Right-Green People's Party

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
ChairpersonHelgi Helgason
FoundedJune 17, 2010 (2010-06-17)
DissolvedFebruary 27, 2016 (2016-02-27)
Merged intoIcelandic National Front
HeadquartersReykjavík
IdeologyEuroscepticism
Libertarianism
Environmentalism
ColoursGreen
Website
www.xg.is

History

On 27 February 2016, the party was disbanded joined the new Icelandic National Front party.[2]

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.[3]

The party plans to abolish governmental monopolies like Mjólkursamsalan (MS) and State Alcohol & Tobacco Company (ÁTVR).[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 conservationist agenda and called for better protection of Icelandic nature.

Name

The name Right Greens (Hægri grænir) was a pun on the Left Green Movement, which is known as the Left Greens (Vinstri grænir).

Election results

Parliament
Election # of
overall votes		 % of
overall vote		 # of
overall seats won		 +/– Position
2013 3,262 1.73
0 / 63
 0 10th

Leaders
Leader From To
Guðmundur Franklín Jónsson 17 June 2010 2013
Helgi Helgason 2014 27 feb 2016
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References
  1. "Hægri grænir stofna stjórnmálaflokk". 30 June 2016.
  2. "Hægri grænir ganga til liðs við Íslensku þjóðfylkinguna". 27 February 2016.
  3. "The Reykjavík Grapevine Election Guide 2013", The Reykjavík Grapevine (4), p. 19, 5 April 2013
  4. "Financial security sources a priority" (in Icelandic). Mbl.is. 10 March 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
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