland’s security, economy, and its currency, the krona.
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