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Pirate party mandate to form government still not led to formal negotiations

12/9/2016

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Despite nearly a week of informal discussions led by the leader of the Pirate Party, Birgitta Jónsdóttir, the five parties of the center and left are no closer to forming a new coalition government. Birgitta received the mandate to form a government from the President of Iceland on Friday November 2.
Read more: The stalemate in Icelandic politics: What' going on and why is there no coalition in sight?
A spokesman for the Pirate party told the local news site visir.is that the five centrist and left wing parties have spent the past days exploring their differences on major issues like the fisheries, taxes and government finances, and to see what kinds of compromises could be made. He added that it would become clear tomorrow whether the distances between the parties was too great to bridged, or whether an agreement could be reached. The parties would then make a decision whether to begin formal negotiations or whether the discussions would be broken off. 
Birgitta Jónsdóttir has previously told visir.is that she felt the parties were making steady progress in the discussions. 
Read more: Pirates yet to begin formal negotiations on new government, conservatives expect new elections
The leader of the Left-green movement, Katrín Jónsdóttir, had previously tried to hammer out an agreement between the five parties, but failed. However, leaders of the Pirate party believed the negotiations had been broken off too early,. Once Birgitta received the mandate party leaders expressed confidence that an agreement could be reached. However, the five parties have not been willing to resume formal negotiations, despite having been engaged in informal discussions since Monday.
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    Election 2016 Results 

    Invalid/blank votes 5,574
    Total 195,204
    Registered voters 246,515
    ​Turnout 79.19%

    Independence Party (54,990) 29.00% 21 seats
    Left-Green Movement (30,166) 15.91% 10 seats
    Pirate Party (27,449) 14.48% 10 seats
    Progressive Party (21,791) 11.49% 8 seats
    Reform (19,870) 10.48% 7 seats
    Bright Future (13,578) 7.16% 4 seats
    Social Democratic Alliance (10,893) 5.74% 3 seats
    People’s Party (6,707) 3.54 % No seats
    Dawn (3,275) 1.7% No seats
    People’s Front of Iceland (575) 0.30% No seats
    Icelandic National Front (303) 0.16% No seats
    Humanist Party (33) 0.02% No seats

    In brief | Pirate Party
    What: A pro-free speech, anti-authoritarian political party in Iceland
    Formed: 2012

    Founders: A group of anarchists, hackers and internet-freedom activists

    Leader: The party eschews formal leaders but Birgitta Jonsdottir is the most senior of three Pirate lawmakers in Iceland’s parliament

    Pirate policies
    • direct democracy
    • a new national constitution
    • public vetoes over new laws
    • greater scrutiny of the workings of government
    • strict safeguards for individuals’ online and offline privacy
    • public ownership of the country’s natural resources

    “I would like everybody in Iceland to find the pirate within, because the pirate within really represents change and a collective vision for the future.”
    - Birgitta Jonsdottir, Pirate Party lawmaker

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