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Iceland to hold ‘Brexit-style’ referendum as voters warned joining EU is ‘worst business idea’

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Iceland will hold a referendum on August 29 to determine whether the Nordic nation should resume negotiations to join the European Union, marking the first such vote in over a decade. The ballot, which has drawn comparisons to 2016’s Brexit referendum in the UK, arrives at a moment of heightened geopolitical anxiety and economic strain for the approximately 400,000 residents. Opponents of EU membership have already begun mobilising, warning tha…

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When discussing the EU in Iceland, the debate often revolves around sovereignty.

·Grindavik, Iceland
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Ten years after the abandonment of the EU accession negotiations, Icelanders are again called upon to vote. On 29 August, a referendum must decide on a possible resumption of the process. A highly symbolic vote, on the eve of the tenth anniversary of Brexit.

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A possible accession of Iceland to the EU will also not leave Norway cold — that made Prime Minister Jonas Gahr The post Iceland's EU decision will also affect Norway first appeared on Nordic.info.

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The Telegraph broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Saturday, June 20, 2026.
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