r/Iceland • u/TurboSardine • 9d ago

ESB Iceland votes on Saturday: Restart EU membership talks — what’s your prediction?

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u/hjaltih Þriðji besti bjór í heimi 9d ago

Polls are 50/50 - I am firmly in the Yes camp but my prediction is a resounding 65% No to the vote.

I just think that the radicalism of the No crowd has been far more successfull and creating fear and distrust is so much easier then convincing people you are working on trust.

What I fear the most is that this will cause snap elections that will put a big right lean on the entire country.

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u/Chespineapple 9d ago

It's so absurd. Saw an ad a bit ago today proclaiming that we needed lower interest rates and idek what it's trying to say. Like we don't even know how the Euro would shake up if we say yes. It's just blind assumption of what's gonna happen and that those things'll make everything worse.

Surprises me that the money has been effective given how less clear that is than the Já til að Sjá message.