Iceland will send an application to join the EU

iceland euToday the Icelandic Parliament has voted  “yes” to start official negotiations to apply for European Union membership. The votes were close, 33 were for, 28 were against, and 2 withdrew. Iceland will submit an application formally in Brussels on 27 July. It is expected to take around 2 years until the nation will vote whether to join the EU after membership negotiations have been discussed.

The following below is a list of Members of Parliaments according to their votes.

VOTES FOR JOINING THE EUROPEAN UNION

Samfylkingin (Alliance Party)

Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Helgi Hjörvar
Valgerður Bjarnadóttir
Steinunn Valdís Óskarsdóttir
Össur Skarphéðinsson
Sigríður Ingibjörg Ingadóttir
Skúli Helgason
Ásta Ragnheiður Jóhannesdóttir
Árni Páll Árnason
Katrín Júlíusdóttir
Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir
Magnús Orri Schram
Björgvin G. Sigurðsson
Oddný Guðbjörg Harðardóttir
Róbert Marshall
Kristján Möller
Guðbjartur Hannesson
Ólína Þorvarðardóttir
Sigmundur Ernir Rúnarsson
Jónína Rós Guðmundsdóttir

Vinstri græn (Left Greens)

Árni Þór Sigurðsson
Álfheiður Ingadóttir
Svandís Svavarsdóttir
Lilja Mósesdóttir
Ögmundur Jónasson
Steingrímur J. Sigfússon
Bjarkey Gunnarsdóttir
Katrín Jakobsdóttir

Sjálfstæðisflokkur (Independence Party)

Ragnheiður Ríkharðsdóttir

Framsóknarflokkur (Progressive Party)

Siv Friðleifsdóttir
Birkir Jón Jónsson
Guðmundur Steingrímsson

Borgarahreyfingin (Citizens’ Movement)

Þráinn Bertelsson

VOTES AGAINST JOINING THE EUROPEAN UNION

Sjálfstæðisflokkur (Independence Party)

Illugi Gunnarsson
Pétur H. Blöndal
Ólöf Nordal
Birgir Ármannsson
Bjarni Benediktsson
Jón Gunnarsson
Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir
Árni Johnsen
Unnur Brá Konráðsdóttir
Kristján Þór Júlíusson
Tryggvi Þór Herbertsson
Ásbjörn Óttarsson
Einar K. Guðfinnsson
Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson

Vinstri græn (Left Greens)

Atli Gíslason
Þuríður Backman
Lilja Rafney Magnúsdóttir
Ásmundur Einar Daðason
Jón Bjarnason

Framsóknarflokkur (Progressive Party)

Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson
Vigdís Hauksdóttir
Eygló Harðardóttir
Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson
Höskuldur Þórhallsson
Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson

Borgarahreyfingin (Citizens’ Movement)

Þór Saari
Birgitta Jónsdóttir
Margrét Tryggvadóttir

Absent from voting
Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir (Indp.)
Guðfríður Lilja Grétarsdóttir (Lft Grns)

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