The Icelandic government "will likely withdraw" their EU membership application after this month's elections.
Voters go to the polls on 27th April and two parties polling 20-30% each with a coalition agreement already in place have pledged to withdraw the application if they are able to form a government.
The Icelandic government opened membership negotiations with the EU in 2010 despite 70% of Icelanders being opposed to EU membership. For their sakes, let's hope their membership application is withdrawn.
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