The EU put a brave face Sunday on Iceland's vote against restarting membership talks, but the outcome was a bitter pill to swallow – robbing Brussels of a hoped-for success story while delighting its eurosceptic critics.
European Council chief Antonio Costa told Iceland's Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir after the referendum results came in late Saturday, that the 27-nation bloc "fully respects the democratic choice" of Iceland's voters.
