Iceland to hold EU referendum ‘in the coming months’, PM says
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/iceland-hold-eu-referendum-over-coming-months-pm-says-2026-02-25/
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Iceland to hold EU referendum ‘in the coming months’, PM says
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/iceland-hold-eu-referendum-over-coming-months-pm-says-2026-02-25/
Posted by PjeterPannos
29 Comments
It’ll be interesting to see what the result will be.
“Yes” seems to have a small lead
icelanders, expect russian propaganda to hit you hard
I’d be really happy to see Iceland in the EU.
They’re getting a bit ahead of themselves, they aren’t even a candidate yet.
As EFTA & EEA members, many of the accession terms on trade are already satisfied. Small extension of freedom of movement of workers to full fom, a couple of derogations around fishing to be negotiated, financial all good.
It’s going to come down to ECJ, dropping an independent trade policy to join the EU CU and swapping out Krona for Euro.
It’ll be an interesting situation to watch
Feels opportunistic to me idk.
God I wis had had this opportunity in the UK
The geological processes taking place currently, cast a bleak shadow on the economic horizon.
On top of that, they find themselves at the forefront of security antagonism between US, EU and Russia.
Should this vote actually occur, I predict a majority in favor of joining.
They’re more than welcome ofc, they’re an already highly integrated with the EU small country that was a candidate not that long ago
It only makes sense if the yes camp can gather 60+ percent of the vote.
MEGA!
I love this but we still need a 2 tier Europe
Play la la ding dong
Is there any suggestions how the fisheries will be protected?
Is this a smart choice? I think the EU should consolidate before moving for further expansion. It’s already very cumbersome and disorganized as is.
I would really love to see Iceland in the EU. Please join us. We are strong together, we are strong when we unite. 🇪🇺❤️🇦🇽
Will regret joining globalist agenda and wipeout of self governance.
To me this is the most obvious no-brainer in the history of obvious no-brainers, but I’m also a big proponent of my own country joining the EU so I may have a slight bias.
I would absolutely welcome them.
I guess the minimum treshold should be 55% or even 60% for a join, only then there is a clear cut case for the majority of people wanting to join and not regret it a few years later.
Prepare for Trump to try and invade Iceland.
Yes. Why not.
Is the referendum legally binding? Because assuming it succeeds and the membership negotiation resume, what would otherwise stop another government from withdrawing again like the last time?
News like this is what makes me look positively into the European future.
Slightly favorable support for joining, but very strong support for holding a referendum on the matter. Interesting combination.
I don’t understand why the hurry, when they were going to do it next year.
Also, it’s a referendum to restart the talks, not on memberships itself
Oh god no Iceland don’t ruin yourself
Now that UK has left the EU there is no reason not to grant Iceland an exemption from EU fishing rights laws if they join.
(it was a dealbreaker for them, they dont want other countries fishing in their waters, fishing accounts for 25% of their GDP and 40% of all their exports. if they dont get an exemption they wont join.)
The UK really wanted to fish in Iceland’s waters (remember the cod wars), so such exemptions were unrealistic back then, but now I don’t think any other EU country really cares to fish in Iceland’s territorial waters, so it’s likely they will approve of such exemption.
If the EU doesn’t agree to give Iceland such exemption, that will be a complete failure on the EU’s part. We don’t need to take Iceland’s fish, let them keep fishing in peace, and besides that they (afaik) have no objections to joining the EU.
Good luck to them! Hope they’re able to join.