Halldor Benjamin Thorbergsson, a leading organizer of Afram Island, a campaign opposing the resumption of European Union accession negotiations, votes during the referendum at a polling station in Reykjavik on August 29, 2026. Icelanders began voting August 29, 2026 in a referendum on whether to resume membership negotiations with the European Union, in a tight race that will be closely watched in Brussels. The country of just under 400,000 people applied to join the EU in the wake of a 2009 financial crisis that devastated its economy. The membership talks were suspended in 2013 when a eurosceptic government came to power. The referendum result is expected to go down to the wire, with the latest Gallup poll crediting the 'No' camp with 51.6 percent of voter support and the 'Yes' side with 48.4 percent, a gap within the statistical margin of error. (Photo by Halldor KOLBEINS / AFP via Getty Images)