Kristrún Frostadóttir: “lifted discussions about the EU, about Iceland's place in the world, about our general geopolitical situation and…”

Maintaining the Icelandic krona is “costing us a ton,” Frostadottir told The Rest Is Politics podcast last month, adding that joining the eurozone will bolster investment and foster stability.

This has been a tight race, extremely exciting," Frostadóttir said after voting Saturday.

Either we enter these negotiations, seek a good agreement and then see what happens, or we put the discussion about the European Union aside, at least for the time being.