Iceland voters reject EU accession talks (www.dw.com)

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[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 6 days ago

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.

[-] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 5 days ago

"Didnt fight a couple of cod wars for noth'n"

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 0 points 5 days ago

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.

[-] starlinguk@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago

The cursed 48-52.

[-] LovelyMover@lemmy.zip 5 points 5 days ago

Feels like social media manipulation with the world how it is atm

[-] Squizzy@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Eh they slowed talks ten years ago too, they are very evenly split and fishing is their culture and bread and butter. The common fisheries is the bogeyman.

Europe needs to grow up, I want federations and the end to unanimity. Also get out of using children as an excuse to pass privacy breaches.

[-] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 days ago

Quite disappointing but oh well

[-] DirtPuddleMisfortune@feddit.org 3 points 6 days ago

That's unfortunate!

[-] RockBottom@feddit.org -3 points 6 days ago

What kind of message is being sent to Ukraine here???!

[-] Dju@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

That the joining is their own choice instead of being forced into something like with Russia?

[-] RockBottom@feddit.org -2 points 5 days ago

OK, that's good. Let's go with this spin.

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