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Cold comfort

Reykjavik wants the market without the politics. So do Europe’s wealthiest hold-outs, and Britain, above all, ought to be paying attention. So Iceland will not be joining the European Union anytime soon. Voters on the North Atlantic island decided against resuming accession talks at the weekend, talks which have been on hold since 2013.

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