Nearly eighty percent of Icelanders support EU referendum By Bjarki Ármannsson 22. mars 2015 13:09 Protests outside the Icelandic parliament last year after the government proposed to formally end negotiations with the EU. Vísir/Vilhelm A large majority of Icelanders supports a national referendum on whether or not formal negotiations with the European Union should continue. However, an equally large majority says they don‘t want Iceland to become an EU member state. These are the results of Fréttablaðið‘s latest poll on the subject. 79 per cent of those who answered the poll said they are in favor of holding a referendum but just over twenty per cent said they were opposed. The numbers are more or less reversed in regards to possible EU membership. Less than thirty per cent say they want Iceland to become a member of the union but over seventy percent say that they don‘t. It would seem, therefore, that Icelanders‘ stance on a possible referendum has little to do with their opinion of the EU. This disparity is clearest among voters of the governing Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn). According to the poll, over half of Independence Party voters say they would support a referendum even though a whopping ninety per cent say they don‘t want Iceland to become an EU member state. The response rate of Fréttablaðið‘s poll was just over 74 per cent. News in English Tengdar fréttir Iceland no longer an EU candidate country The government has informed the EU that should takes measures with regard to the fact that Iceland is no longer considered an EU candidate country. 12. mars 2015 21:36 Pirate Party dominant among young voters The largest party in Iceland, according to a new poll. 21. mars 2015 09:13 The Pirate Party is now measured as the biggest political party in Iceland Would get about 22% of the total votes if parliamentary elections would take place now 19. mars 2015 10:49 Thousands gather in Reykjavík to protest government Eight thousand people gathered in front of the Parliament building to protest the government and the Foreign Minister's actions concerning Iceland's EU application. 15. mars 2015 20:29 Mest lesið Flugslysið sem skók þjóðina og aldrei munu fást svör við Innlent Vaktin: Forsetakosningar í Bandaríkjunum Erlent Sakfelldur fyrir þátt í banaslysi en annar ökumaður aldrei fundist Innlent Kosningavaktin: Íslendingar ganga að kjörborðinu Innlent „Ég var barnið sem vildi ekki taka í höndina á kennaranum sínum“ Innlent Hagnast um hálfan milljarð og reiknar með þrefalt meira á næsta ári Innlent Segja verkfall kennara skapa ójafnræði og óréttlæti Innlent Perlan þurfi að seljast fyrir áramót svo dæmið gangi upp Innlent „Við erum ógeðslega sár fyrir hönd barnanna okkar“ Innlent Sigurvegarar í keppni Musks ekki valdir af handahófi Erlent
A large majority of Icelanders supports a national referendum on whether or not formal negotiations with the European Union should continue. However, an equally large majority says they don‘t want Iceland to become an EU member state. These are the results of Fréttablaðið‘s latest poll on the subject. 79 per cent of those who answered the poll said they are in favor of holding a referendum but just over twenty per cent said they were opposed. The numbers are more or less reversed in regards to possible EU membership. Less than thirty per cent say they want Iceland to become a member of the union but over seventy percent say that they don‘t. It would seem, therefore, that Icelanders‘ stance on a possible referendum has little to do with their opinion of the EU. This disparity is clearest among voters of the governing Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn). According to the poll, over half of Independence Party voters say they would support a referendum even though a whopping ninety per cent say they don‘t want Iceland to become an EU member state. The response rate of Fréttablaðið‘s poll was just over 74 per cent.
News in English Tengdar fréttir Iceland no longer an EU candidate country The government has informed the EU that should takes measures with regard to the fact that Iceland is no longer considered an EU candidate country. 12. mars 2015 21:36 Pirate Party dominant among young voters The largest party in Iceland, according to a new poll. 21. mars 2015 09:13 The Pirate Party is now measured as the biggest political party in Iceland Would get about 22% of the total votes if parliamentary elections would take place now 19. mars 2015 10:49 Thousands gather in Reykjavík to protest government Eight thousand people gathered in front of the Parliament building to protest the government and the Foreign Minister's actions concerning Iceland's EU application. 15. mars 2015 20:29 Mest lesið Flugslysið sem skók þjóðina og aldrei munu fást svör við Innlent Vaktin: Forsetakosningar í Bandaríkjunum Erlent Sakfelldur fyrir þátt í banaslysi en annar ökumaður aldrei fundist Innlent Kosningavaktin: Íslendingar ganga að kjörborðinu Innlent „Ég var barnið sem vildi ekki taka í höndina á kennaranum sínum“ Innlent Hagnast um hálfan milljarð og reiknar með þrefalt meira á næsta ári Innlent Segja verkfall kennara skapa ójafnræði og óréttlæti Innlent Perlan þurfi að seljast fyrir áramót svo dæmið gangi upp Innlent „Við erum ógeðslega sár fyrir hönd barnanna okkar“ Innlent Sigurvegarar í keppni Musks ekki valdir af handahófi Erlent
Iceland no longer an EU candidate country The government has informed the EU that should takes measures with regard to the fact that Iceland is no longer considered an EU candidate country. 12. mars 2015 21:36
Pirate Party dominant among young voters The largest party in Iceland, according to a new poll. 21. mars 2015 09:13
The Pirate Party is now measured as the biggest political party in Iceland Would get about 22% of the total votes if parliamentary elections would take place now 19. mars 2015 10:49
Thousands gather in Reykjavík to protest government Eight thousand people gathered in front of the Parliament building to protest the government and the Foreign Minister's actions concerning Iceland's EU application. 15. mars 2015 20:29