Right-Green People's Party
Right-Green People's Party Hægri Grænir flokkur fólksins |
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Chairperson | Guðmundur Franklín Jónsson |
Founded | June 17, 2010 |
Dissolved | February 27, 2016 |
Headquarters | Reykjavík |
Ideology | Euroscepticism, Libertarianism |
Colours | Green |
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Politics of Iceland Political parties Elections |
The Right-Green People's Party (Icelandic: Hægri Grænir flokkur fólksins) was a right-wing political party in Iceland founded on 17 June 2010.
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History
On 27 February 2016, the party was disbanded and the leadership of the party joined the new Icelandic National Front party.[1]
On the Issues
The Right-Green party identified with classical liberal and eurosceptic policy within a libertarian context and considered its platform fairly similar to that of former U.S. presidential candidate Ron Paul.[2]
The party plans to abolish governmental monopolies like Mjólkursamsalan (MS) and State Alcohol & Tobacco Company (ÁTVR).[3]
It also rejected the idea of Iceland joining the European Union, although it wished to put the issue to a referendum.[2][3] The Right-Green party rolled out plans to replace the Icelandic króna, while rejecting the Euro; choosing instead to introduce a new currency, the "Ríkisdalur" (named after Iceland's historical currency, prior to the króna) which would be pegged to the US dollar.
The party advocated the introduction of a 20% flat tax, halt further increases in spending and freeze public hiring for at least four years. It also supported the immediate deletion of customs duties, import tariffs and excise taxes.
Political support
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Organisation
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Electoral results
Parliament
Election | # of overall votes |
% of overall vote |
# of overall seats won |
+/– | Position |
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2013 | 3,262 | 1.73 |
0 / 63
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0 | 10th |
Leaders
Leader | From | To | |
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1st | Guðmundur Franklín Jónsson | 17 June 2010 | 2014 |
second | Helgi Helgason | 2014 | 27 feb 2016 |