Liberal Party of Iceland

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The Liberal Party of Iceland , Frjálslyndi flokkurinn in Icelandic , was a political party in Iceland . She has not been represented in the Icelandic parliament Althing since 2009 and was merged with two other parties in the new Dögun party in 2012 .

Political party

The party supported Iceland's membership in NATO . The Iraq war was rejected by the party. Furthermore, Iceland's membership in the European Union was refused. The main focus of the party for many years was fisheries policy and the fishing quotas of Icelandic fishermen. In addition, the issue of immigration was taken up as a political issue by the party and it was demanded from it consistent restrictions on immigration.

The party was founded in 1998. In 2006/2007 the small Icelandic party Nýtt afl ("New Force") merged with the party, whereupon the liberal member Margrét Sverrisdóttir left the Liberal Party of Iceland. The party's chairman was Guðjón Arnar Kristjánsson from 2003 to 2009 , and Kolbrún Stefánsdóttir was vice-chairman . In 2010 Sigurjón Þórðarson became the new chairman, most recently Ásta Hafberg was vice chairman .

In the 2003 elections , the party won 7.38% and received four seats in the Althing , adding two seats. In the parliamentary elections in May 2007 , the party achieved 7.3% and again received four seats in the Althing. In the early parliamentary elections in May 2009 , it failed with 2.2% of the 5% hurdle and is therefore no longer represented in the Althing.

The party was as a result of the twelve-year reign of the Independence Party and Progress Party from 1995 to 2007 and the grand coalition of the Independence Party and the Social Democratic Party since 2007 in the opposition in parliament.

On March 18, 2012, the Liberal Party and the Citizens' Movement and Hreyfingin ("The Movement") parties became the new Dögun ("Dawn") party.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Margrét Sverrisdóttir leaves Liberal Party ( English ) In: Iceland Review . January 30, 2007. Accessed March 18, 2018.
  2. ↑ Dögun skal hún heita ( Icelandic ) In: ruv.is . March 18, 2012. Retrieved April 16, 2013.