Icelandic voters have rejected a referendum that would reopen negotiations to join the European Union, raising the spirits of eurosceptics both on the island and abroad.
Final results reported by national broadcaster RUV show that approximately 52.8% of the public voted against the referendum, conclusively beating the affirmative voters’ 47.2%. Opposition parties immediately took a victory lap over the fact their country would not even sit at the negotiating table with the supranational alliance.
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