Iceland's last whaler vs the EU: island votes on membership bid

Icelanders are voting on Saturday on whether to reopen the path to EU membership. The debate over the country's last whaling operation — a niche industry or, as critics call it, a wealthy man's "perverse hobby" — encapsulates the broader divide between pro- and anti-EU camps. EU rules banning whaling are among the symbolic sticking points in the membership debate.