Iceland Says No to the #EU in Referendum Icelanders have rejected European Union accession with 52.8% voting 'No' at 82.5% turnout. The question was whether Reykjavik should restart accession negotiations frozen more than a decade ago . Only central Reykjavik, the capital, backed 'Yes'. The rest of the country, especially fishing regions, said 'No'. The government had sold membership as 'security and stability' . But if 'security and stability' assumes the opening of borders to migrant invaders