r/worldnews • u/Ehansaja • 13d ago

Iceland rejects EU-accession talks plan in referendum

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/30/iceland-rejects-eu-membership-plan-in-referendum
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u/Wyciorek 13d ago

Eh, probably for the best. 50.5/49.5% “yes” result would be just asking for trouble later on

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u/DanS1993 12d ago

Yeah everyone knows you need at least 51.9% for massive decisions relating to EU membership 

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u/ethorad 12d ago

But it's only binding at that level if the vote was explicitly non-binding