So far it’s almost perfectly 50/50 yes/no, with every district voting No at a 60% majority except the capital region, which receives two administrative districts due to its (relatively) enormous population. Reykjavik votes 55% in favor and thus outweighs the rest of the country combined.
If the referendum passes, Iceland must first devise the EU agreement, then pass it in parliament as a constitutional amendment. Then, following a general election, the new parliament must pass the agreement again for it to become law.
Ah yes, the last country to join the EU, not long before the bloc’s inevitable collapse. I know this because I read it in a future history book.
Will they do austerity to join Eurozone and give up fiscal policy space?
Seems like it didn’t pass
Guardian:
No camp looks to have prevailed, holding 52.5% of votes with only a few left to be counted, says public broadcaster
Am Icelander, am happy we’re not joining EU.
Already enough that we’re in (nazi)NATO.
Ég er glaður að Ísland gengur ekki í sambandið. Ég sá einhver gaur á Bluesky tala um hvernig Ísland hagnast best þegar það hefur stærri viðskiptafélaga. Og það er nú EU, Bandaríkin, og Rússland. Svo gerði hann það venjulega Russiagate yadda yadda um hvernig við getum ekki treyst Bandaríkjunum, og án EU snýst Ísland til Rússlands sem viðskiptafélagi.
Ég treysti Rússland meira en evrópusambandið, það get ég allavega sagt. Eftir að sjá hvernig evrópa fer með Úkraínu eins og spjót bara út af því allir eru ennþá reiðir að Nasistarnir voru tekinn niður frá USSR.
I-ið í BRICS er fyrir Ísland
Last tickets to Titanic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Icelandic_European_Union_membership_negotiations_referendum
Reykjavik seemed to vote more than 55% un favour, on average. The rest of the regions seemed pretty strongly No, and at higher numbers.
Interesting result.
Reykjavík skews younger and more liberal, and is also the center of financial capital and other intangible industries in Iceland. Outside of Reykjavík it’s farming, fishing, and aluminum smelting mostly. Iceland is enormously reliant on its fishing industry and concern was that there would be hardship specifically to that industry by joining the EU.
