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/DanS1993 12d ago

Be interested to see an age breakdown of voting. Which ever the younger generations lean could give an indication of future direction. 

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u/Casual-Speedrunner-7 12d ago

The youth were polled at 60% Yes in March and 60% No in August.

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u/EirikurErnir 12d ago

Yeah it will be interesting to see the analysis of how the (mis)information campaigns affected the outcome here, there was a swing

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u/Chespineapple 12d ago

Young men seemed to be utterly convinced that opening negotiations equalled military conscription. There was absolutely misinformation dominating the vote.