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The future of Iceland’s bid to join the European Union will be called into question before its parliament after a majority of voters voted against restarting accession talks in this weekend’s referendum.
A tally of votes on Sunday morning, reported by Iceland’s national broadcaster, RÚV, showed that Icelanders rejected the government’s bid to resume negotiations with the bloc, with 52.8 percent voting against and 47.2 percent in favor, amid an 82.5 percent turnout.
“We will discuss with the parliamentary foreign affairs committee how best to close this chapter. We do not intend to make any firm decisions on that,” said Social Democratic Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir Sunday at a press conference when asked what the results meant for the future of Iceland’s bid.
