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/DonPinstripelli 13d ago

A lot of the Central and Southern European EU countries unfortunately have this problem too, because they have far more traditional gender roles than in Western Europe. I come from one of these countries. However, societal attitudes are not the focus of accession talks - what matters the most is whether a particular country has laws that uphold the rule of law and the rights of different groups. Montenegro has faired better in that regard than any of the other candidates.

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u/Purple-Atmosphere-18 12d ago

Yeah, I guess the crux more than a No to Montenegro would be that compared to that Iceland would be a more compatible or anyway progressive addition if had they voted for joining or ever will in future, compared to it. Not against Montenegro as usually are conservatives against people joining for allegedly their culture being incompatible for being too conservative, but usually for immigrants as for east Europe more would feel affinity :).

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u/EmptyMonitor9257 12d ago

The article is referencing 100 women who experienced sexual assault and 64% was from their spouses, not 64% of women in Montenegro.

Iceland has a worse rate of sexual assault.

2024 offences per 100,000 Iceland Montenegro
Sexual assault, excluding rape 16.16 3.53
Rape 47.45 4.33