Right-Green People's Party

Political party in Iceland

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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]

History

On 27 February 2016, the party was disbanded joined the Icelandic National Front, a right-wing populist party.^[2]

On the Issues

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.

Name

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

Election results

Parliament

Election	No. of overall votes	% of overall vote	No. of overall seats won	+/–	Position
2013	3,262	1.7	0 / 63	0	10th

Leaders

Leader	From	To
Guðmundur Franklín Jónsson	17 June 2010	2013
Helgi Helgason	2014	27 feb 2016

References

^ "Hægri grænir stofna stjórnmálaflokk". 30 June 2016.
^ "Hægri grænir ganga til liðs við Íslensku þjóðfylkinguna". 27 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b "The Reykjavík Grapevine Election Guide 2013", The Reykjavík Grapevine, no. 4, p. 19, 5 April 2013
^ ^a ^b "Financial security sources a priority" (in Icelandic). Mbl.is. 10 March 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2013.