Young Independents
| Young Independents Ungir sjálfstæðismenn |
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| President | Magnús Júlíusson |
| Founded | 27 June 1930[1] |
| Headquarters | 1 Haaleitisbraut 105 Reykjavík |
| Ideology | Conservatism Classical liberalism |
| Mother party | Independence Party |
| International affiliation | International Young Democrat Union |
| European affiliation | Democrat Youth Community of Europe European Young Conservatives |
| Nordic affiliation | Nordic Young Conservative Union |
| Website | |
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Young Independents (Icelandic: Ungir sjálfstæðismenn), abbreviated to SUS, is the youth wing of the Independence Party of Iceland.
Young Independents was founded at Þingvellir on 27 June 1930:[1] the year after the Independence Party itself. Its current chairman is Magnús Júlíusson, who was elected on 8 September 2013.[2]
It is conservative, like its mother party, but often expresses more classical liberal views.[3] The party can conduct its own policy and campaigns. In 2011, it criticised capital controls,[4] subsidies to the Symphony Orchestra,[5] and the application for EU membership.[6] In February 2011, it ran an advert in Morgunblaðið that urged Independence Party MPs to vote against the government paying foreign liabilities accrued by Icesave.[7] SUS put forward an alternative budget in 2010, and criticised Independence Party MPs for following convention by not voting against the government's budget.[8]
Its largest branch is its Reykjavík branch, Heimdallur.
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External links
- (Icelandic) Young Independents official website
- Articles with Icelandic-language external links
- Pages with broken file links
- Political youth organization articles using deprecated parameters
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- 1930 establishments in Iceland
- Youth wings of Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists member parties
- Youth wings of conservative parties
- Youth wings of political parties in Iceland
