A nationwide referendum failed to win enough support to restart negotiations on European Union membership, despite geopolitical tensions in the North Atlantic.
Basically the fishing industry in Iceland is against it, and they employ a lot of people and have a lot of political weight. It doesn’t matter that they would be more secure joining the EU, and doesn’t matter that they have to follow EU rules without having a seat at the table. The fishing must go on undisturbed.
They should speak to the fishing industry in the UK. Since Brexit they’ve been hammered. Day 1 they were complaining, but they extremely vocal for the leave campaign not long before.
Basically the fishing industry in Iceland is against it, and they employ a lot of people and have a lot of political weight. It doesn’t matter that they would be more secure joining the EU, and doesn’t matter that they have to follow EU rules without having a seat at the table. The fishing must go on undisturbed.
“Didnt fight a couple of cod wars for noth’n”
They should speak to the fishing industry in the UK. Since Brexit they’ve been hammered. Day 1 they were complaining, but they extremely vocal for the leave campaign not long before.