00:01On Saturday, Iceland will vote on whether to resume negotiations on joining the European Union.
00:07A yes vote would restart negotiations in Brussels, while a no vote would be a setback for the EU's enlargement
00:14drive.
00:15Iceland previously applied to join the bloc in 2009 following a financial crisis,
00:20but these negotiations were eventually suspended after a Eurosceptic coalition came into power in 2013.
00:27By then, Iceland's economy had largely recovered and public support for joining the bloc also faded,
00:34with fisheries being a main point of contention.
00:37However, a reversal came in 2024, when a pro-EU coalition government took office.
00:44Since then, major geopolitical developments reshaped the international landscape,
00:49such as US President Donald Trump threatening to seize Greenland and the Arctic becoming a hotspot for rare-earth minerals.
00:56This made a deeper cooperation with the EU a key variable in safeguarding Iceland.
01:03Opinion polls suggest the results are expected to be very close,
01:07with farming and fishing remaining among the most contentious issues.
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