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Negotiations with a rich member near the Arctic would have been a victory for the EU, according to the professor. But it was a no.
Negotiations with a rich member near the Arctic would have been a victory for the EU, according to the professor. But it was a no.
Iceland voters have rejected the reopening of negotiations on joining the European Union in a referendum. Preliminary opinion polls have shown that Icelanders are deeply divided on the issue. The biggest objection is fisheries policy.
According to the EU expert Paul Schmidt, the Icelanders' no to EU accession negotiations is due to issues of sovereignty and identity. "The geopolitics, security policy, foreign policy play almost no role here," said the Secretary General of the Austrian Society for European Policy (ÖGfE) on Sunday of the APA. Moreover, the strong lobby groups of Icelandic fisheries and agriculture would have spent a lot of money on their no campaigns.
Negotiations with a rich member near the Arctic would have been a victory for the EU, according to the professor. But it was a no.
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