00:01The Icelandic public expressed mixed opinions after their country voted no to resuming membership negotiations with the European Union.
00:10With opponents defeating the measure by a margin of 52.8% to 47.2%, the outcome was close but
00:18decisive.
00:18I'm a little bit relieved. It has been quite aggressive, this discussion. But now I hope the opposing parties will
00:31find a way to make this community here in Iceland a little bit better just by using our own methods
00:41and of course those relations we have with Europe, America and Asia.
00:47And I think myself, I'm maybe in a kind of denial that this has happened. It's hard to grasp that
00:57it's a no.
00:58Iceland's Prime Minister Kristján Frósta-Dóttir, who campaigned in support of the measure, said she hoped the neck-to-neck
01:04result would not divide the nation.
