{
  "id": 4194312,
  "title": "Referendum on EU membership: An ‘existential question’ for Icelanders",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/referendum-on-eu-membership-an-existential-question-for-icelanders",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-29T12:46:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/referendum-on-eu-membership-an-existential-question-for-icelanders"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "As Icelanders head to the polls on Saturday to vote in a referendum on whether the country should resume talks with the EU over membership, FRANCE 24 speaks to Eiríkur Bergmann, Professor of Politics at Bifröst University, for more insight into the vote.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Sky News",
        "title": "Icelanders head to polls for referendum on whether to resume talks to join EU",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/icelanders-head-to-polls-for-referendum-on-whether-to-resume-talks-to",
        "published": "2026-08-29T05:34:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "RTE News",
        "title": "Icelanders go to polls in EU membership talks referendum",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/icelanders-go-to-polls-in-eu-membership-talks-referendum",
        "published": "2026-08-29T06:00:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Icelanders vote in referendum on whether to resume EU membership talks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/icelanders-vote-in-referendum-on-whether-to-resume-eu-membership-talks",
        "published": "2026-08-29T06:56:50.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}