Iceland locks in on date for EU referendum

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https://www.euractiv.com/news/iceland-locks-in-on-date-for-eu-referendum/

As a member of the European Economic Area, Iceland is already aligned with much of the bloc’s legislation

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It is not a referendum on joining the EU! Just on whether the negotiations should continue. The aim is to add democratic legitimacy to the process.

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Good clarification.

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So basically it‘s actually questioning the EU membership. With a referendum. Now, where have I seen this before…?

In any case a referendum exposes a nation to foreign interference in this age of information. It allows bad actors to focus their propaganda networks on a single issue for a very short time with great efficiency. That‘s how they got the Brits.

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Not really. It is just, do we want to proceed yes/no. Of course adversaries can try to influence this. But a democracy has to be able to deal with that.

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That‘s what the labour party thought when started the referendum. But as we know things turned out very differently. It was a catastrophe for the party and a serious blow to democracy. It’s not that hard, really. You either have a representative democracy or you don’t. But holding referendums over topics that are obviously targeted by Russian propaganda is malpractice. We can‘t be this naive about things anymore.

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That‘s what the labour party thought when started the referendum.

Labour didn’t start the referendum, that was on the Tories.

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