Iceland: Leader of Center-Right Is New Prime Minister

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The leader of the center-right Progressive Party, Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson, was chosen as Iceland’s new prime minister on Wednesday and promptly announced a halt to talks with the European Union about joining the 27-nation bloc. Mr. Gunnlaugsson’s party has been opposed, in part because its members fear that joining would mean giving up control of Iceland’s vital fishing stocks.