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Political party in Iceland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Right-Green People's Party (Icelandic: Hægri grænir, flokkur fólksins) was a right-wing political party in Iceland founded on 17 June 2010.[1]
Right-Green People's Party Hægri Grænir flokkur fólksins | |
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Chairperson | Helgi Helgason |
Founder | Sveinbirni Árnasyni Lúðvíki Lúðvíkssyni Guðmundur Franklín Jónsson |
Founded | June 17, 2010 |
Dissolved | February 27, 2016 |
Merged into | Icelandic National Front |
Headquarters | Reykjavík |
Ideology | Euroscepticism Green conservatism Right-libertarianism |
Political position | Right-wing |
Colours | Green |
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On 27 February 2016, the party was disbanded joined the Icelandic National Front, a right-wing populist party.[2]
The Right-Green party identified with classical liberal and Eurosceptic policy within a right-libertarian context and considered its platform fairly similar to that of former U.S. presidential candidate Ron Paul.[3]
The party wanted to abolish governmental monopolies like Mjólkursamsalan (MS) and ÁTVR, the State Alcohol & Tobacco Company.[4] It also rejected the idea of Iceland joining the European Union, although it wished to put the issue to a referendum.[3][4] 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 abolition of customs duties, import tariffs and excise taxes. It also had a nature conservation agenda and called for better protection of Icelandic nature.
The name Right Greens (Hægri grænir) was a pun on the Left Green Movement, which is known as the Left Greens (Vinstri græn).
Election | No. of overall votes |
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Leader | From | To |
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Guðmundur Franklín Jónsson | 17 June 2010 | 2013 |
Helgi Helgason | 2014 | 27 feb 2016 |
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