Public Opinion
Various polls have been taken on public opinion regarding starting accession negotiations, joining the EU and adopting the euro, thus joining the eurozone. Noted must be the effect of negative propaganda dismissed by experts, including professors at the University of Iceland, that organizations such as Heimssýn, a group notorious for two commercials that aired on Icelandic television claiming the EU to be undemocratic, have had on the views of the Icelandic public.
| Date | Poller | Question | Yes | No | Unsure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2005 | Capacent-Gallup for The Federation of Icelandic Industries | Start negotiations | 55% | 37% | 8% |
| Join | 43% | 37% | 20% | ||
| Adopt Euro | 37% | 54% | 9% | ||
| February 2006 | Fréttablaðið | Join | 34% | 42% | 24% |
| September 2007 | Capacent-Gallup | Start negotiations | 59% | 26% | 15% |
| Join | 48% | 34% | 18% | ||
| Adopt Euro | 53% | 37% | 10% | ||
| February 2008 | Fréttablaðið | Join | 55.1% | 44.9% | – |
| More reasons than last year | 54.7% | 7.3% | 38.1% | ||
| 24 November 2008 | Fréttablaðið | Submit application | 60% | 40% | – |
| January 2009 | Join | 38% | 38% | 24% | |
| Submit application | 40% | 60% | – | ||
| March 2009 | Start negotiations | 64% | 28% | 8% | |
| 11 April 2009 | Fréttablaðið | Submit application | 45.6% | 54.4% | 0% |
| 5 May 2009 | Capacent Gallup | Start negotiations | 61% | 27% | 12% |
| Join | 39% | 39% | 22% | ||
| 10 June 2009 | Capacent Gallup | Referendum on application | 76.3% | 17.8% | 5.8% |
| 30 July 2009 | Fréttablaðið | Start negotiations | 51% | 36% | 13% |
| 4 August 2009 | Capacent Gallup | Join | 34.7% | 48.5% | 16.9% |
| 15 September 2009 | Capacent Gallup | Join | 32.7% | 50.2% | 17% |
| If referendum now, how would you vote | 38.5% | 61.5% | 0% | ||
| Happy with application? | 39.6% | 43.2% | 17.1% | ||
| 5 November 2009 | Bifröst University Research Institute | Join | 29.0% | 54% | 17% |
| Start negotiations | 50.5% | 42.5% | 7% | ||
| 28 February 2010 | Capacent Gallup | Join | 33.3% | 55.9% | 10.8% |
| 5 March 2010 | Capacent Gallup | Join | 24.4% | 60% | 15.5% |
| If referendum now, how would you vote | 30.5% | 69.4% | 0% | ||
| 14 June 2010 | MMR | maintain EU application | 24.3% | 57.6% | 18.1% |
| 6 July 2010 | Capacent Gallup | Join | 26% | 60% | 14% |
| 2 September 2010 | Capacent Gallup | Start negotiations | 38.8% | 45.5% | 15.7% |
| 29 September 2010 | Fréttablaðið | Continue with negotiations | 64.2% | 32.8% | 3% |
| 24 January 2011 | Fréttablaðið | Continue with negotiations | 65.4% | 34.6% | 0% |
| 10 March 2011 | Capacent Gallup | Join | 31.4% | 50.5% | 18% |
| If referendum now, how would you vote | 38.9% | 61.1% | 0% | ||
| 17 March 2011 | MMR | Join | 30% | 55.7% | 14.2% |
| 16 June 2011 | Capacent Gallup | Join | 37.3% | 50.1% | 12.6% |
| 30 June 2011 | Capacent Gallup | Maintain EU application | 38.5% | 51.0% | 10.5% |
| 11 August 2011 | Capacent Gallup | Join | 35.5% | 64.5% | 0% |
| 12 September 2011 | Fréttablaðið | Continue with negotiations | 63.4% | 36.6% | 0% |
| 16 November 2011 | MMR | Maintain EU application | 35.3% | 50.5% | 14.2% |
| 17 November 2011 | Capacent Gallup | Continue with negotiations | 53.1% | 46.9% | 0% |
| 19 January 2012 | Capacent Gallup | Join | 31.5% | 53.5% | 15% |
| 19 January 2012 | MMR | Adopt Euro | 28% | 52% | 20% |
| 22 February 2012 | Capacent Gallup | Join | 26.3% | 56.2% | 17.5% |
| If referendum now, how would you vote | 32.6% | 67.4% | 0% | ||
| Maintain EU application | 42.6% | 43.6% | 13.9% | ||
| 27 April 2012 | University of Iceland | Join | 27.5% | 53.8% | 18.7% |
| 15 October 2012 | Capacent Gallup | Join | 27.3% | 57.6% | 15.0% |
| 12 November 2012 | Capacent Gallup | Maintain EU application | 36.4% | 53.5% | 9.9% |
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