Icelanders went to the polls on Saturday to decide whether to reopen accession negotiations with the European Union, with opinion surveys giving neither side a clear lead heading into the count.
A Gallup survey published on Friday showed a slender majority opposing resumed talks, reversing earlier polls that had given supporters of negotiations a narrow advantage. The campaign turned on three arguments: whether EU membership would ease Iceland's high interest rates, whether the bloc offers security in a period of instability around Greenland and Ukraine, and whether accession would compromise Iceland's control over its fishing waters.
Former Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir, speaking at a no-campaign event in Reykjavik, said a small economy like Iceland's must protect its sovereignty from further transfers of power to Brussels. Foreign Minister Thorgerdur Gunnarsdottir led the yes side.
A vote to reopen talks would not settle membership. Iceland would face a second referendum, likely years away, before joining the bloc. Iceland first applied in 2009 and suspended the process in 2013 under a Eurosceptic government.
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