Viðreisn

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Viðreisn
reform
Party leader Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir
Secretary General Birna Þórarinsdóttir
vice-chairman Jóna Sólveig Elínardóttir
founding May 24, 2016
Headquarters Reykjavík
Alignment Liberalism
Economic liberalism
Green politics
Parliament seats
4/63
Althing
European party Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
Website www.vidreisn.is

Viðreisn is an Icelandic political party with a liberal and EU- friendly orientation. The party's name is mostly translated as reform , other translations are rebuilding , regeneration , restoration or satisfaction . The party was founded in 2016 and received 10.5% of the vote in the general election in Iceland in 2016 , which meant that it could move into the Icelandic parliament Althing with 7 seats . Your party letter is C .

history

A meeting was held in June 2014 to prepare for the founding of a new party, but the official founding act did not take place until May 24, 2016. With the former Independence Party Vice Chairman þorgerður katrín gunnarsdóttir and former Prime Minister Þorsteinn Pálsson have prominent exponent of the liberal-conservative Independence Party switched to Viðreisn and the party has been described in the media as a splinter group of the Independence Party, which perception of party president Benedikt Jóhannesson , however, at the founding was rejected. The motivation for the creation of Viðreisn is the withdrawal of the application for Iceland to join the European Union , which the Icelandic government announced in 2013 and implemented in March 2015 without having held a referendum as previously promised.

Since neither the governing coalition of the Independence Party and the Progressive Party nor the center-left alliance of the four opposition parties, the Left-Green Movement , Píratar , Björt framtíð and Allianz , was able to achieve a government majority in the parliamentary elections on October 29, 2016 , Viðreisn was considered to win seven seats could, as a possible tip on the scales or "kingmaker". Since January 11, 2017 she was involved in a coalition government made up of the Independence Party, Viðreisn and Björt framtíð. The Bjarni Benediktsson cabinet (2017) consisted of three representatives from Viðreisn: Benedikt Jóhannesson (finance), Þorsteinn Víglundsson (social affairs and equality) and Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir (fisheries and agriculture). On October 11, 2017, Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir replaced the previous party chairman Benedikt Jóhannesson .

In the early parliamentary election on October 28, 2017 , the party received 6.69% of the vote and thus four seats in the Althing.

program

In its party program, the party advocates social justice, responsible use of natural resources and cooperation with the western world . She calls for an immediate referendum on the resumption of accession negotiations with the EU . Thereafter, if the negotiations are successful, the accession will be voted on again. Viðreisn also calls for the reform of the Icelandic constitution to be completed, thereby giving the population instruments of direct democracy . The government must meet its information obligations.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Vala Hafstað: New Political Party Established in Iceland ( English ) In: Iceland Review Online . May 25, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
  2. ^ Silke Bigalke: Standoff on Iceland . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . October 30, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
  3. ↑ Peter Mühlbauer: Referendum supporter becomes new Icelandic president . In: Telepolis . June 27, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
  4. ^ Rudolf Hermann: Formation of a government in a dead end: Is Iceland reaching for a model of concordance? . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . November 25, 2016. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
  5. ^ Hans Ulrich Schmid: Dictionary Icelandic-German . 2., revised. Edition. Buske, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-87548-596-7 , p. 283 .
  6. ↑ Viðreisn undirbýr framboð ( Icelandic ) In: mbl.is . Morgunblaðið . June 13, 2014. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
  7. ^ Paul Fontaine: Decision '16: Iceland's Looming Political Shitstorm ( English ) In: The Reykjavík Grapevine . September 28, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
  8. ^ A b Jon Henley: Iceland elections leave ruling center-right party in driving seat ( English ) In: The Guardian . October 30, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  9. ↑ Who is the new kid on the block in Icelandic politics? ( English ) In: Iceland Monitor . September 7, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
  10. ^ Benedikt Jóhannesson: Thousands Protest Government's EU Application Withdrawal ( English ) In: Iceland Review . March 15, 2015. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
  11. ↑ Brynjólfur Þór Guðmundsson: Þetta eru ráðherrarnir í nýrri ríkisstjórn ( Icelandic ) RÚV. January 10, 2017. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  12. ↑ Þorgerður Katrín nýr formaður Viðreisnar. October 11, 2017. Retrieved October 11, 2017 (Icelandic).
  13. ↑ Kosningavakan 2017 ( Icelandic ) In: ruv.is . Ríkisútvarpið . October 29, 2017. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
  14. ↑ Grunnstefna Viðreisnar ( Icelandic ) Viðreisn. September 24, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
  15. ↑ Our core manifesto ( English ) Viðreisn. September 24, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2016.

Web links

  • Viðreisn Official Website (Icelandic, English, Polish)