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Pirates edge closer to role in Iceland's next government Pirates edge closer to role in Iceland's next government | |
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Iceland moved closer to the anti-establishment Pirate party gaining a place in government after the Independence party failed to pull together a governing coalition following recent elections. | Iceland moved closer to the anti-establishment Pirate party gaining a place in government after the Independence party failed to pull together a governing coalition following recent elections. |
President Gudni Johannesson earlier this month gave a mandate to Bjarni Benediktsson, the leader of Independence, which won the most seats in the 29 October election. | President Gudni Johannesson earlier this month gave a mandate to Bjarni Benediktsson, the leader of Independence, which won the most seats in the 29 October election. |
Benediktsson said on Tuesday that efforts had failed and he was putting the ball back in the president’s court. | Benediktsson said on Tuesday that efforts had failed and he was putting the ball back in the president’s court. |
“I do not have parties to form a majority government with so the situation is up in the air,” Benediktsson said after meeting with the president. | “I do not have parties to form a majority government with so the situation is up in the air,” Benediktsson said after meeting with the president. |
“The next steps are in the hands of the president and we just have to see what happens.” | “The next steps are in the hands of the president and we just have to see what happens.” |
The president is expected to ask the Left Greens’ Katrin Jakobsdottir to try to form a coalition. She said she had been called by the president to a meeting on Wednesday. | The president is expected to ask the Left Greens’ Katrin Jakobsdottir to try to form a coalition. She said she had been called by the president to a meeting on Wednesday. |
She would then likely try to form a centre-left government consisting of the Pirates, the Social Democratic Alliance, Bright Future and the Reform party. | She would then likely try to form a centre-left government consisting of the Pirates, the Social Democratic Alliance, Bright Future and the Reform party. |
The newly formed Reform and Bright Future were the parties Independence had hoped to govern with. | The newly formed Reform and Bright Future were the parties Independence had hoped to govern with. |
Independence was coalition partner with the Progressive party in Iceland’s previous government, but the Progressives’ vote collapsed in the election after the Panama Papers scandal. | Independence was coalition partner with the Progressive party in Iceland’s previous government, but the Progressives’ vote collapsed in the election after the Panama Papers scandal. |
Stumbling blocks in the post-election coalition talks between Independence, Reform and Bright Future had been fisheries quota policies and the issue of EU membership, with the Independence party being eurosceptics. | Stumbling blocks in the post-election coalition talks between Independence, Reform and Bright Future had been fisheries quota policies and the issue of EU membership, with the Independence party being eurosceptics. |