Fisherman Arnar Kristjánsson tells Euractiv why he's voting no to restarting EU membership talks
GRUNDARFJÖRÐUR, Iceland – Arnar Kristjánsson, a third-generation fisherman, is worried that joining the EU would spell the end for small coastal communities like his.
Icelanders are voting on Saturday on whether to restart long-stalled membership talks with Brussels, with the latest poll showing the yes and no camps are almost exactly neck-and-neck.
Sitting on the deck of one of his two fishing vessels on Friday, Kristjánsson cast his eyes over Grundarfjörður, a town of 800 people three hours drive north of Reykjavík.
His grandfather founded his company, G.RUN, which now employs some 80 people, around a fifth of the workforce in the town.
