Icelanders to EU: 'No Thanks'
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Icelanders reject EU accession negotiations. The Federal Government also reacts with regret. Foreign Minister Wadephul calls for the European Union to become more attractive.
Iceland has chosen: 52.8 percent of those entitled rejected the reopening of negotiations. Yet the Yes would not have brought Reykjavik into the Union: it would have allowed to negotiate, read the agreement and vote again. It would have bought information, not membership. When a country even renounces to know the offer, the problem is not only the contract. It is [...] The article Iceland votes No to the referendum: because Europe is no longer d…
Should Iceland reopen accession negotiations with the European Union, 52.8% of Iceland's respondents answered no and 47.2% said yes, AFP reported.
The rejection of the reopening of the EU accession negotiations was mainly due to economic reasons and the defence of national sovereignty, but also to an intense climate of disinformation. Among the main hoaxes are young people forced to fight in a common European army that does not actually exist.
Iceland does not want to become a member of the EU. How international daily newspapers comment on the vote of the weekend.
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