Left-Green Movement

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Vinstrihreyfingin - grænt framboð
Left-Green movement
Party leader Katrín Jakobsdóttir
Party leader Katrín Jakobsdóttir
Deputy Chairman Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson
founding February 6, 1999
Headquarters Reykjavík
Alignment Democratic socialism ,
eco-socialism ,
feminism ,
pacifism
EU skepticism
Colours) Green red
Parliament seats
11/63
Althing
International connections Nordic Green-Left Alliance (NGLA)
Website www.vg.is

The left-green movement ( isl. Vinstrihreyfingin - grænt framboð , dt. Literally left-wing movement - green candidacy ) is a political party in Iceland .

history

The party was founded in 1999 when some members of the Icelandic parliament Althing disagreed with the merger of several left-wing parties into an alliance . They split off and started the movement.

In the parliamentary elections in 2007 , the party achieved a significant increase in votes compared to the previous elections and was 14.3 percent of the vote. With 9 seats in parliament, it was the strongest opposition party. After the resignation of the government of Geir Haarde , she entered a minority government with the Alliance under Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir . After the early parliamentary election in April 2009 , the party formed a coalition with Allianz; she provided four ministers in the government of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir II . In the 2013 parliamentary elections , the left-green movement suffered heavy losses and went into opposition . In the parliamentary elections in 2016 and 2017 , the party won back ground and provides since November 2017 katrín jakobsdóttir in a coalition with the Independence Party and the Progressive Party , the Prime Minister .

Political positions

The main focus of the party is environmental protection , social affairs and equality . The party also wants to strengthen direct democracy in Iceland. A Iceland's accession to the European Union rejects the party, it is also against the commitment to NATO .

Chairperson

Svandís Svavarsdóttir

Steingrímur J. Sigfússon was Chairman 1999-2013. Katrín Jakobsdóttir has been the party’s chairman since February 2013 . Svandís Svavarsdóttir has been chairman of the left-green movement in the Althing since 2013 .

Election results

Elections to the Althing

year be right percent +/- Seats +/-
1999 15,115 9.1% 6th
2003 16,129 8.8% −0.3% 5 −1
2007 26,136 14.3% +5.5% 9 +4
2009 40,580 21.7% + 7.4% 14th +5
2013 20,546 10.9% −10% 7th −7
2016 30.166 15.9% + 5% 10 +3
2017 33,155 16.9% +1% 11 +1

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