The leaders of the centrist Restoration and Bright future engaged in informal talks on a possible three party coalition government with the chairman of the conservative Independence party over the weekend, the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service RÚV reports. The informal talks follow the decision of the President of Iceland not to hand any party leader a formal mandate to form a government after failed attempts by both Bjarni Benediktsson, chairman of the Independence party and Katrín Jakobsdóttir, chairwoman of the Left-green movement, to form governments.
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According to RÚV the leaders of the two centrist and one right wing party have met several times since Katrín Jakobsdóttir turned in the mandate on Friday. After Katrín's failed to form a five party center-left coalition, the chairman of the centrist Restoration told media the reason were primarily disagreements over how to reform the system of transferrable quotas in the fisheries and the system of agricultural subsidies.
Katrín told the local TV station Stöð 2 that the reasons for the failure to form a center-left government were both disagreements over policy, primarily taxes, and cultural differences between the five parties engaged in those discussions, the Left-greens, the Pirate party, the small Social democratic Alliance and the two centrist parties. Many of the members of Restoration are former members of the Independence party who have left the party over growing frustration with its shift to the right in recent years, refusal to contemplate any reforms and the growing influence of nationalistic elements within the party.
On November 15 formal negotiations between the Independence party and the two centrist parties broke down, reportedly due to disagreement over reforms to the quota system. The local news site visir.is reports that members of Restoration met on Sunday to go over new concessions made by the Independence party on these issues, and that informal negotiations between the parties would continue today.
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The most likely alternatives to a center-right coalition is either an across the aisle government including the two polar opposites, the Independence party and the Left-greens, or a minority government. A MP for the Left-green movement told the local Radio station Bylgjan that a coalition government including the Independence party, the Pirate party and the Left-greens might be an appealing solution.
The leaders of the centrist Restoration and Bright future engaged in informal talks on a possible three party coalition government with the chairman of the conservative Independence party over the weekend, the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service RÚV reports. The informal talks follow the decision of the President of Iceland not to hand any party leader a formal mandate to form a government after failed attempts by both Bjarni Benediktsson, chairman of the Independence party and Katrín Jakobsdóttir, chairwoman of the Left-green movement, to form governments.
Read more: Analysis: No coalition in sight after Left-greens give up on forming a center-left government
According to RÚV the leaders of the two centrist and one right wing party have met several times since Katrín Jakobsdóttir turned in the mandate on Friday. After Katrín's failed to form a five party center-left coalition, the chairman of the centrist Restoration told media the reason were primarily disagreements over how to reform the system of transferrable quotas in the fisheries and the system of agricultural subsidies.
Katrín told the local TV station Stöð 2 that the reasons for the failure to form a center-left government were both disagreements over policy, primarily taxes, and cultural differences between the five parties engaged in those discussions, the Left-greens, the Pirate party, the small Social democratic Alliance and the two centrist parties. Many of the members of Restoration are former members of the Independence party who have left the party over growing frustration with its shift to the right in recent years, refusal to contemplate any reforms and the growing influence of nationalistic elements within the party.
On November 15 formal negotiations between the Independence party and the two centrist parties broke down, reportedly due to disagreement over reforms to the quota system. The local news site visir.is reports that members of Restoration met on Sunday to go over new concessions made by the Independence party on these issues, and that informal negotiations between the parties would continue today.
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The most likely alternatives to a center-right coalition is either an across the aisle government including the two polar opposites, the Independence party and the Left-greens, or a minority government. A MP for the Left-green movement told the local Radio station Bylgjan that a coalition government including the Independence party, the Pirate party and the Left-greens might be an appealing solution.
