Iceland Rejects EU Talks

Reykjavik52.5% voted ‘No’ on reopening EU accession talks.

The margin, roughly one voter in twenty-five, keeps fishing quotas out of Brussels’ hands.

Under EU rules, quota-setting for Iceland’s largest export sector would shift to the Common Fisheries Policy.

A foreign ministry memo had pegged reopening talks at 18-24 months, had ‘Yes’ won.

Sources: RTE.ie, The Guardian, Dawn, TRT World