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(27 Aug 2026)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Reykjavik, Iceland - 26 August 2026
1. Wide of Yes campaign supporters gathering
2. Iceland's Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir greeting Iceland's Foreign Minister Thorgerdur Katrín Gunnarsdóttir
3. Wide of Frostadóttir speaking
4. SOUNDBITE (Icelandic) Kristrún Frostadóttir, Prime Minister of Iceland:
"This is not an election about membership and not about adaptation, as there will be another referendum on an accession agreement if the result is yes in that election. And we don’t know everything about what such an agreement might look like, as is so obvious from the discussion and the questions that burn in the minds of the people in the country when the issue comes up. That will become clear when it has been negotiated."
5. Wide of Frostadóttir at the podium and the audience cheering
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Reykjavik, Iceland - 27 August 2026
6. Wide of crowd gathering for No campaign
7. People with banner reading (Icelandic) "No"
8. Banner reading (Icelandic) "EU NO THANK YOU"
9. Former Prime Minister of Iceland Katrín Jakobsdóttir speaking on stage
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Katrín Jakobsdóttir, former Prime Minister of Iceland:
"Well I was informing the crowd here that I intend to say no, because I think Iceland is better off outside of the EU, within the close collaboration with the EU, with full EEA agreement, that has been a very successful collaboration. I think for a country like ours with our small economy, it's very important to maintain our sovereignty and do not transform more power than we have to do to the EU."
11. Various of crowds at the campaign event
STORYLINE:
Iceland's politicians held the last campaign ahead of a referendum on whether to restart talks about joining the European Union on Saturday.
The decision has divided the nation of 400,000 over issues of sovereignty.
On Wednesday, supporters for "Yes" campaign gathered in Reykjavik, joined by Iceland's Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir and Foreign Minister Thorgerdur Katrín Gunnarsdóttir.
"This is not an election about membership and not about adaptation, as there will be another referendum on an accession agreement if the result is yes in that election," Frostadóttir told the crowd.
On "No" side, former Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir addressed to the supporters.
"I think Iceland is better off outside of the EU, within the close collaboration with the EU," Jakobsdóttir told The Associated Press.
Iceland faces a choice between continuing to go alone and maintain control of natural resources, including its lucrative and well-managed fisheries, or to strengthening ties with Europe to better insulate the country from geopolitical instability and gain economic benefits such as the more stable euro currency and lower interest rates and inflation.
AP video shot by Marco Di Marco and Kwiyeon Ha
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(27 Aug 2026)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Reykjavik, Iceland - 26 August 2026
1. Wide of Yes campaign supporters gathering
2. Iceland's Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir greeting Iceland's Foreign Minister Thorgerdur Katrín Gunnarsdóttir
3. Wide of Frostadóttir speaking
4. SOUNDBITE (Icelandic) Kristrún Frostadóttir, Prime Minister of Iceland:
"This is not an election about membership and not about adaptation, as there will be another referendum on an accession agreement if the result is yes in that election. And we don’t know everything about what such an agreement might look like, as is so obvious from the discussion and the questions that burn in the minds of the people in the country when the issue comes up. That will become clear when it has been negotiated."
5. Wide of Frostadóttir at the podium and the audience cheering
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Reykjavik, Iceland - 27 August 2026
6. Wide of crowd gathering for No campaign
7. People with banner reading (Icelandic) "No"
8. Banner reading (Icelandic) "EU NO THANK YOU"
9. Former Prime Minister of Iceland Katrín Jakobsdóttir speaking on stage
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Katrín Jakobsdóttir, former Prime Minister of Iceland:
"Well I was informing the crowd here that I intend to say no, because I think Iceland is better off outside of the EU, within the close collaboration with the EU, with full EEA agreement, that has been a very successful collaboration. I think for a country like ours with our small economy, it's very important to maintain our sovereignty and do not transform more power than we have to do to the EU."
11. Various of crowds at the campaign event
STORYLINE:
Iceland's politicians held the last campaign ahead of a referendum on whether to restart talks about joining the European Union on Saturday.
The decision has divided the nation of 400,000 over issues of sovereignty.
On Wednesday, supporters for "Yes" campaign gathered in Reykjavik, joined by Iceland's Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir and Foreign Minister Thorgerdur Katrín Gunnarsdóttir.
"This is not an election about membership and not about adaptation, as there will be another referendum on an accession agreement if the result is yes in that election," Frostadóttir told the crowd.
On "No" side, former Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir addressed to the supporters.
"I think Iceland is better off outside of the EU, within the close collaboration with the EU," Jakobsdóttir told The Associated Press.
Iceland faces a choice between continuing to go alone and maintain control of natural resources, including its lucrative and well-managed fisheries, or to strengthening ties with Europe to better insulate the country from geopolitical instability and gain economic benefits such as the more stable euro currency and lower interest rates and inflation.
AP video shot by Marco Di Marco and Kwiyeon Ha
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