Voting closes in Iceland’s knife-edge EU referendum

Author: Al Jazeera StaffPublished on: August 30, 2026Country: Iceland

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Voting closes in Iceland’s knife-edge EU referendum

Voting has closed in Iceland's referendum on resuming EU membership negotiations. Results will not be known for several hours, with polls indicating a tight race between the 'yes' and 'no' camps. This referendum comes 13 years after Iceland paused its accession talks under a Eurosceptic government, and it is organized by the pro-EU Social Democratic Alliance currently in power.

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