Right-Green People's Party
| Hægri grænir, flokkur fólksins Right-Green People's Party |
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| Party leader |
Guðmundur Franklín Jónsson (until 2013) Helgi Helgason (2014–2016) |
| founding | June 17, 2010 |
| resolution | February 27, 2016 |
| Headquarters | Reykjavík |
| Alignment |
Libertarianism , Euroscepticism |
| Colours) | green |
The Hægri grænir, flokkur fólksins ( German : Right-Green People's Party , HG for short , party letter G ) was a small party in Iceland that existed from 2010 to early 2016. The party called itself libertarian and based its ideology on that of the US presidential candidate Ron Paul . Founder and party chairman until 2013 was Guðmundur Franklín Jónsson .
history
The party was founded on June 17, 2010 under the leadership of Guðmundur Franklín Jónsson. When it ran for the first time in the 2013 parliamentary election , the party received around 1.7 percent of the vote, meaning that it did not receive a seat in the national parliament . Helgi Helgason had been party chairman since 2014 .
On February 27, 2016, the Right-Green People's Party was dissolved and integrated into the recently founded Íslenska þjóðfylkingin party (for example: the Icelandic National Front ), whose chairman was Helgi Helgason.
program
In its program , the party advocated the following, among other things:
- Abolition of the stamp duty
- new mortgages based on the Danish model
- Preservation of the social housing system for the future
- Simplification of the tax system and a simple tax rate of 20 percent on profits , as well as on VAT
- Abolition of customs duties and excise taxes
- Separation of business and investment banking
- Promotion and strengthening of tourism
- Liberalization of capital movements
- Lowering the voting age to 17 years
See also
Web links
- Official website ( Memento of December 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hægri grænir, flokkur fólksins (xG) (“The Right Green People's Party”) ( English , PDF) In: The Reykjavík Grapevine . S. April 19, 2013. Archived from the original on August 17, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
- ↑ a b Hægri grænir heyra sögunni til ( Icelandic ) In: mbl.is . Morgunblaðið. February 27, 2016. Accessed June 28, 2020.
- ↑ Jóhann Óli Eiðsson: Hægri grænir ganga til liðs við Íslensku þjóðfylkinguna ( Icelandic ) In: Vísir . February 27, 2016. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
- ↑ Hægri grænir, flokkur fólksins - Landsfundur 2013 ( Memento from April 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive )