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Johanna Sigurdardottir, the Social Democratic prime minister, wants to apply for EU membership within weeks

Iceland closer to joining EU after left-wing victory

Icelandic voters punished the centre-right party that had governed the country for most of the last 18 years and dominated it for generations, delivering a clear majority in a snap general election to the centre-left Social Democrats and far-left and ecologist Left Green Movement.

But in a twist on expectations, voters also sent to the Althingi, the Icelandic parliament, a majority of deputies in favour of an immediate application for membership in the European Union.

On an 85 per...

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Johanna Sigurdardottir, the Social Democratic prime minister, wants to apply for EU membership within weeks

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