Uncertainty over fishing quotas may have made many Icelandic voters reluctant to embark on an EU membership pathway.
The country voted no on 29 August on resuming negotiations with Brussels by 52.8%, with the talks between the two on hold since 2013.
The campaign was fierce and, as with many crucial public votes in recent years, was also marked by inaccurate claims circulating online and among media channels.
One of them involved the referendum’s main sticking point: fisheries.
A few media outlets reported on talks between Iceland’s foreign affairs minister Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir and Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten about a special…
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