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Political party in Iceland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Icelandic Socialist Party (Icelandic: Sósíalistaflokkur Íslands; SFÍ) is a socialist political party in Iceland, which was founded on International Workers' Day (1 May) in 2017.
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Icelandic Socialist Party Sósíalistaflokkur Íslands | |
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Abbreviation | SFÍ |
Chairperson of Executive Committee | Gunnar Smári[1] |
Founder | Gunnar Smári |
Founded | 1 May 2017 |
Headquarters | Bolholt 6, 104 Reykjavík |
Youth wing | Ungir Sósíalistar |
Pensioners' wing | Sósíalistar 55+[2] |
Membership (2017) | 1,400 |
Ideology | Socialism[3][4] Democratic socialism[4] Anti-neoliberalism[5] |
Political position | Left-wing[4] |
Colours | Red |
Althing | 0 / 63 |
Reykjavík City Council | 2 / 23 |
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Website | |
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According to Gunnar Smári the party already had 1,400 members at its foundation. At the beginning of May, a temporary board was selected at a meeting to prepare a "Socialist Congress" in the autumn of 2017.[6] Prior to the Congress the party selected four committees among its members by sortition, responsible for healthcare, housing, social welfare, and democratization of society.[7]
The party did not contest the 2017 Althing elections, as it declared itself to be in a "build-up phase", but ran lists in Reykjavík and Kópavogur municipalities in the municipal elections on 26 May 2018.[8] In Reykjavík, they received one of 23 seats with 6.4% of the vote.[9]
The architect behind the party is the editor and author Gunnar Smári, who at the launching of the party declared that it should be "an advocate for wage earners and all those who are poor, invisible and powerless. The opponents of the Icelandic Socialist Party are the rich and those who serve their interests".[10]
According to the party’s website, the party’s main points in the party platform are:[11]
The party considers access to affordable housing to be a fundamental right, and calls for immediate actions to tackle the problems facing the Icelandic housing market.[12] Those actions include:
Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Government |
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2021 | 8,181 | 4.1 | 0 / 63 |
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