About 44 percent favor joining the European Union

More than 44 percent are in favor of Iceland joining the European Union, while nearly 36 percent are opposed. This is revealed in the new Gallup National Poll. It also shows that this is a similar proportion to three years ago, when support for accession had been increasing.

A total of 36 percent oppose accession and twenty percent are neither in favor nor opposed. The Gallup poll shows that fifteen years ago 26 percent were in favor of Iceland joining the European Union, 37 percent eleven years ago and 47 percent three years ago.

Residents of the capital area are more in favor of accession than residents of the countryside, and people with a university education are also more in favor of accession than people with less education. If we look at which party people voted for in the last parliamentary elections, those who voted for Viðreisn are more in favor of accession than those who voted for the Samfylkinga.

Those who voted for the Progressive Party are mostly opposed, or 81 percent, while voters for the Centre Party and the Independence Party are also somewhat opposed. 74 percent of Centre Party voters are opposed and 66 percent of Independence Party voters are opposed.

Large majority in favor of Iceland’s membership in NATO

The same survey also asked about Iceland’s membership in NATO. According to the survey, 71 percent of the population is in favor of Iceland’s membership in NATO, while about twelve percent are opposed. This is a similar proportion to what has been measured previously.

People over 50 and under 30 are generally more in favor of Iceland’s membership in NATO than people between 30 and 50, who are in turn more likely than younger and older people to say they are neither in favor nor opposed. Those who would vote for the Left Greens if the Althing were elected today are the least in favor of Iceland’s membership in NATO, followed by those who voted for the Pirate Party and the Socialist Party of Iceland. However, more people who vote for these parties are in favor of Iceland’s membership in NATO than those who vote for these parties and are opposed.

Those who voted for the ruling parties or the Progressive Party are mostly in favor of Iceland’s presence in NATO.

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Never heard of IP4 but Japan + South-Korea and Australia + New Zealand are two sets of valuable assets when it comes to countering the enemies NATO is defending from.

Imagine ‘EU’s trade bazooka’ being sold in Call of Duty or Fortnite or whatever.

I agree a step in the right direction, and I think better late then never. But I think it’s more a message than anything else. “The Dutch government will now assess exports of military equipment and dual-use goods to Israel on a case-by-case basis, …”

The percentage of Brits that voted leave was much smaller than 66, but besides that a lot of them feel lied to, because none of the promises the leave campaign made were held up. For example when it comes to foreign workers, there was a huge shortage of lorry drivers and medical staff after Brexit because most of the eastern-Europeans left the country. So to mitigate that problem there are now a lot of south-east Asians and Nigerians immigrants doing those jobs and so the Britons that voted leave now live in a country with more immigrants rather than less. Thats not the only reason leave voters are disappointed, and I believe the fear of immigrants moving in is now much smaller than the fear of isolation and impoverishment.

Also the conservatives have lost a lot of credibility (and votes) because of how they got Brexit done, and the far-right lost a lot of credibility (and votes) because of their ties with Trump and Putin.

Polls show a serious majority wanting closer ties with the EU, militarily and economically.

I’m a visual thinker, trump eating shit might be my best visual thought of today.

Rip human life on earth

I think we shouldn’t overlook the economic might that Japan and South-Korea have. The western world (probably without the us) might really benefit from relationships with south-east Asian countries, especially if China becomes more hostile in the future. Australia and New Zealand might not be world powers, but they could potentially play a pivotal role in finding a new balance.

I’m all for strategic autonomy and strengthening the European defence industry, but I think we also need do double down on our diplomatic ties with the rest of the world. As the article puts it: “Europeans and Asians who care about democracy and world order need to […] build new kinds of a partnerships among themselves and like-minded countries.”

Kudos for the Invidious link, here’s a link for those subscribed to Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/tldrnewsuk-has-trump-restarted-brexit/

Nothing official, maybe just conspiracy theories but two weeks a go 5 people got stabbed in Amsterdam (more on that: https://nltimes.nl/2025/04/01/terrorism-formally-suspected-amsterdam-stabbing-attack-left-five-wounded).

The Dutch government does consider it a terrorist attack, but says nothing about whether he acted alone or in connection to a group. These facts however make the the heads of some people spin.

• the man had various fake identities, i believe paper of different countries with different names but his own picture
• he turns out to be from an occupied part of Ukraine (Donetsk)

And maybe a coincidence, maybe not

• he was stopped by a British tourist who on video clearly has experience making a (civil) arrest since he is able to keep the man down all by himself without having handcuffs or anything to restrain the man. Some people say this must mean he is a British spy who was in on the plans of this man.

Be careful what you choose to believe though, this could well happen to be someone who is traumatized by war.

!europe@feddit.org has been around for a while now though.

So we had fake news, now we get fake science. What’s next, fake arguments?

The Dutch secretary of digitization announced plans today for creating a national cloud for public services. IT projects aren’t usually our governments strong suit, so who knows if this will succeed. At least they’re doing something.

More on this (in Dutch language): https://www.techzine.nl/nieuws/infrastructure/563864/nederland-zet-in-op-eigen-soevereine-overheidscloud/

I heard a piece on the Dutch news of gay Americans and parents of trans kids already applied for asylum. Will take a while before we’ll hear if they’re actually granted asylum but there are already people trying. They are personally affected though, and felt unsafe enough to leave their country behind so I’m not sure this is valuable information for someone who just dislikes their government.

Also in my life I’ve met a bunch of people who moved here, they didn’t come across as all being from a single economic class but didn’t check their payslips.

I don’t think all or even most of the affluent 30-40 year olds with executive roles in tech, pharmaceuticals or finance voted for Trump. The ones that did vote Trump are quite likely still fond of him.

Oi mate, come and rest yer head on our European bosom hehe

I now see you meant we shouldn’t give them privileges other countries don’t have either, I do agree with that. I most of all meant we should create the conditions that make it as attractive as possible to rejoin the EU. In some articles about a multi-speed EU they say the UK could join at the lowest speed in a similar way Norway and Switzerland are ‘members’ of the economic area, I think it’s more realistic the UK will first have an agreement like those two countries before they become a full/regular member again.

Guess I wasn’t the only one confused. But thinking the top 10 most polluted rivers are over 10 times as polluted as the European ones isn’t exactly good news. Well, for us maybe. But still.

I like Brtl-Z written, but probably no longer once I hear a brit talk about Bontrol-Z lol