European Union officials have used a high-level meeting in Ireland to move on from Iceland’s referendum on restarting EU accession talks as Brussels tries to sustain the momentum behind the bloc’s enlargement efforts.
European affairs ministers from EU member states and candidate countries are meeting in Dublin for an informal gathering hosted by Ireland’s EU Council presidency and will be discussing the enlargement process.
On Saturday, Icelandic voters rejected reopening accession talks with Brussels, frozen since 2013, by a narrow margin, 52.8% to 47.2%, dealing a significant blow to the EU’s enlargement ambitions, particularly towards its…
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