Bright Future ( is, Björt framtíð) is a
liberal
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political party in Iceland founded in 2012.
The party was a member of the
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
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(ALDE) party and had links to the
ALDE Group in the
European Parliament
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,
[The Reykjavík Grapevine Election Guide 2013](_blank)
The Reykjavík Grapevine
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, issue 4, 5 April 2013, p. 20. although it resigned its membership of ALDE in October 2019.
History
The party was founded on 4 February 2012.
Before the 2013 general election, it included two
Members of Parliament
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,
Guðmundur Steingrímsson
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Career
Guðmundur was a member of the Althing for South ...
(who defected from the
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) and
Róbert Marshall
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(who defected from the
Social Democratic Alliance). Guðmundur had been elected as a candidate of the Progressive Party, but left the party to sit as an independent. In 2012, Guðmundur formed Bright Future with the
Best Party
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, with which it shares initials in Icelandic, "BF." The party was formed to contest the
April 2013 parliamentary election. The party won six seats, making it the fifth largest in parliament, but has since dropped significantly in opinion polls.
The party lost all of its
Althing
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seats in the
2017 election.
Ideology
The party supported
Iceland joining the European Union and adopting the
euro
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as Iceland's national currency.
Electoral results
Chairpersons
References
External links
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