It is a non-final, which sounds like a challenge to international pressure: the Icelanders did not want to spend their lives to pay the bill left the bank Icesave. Saturday, they have rejected more than 93%, the repayment plan to Great Britain and the Netherlands for around 3.8 billion euros, lost in the collapse of Icesave, in October 2008. A firm that could pay off: yesterday, said London was ready to "be flexible" in the coming negotiations.

"There is every reason to congratulate the people of Iceland. The result was clear, "welcomed the President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson. In January, he had refused to sign the bill says Icesave, narrowly passed by Parliament. Under public pressure, he preferred to call a referendum."The public understands that we must be treated as a sovereign nation and not be intimidated by the British or Dutch," exclaimed Magnus Arni Skulason, founder of the movement indefence opposed to the agreement Icesave. For indefence it was deeply unfair to place too heavy a bill – 100 euros per capita per month for eight years – on the shoulders of a ruined country.

London said he was "flexible"

After a strange country where no one had called to vote yes, this result is "not a shock to the government," relativized the first Social Democrat Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir. Like several of his ministers, she herself had chosen to abstain … But such a tidal wave put the coalition into a corner cash advance america ."These results represent a serious warning to the government, says Olafur Isleifsson, professor of economics at Reykjavik University. By abstaining in the vote crucial to the nation, they showed that they were very distant from the people. "

Rejecting any possibility of resignation, Johanna Sigurdardottir said there was "(our) duty to resume negotiations" with London and The Hague. "It is important that we do so as quickly as possible," added the Minister of Finance, Steingrimur Sigfusson.It would be difficult (to reach an agreement) if we approached the elections too. "The elections are due in May in Britain and in June in the Netherlands.

To the President of Iceland, the ball is now in the court of London: "The main question now is: what will Gordon Brown?" The British finance minister, Alistair Darling, responded on Sunday: "We are prepared to be flexible "he admitted, noting that the reimbursement would require" many, many years. " As the government of The Hague, he assured to remain "involved in finding a solution."

Another failure of talks might push a little further in the Iceland crisis, delaying a bailout plan of 3.3 billion euros pledged by the IMF and Nordic countries.Some analysts say it could hamper his candidacy for the European Union, giving London and The Hague a reason to oppose it.