Íris Erlingsdóttir | Gústaf Adolf Skúlason
June 9, 2026
The government’s insistence that this referendum is “just about talks” echoes criticisms of how EU integration has proceeded elsewhere: incremental steps that are difficult to reverse.
In a direct challenge to the Brussels environmental agenda, the president of Poland has called for a national referendum to decide the fate of the Green Deal in his nation.
As the Nordic country prepares a referendum on reopening EU accession talks, Brussels has signed a new defence agreement with Reykjavík, anchoring the island more firmly in Europe’s Arctic strategy.
Zoran Stevanović said his country should regain control over its strategic decisions, arguing that “Ljubljana must become the center of decisions for Slovenia, not Brussels.”
