The Right-Green People's Party ( is, Hægri grænir, flokkur fólksins) was a
right-wing
Right-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position on the basis of natural law, economics, authorit ...
political party in
Iceland founded on 17 June 2010.
History
On 27 February 2016, the party was disbanded joined the
Icelandic National Front, a
right-wing populist party.
On the Issues
The Right-Green party identified with
classical liberal and
Eurosceptic
Euroscepticism, also spelled as Euroskepticism or EU-scepticism, is a political position involving criticism of the European Union (EU) and European integration. It ranges from those who oppose some EU institutions and policies, and seek reform ...
policy within a
right-libertarian context and considered its platform fairly similar to that of former U.S. presidential candidate
Ron Paul
Ronald Ernest Paul (born August 20, 1935) is an American author, activist, physician and retired politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 22nd congressional district from 1976 to 1977 and again from 1979 to 1985, as well ...
.
The party wanted to abolish governmental monopolies like
Mjólkursamsalan Mjólkursamsalan, (MS) is an Icelandic company that produces milk and other dairy products and is the largest company in the Icelandic dairy industry MS is owned by two cooperatives, Auðhumla a cooperative of Icelandic dairy farmers
Dairy fa ...
(MS) and
ÁTVR
The State Alcohol and Tobacco Company of Iceland (ÁTVR) is a state owned company that is the sole legal retail vendor of alcohol in Iceland. It runs a chain of 51 retail stores named Vínbúðin ''(the wine shop),'' known colloquially as Ríki ...
, the State Alcohol & Tobacco Company.
It also rejected the idea of Iceland joining the
European Union, although it wished to put the issue to a referendum.
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
A flat tax (short for flat-rate tax) is a tax with a single rate on the taxable amount, after accounting for any deductions or exemptions from the tax base. It is not necessarily a fully proportional tax. Implementations are often progressiv ...
, 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
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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
Leaders
References
{{Defunct political parties in Iceland
Defunct political parties in Iceland
Libertarian parties
Political parties established in 2010
Political parties disestablished in 2016
Eurosceptic parties in Iceland
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