Icelanders decide Saturday whether to relaunch EU membership negotiations

Voters in Iceland will go to the polls on Saturday to answer whether the government should reopen accession talks with the European Union, a question that stops short of a final membership decision. Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir frames the vote as a chance to secure a negotiated deal, while noting that global trade tensions and economic pressures have shifted public attitudes since talks were suspended in 2013. The outcome is expected to be extremely tight, with fishing rights remaining a major sticking point.