The Icelandic Parliament will discuss the future of the country's application to join the European Union after the majority of citizens opposed resuming negotiations with Brussels. Icelandic Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir said this, Politico reports, writes UNN.
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According to the referendum results, 52.8% of voters opposed resuming EU accession negotiations, while 47.2% supported the proposal. Turnout was 82.5%.
Frostadóttir said that the government would discuss with the parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee what to do with Iceland's application, which has still not been officially withdrawn.
There will be no EU accession negotiations for now
We will discuss with the parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee how best to close this chapter. We do not intend to make any final decisions on this matter
Frostadóttir stressed that the referendum results would be respected, meaning that under the current government, negotiations on Iceland's accession to the EU will not resume. At the same time, she said, the issue of membership is likely to become a topic again in the next parliamentary elections.
Iceland began negotiations to join the EU in 2009, but they were suspended in 2013. However, the country has never officially withdrawn its membership application.
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