Iceland has voted against resuming talks to rejoin the European Union, dealing a major blow to Brussels’ expansion plans.
The ‘No’ campaign won 52.8 per cent of the ballot as the country’s population of 400,000 rejected the chance to join the 27-nation bloc.
Iceland first applied to join the EU in 2009 following a financial crisis but talks were put on hold in 2013 after a Eurosceptic government came to power.
The current administration in Reykjavik billed the referendum as a ‘now or never’ moment that would shield the nation from trade wars and Arctic rivalry.
Brussels was said to have been keen to
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