Iceland Proposes August 29 Referendum on Resuming EU Membership Talks

Iceland to hold referendum on restarting EU membership talks after decade-long pause

Icelandic voters will decide in August whether the country should resume negotiations with the EU, with a second vote required if a deal is eventually reached.

Iceland Plans Referendum on EU Membership Talks

Iceland's government wants to hold a referendum in August on whether to restart membership talks with the European Union, more than a decade after getting cold feet about joining the bloc. The Cabinet approved a resolution Friday calling for an Aug. 29 vote on resuming accession talks, national broadcaster RUV...

Icelandic Government Seeks to Hold Referendum in August on Restarting EU Accession Talks

The Icelandic government has proposed holding a referendum on Aug. 29 on whether to restart accession talks with the European Union. The Cabinet said in a March 6 statement that it approved a resolution calling for the summer vote on resuming talks on joining the bloc. The proposal must be approved by Iceland’s parliament, the Althingi, before the vote can happen. Iceland suspended EU membership talks in 2013 after four years of negotiations. If…

Iceland to hold referendum on resuming EU membership bid

Iceland's government has said a vote on resuming accession talks with the EU will be held in August. Iceland withdrew from talks in 2013 — but rising costs, the war in Ukraine and US imperialism have prompted a rethink.

Iceland Sets August Vote on Restarting EU Membership Talks

Iceland’s government proposed that a referendum be held on August 29 on resuming the country’s EU membership talks after they were terminated in 2015. The North Atlantic island submitted an EU membership application in 2009, a year after the stunning collapse of its financial sector. Negotiations began in 2010 but were suspended three years later following parliamentary elections, and in 2015, the then-government announced the talks were termina…