:Viðreisn
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{{Infobox Icelandic political party
| name = Liberal Reform Party
| native_name = Viðreisn
| logo = Vidreisn.svg
| colourcode = {{party color|Viðreisn}}
| chairperson = Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir
| vice-chairperson = Daði Már Kristófersson
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| founded = 24 May 2016
| headquarters = Reykjavik, Iceland
| youth_wing = Uppreisn
| split = Independence Party
| ideology = {{ubl|class=nowrap|
|Liberalism{{cite news |title=Iceland’s Pirate Party set to make gains in parliamentary vote |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20161029-iceland-pirate-party-set-make-gains-parliamentary-vote |access-date=10 April 2025 |work=France 24 |date=29 October 2016}}
|Green liberalism{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4g1CDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA337|page=337|date=15 September 2017|title=The Baltic Sea Region: A Comprehensive Guide: History, Politics, Culture and Economy of a European Role Model|publisher=Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag|isbn=978-3-8305-1748-1}}
| position = Centre to centre-right
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| european = Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party
| affiliation_title = Nordic affiliation
| affiliation = Centre Group
| seats = {{Composition bar|11|63|hex={{party color|Viðreisn}}}}
| colours = {{color box|{{party color|Viðreisn}}|border=darkgray}} Orange
| symbol = C
| website = {{URL|https://www.vidreisn.is/}}
| footnotes =
|logo_size=240px}}
Viðreisn ({{literally|Revival',https://web.archive.org/web/20160807064520/http://icelandreview.com/news/2016/05/25/new-political-party-established-iceland New Political Party Established in Iceland 'Reform',{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iceland-election-result-idUSKCN12U00Z | title=Icelanders vote for stability as Pirates fall short of expectations | newspaper=Reuters | date=30 October 2016 }} or 'Regeneration}}),https://web.archive.org/web/20160806114920/http://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/politics_and_society/2016/04/01/pirates_still_ruling_the_roost_in_iceland/ Pirates still ruling the roost in Iceland officially known in English as the Liberal Reform Party,{{Cite news |title=Viðreisn |url=https://vidreisn.is/en |access-date=2016-11-11 |newspaper=Viðreisn}} is a liberal political party in Iceland positioned on the centre{{refn|{{cite news |last=Field |first=Luke |date=12 December 2024 |access-date=26 December 2024 |title=Scratching the seven-year itch: Iceland votes to change its government |url=https://links.org.au/scratching-seven-year-itch-iceland-votes-change-government}}{{cite news |last= Ćirić |first= Jelena |date= 20 September 2021 |title= Four-Party Coalition Likely Following Election |url= https://www.icelandreview.com/society/four-party-coalition-likely-following-election/ |work= Iceland Review |access-date= 13 March 2023 |quote= Of the seven four-party coalitions, the centrist Reform Party is included in five of them.}}{{cite news |last= Milne |first= Richard |date= 15 September 2017 |title= Icelandic government collapses after latest scandal |url= https://www.ft.com/content/0c6c674b-992b-3920-ac01-10952a599a1b |work= Financial Times |access-date= 4 October 2023}}{{cite news|title=Social Democrats win Iceland's snap elections as incumbents punished|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/1/social-democrats-win-icelands-snap-election-as-incumbents-punished|date=1 December 2024|access-date=26 December 2024}}{{cite news|last=Lanteigne|first=Marc|title='Meet Me in the Middle': Iceland's Next Government Coalesces|date=5 December 2024|access-date=26 December 2024|url=https://overthecircle.com/2024/12/05/meet-me-in-the-middle-icelands-next-government-coalesces/}}}} to centre-right{{refn|{{cite news |title=Iceland set for change of government as polls close in snap election|date=1 December 2024|access-date=26 December 2024|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/iceland-set-for-change-of-government-as-polls-close-in-snap-election}}{{cite news|author=Jelena Ćirić|title=Icelandic Parliamentary Election 2017: Party Overview|url=http://icelandreview.com/news/2017/10/27/icelandic-parliamentary-election-2017-party-overview|publisher=Iceland Review|date=27 October 2017|access-date=11 July 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/02/iceland-pirate-party-invited-form-government-coalition|title = Iceland's Pirate party invited to form government| website=TheGuardian.com |date = 2 December 2016}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20171028-iceland-holds-second-snap-election-year-scandals-benediktsson-panama-papers|title = Iceland holds second snap election in a year of scandals|date = 28 October 2017}}}} of the political spectrum. The party was founded on 24 May 2016 but it had existed as a political network since June 2014.{{Cite web |title=Viðreisn undirbýr framboð |url=https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2014/06/13/vidreisn_undirbyr_frambod/ |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=www.mbl.is |language=is}} It split from the Independence Party, mainly over discontent with its decision to not hold a referendum on joining the European Union and the lack of support for free trade.
The party supports Icelandic EU membership, and reform of agricultural subsidies and protective excise taxes on foreign produce. Viðreisn is in favor of a publicly financed welfare state.{{Cite news|url=https://vidreisn.is/en/policy/our-core-manifesto|title=Our Core Manifesto|date=2016-08-16|publisher=Viðreisn official website|access-date=2016-11-08}} It supports pegging the króna to another currency, such as the euro, through a currency board as a plan to lower interest rates.{{Cite news|author=Paul Fontaine|url=http://grapevine.is/mag/articles/2016/10/10/where-do-they-want-to-take-us-the-platforms-explained/|title=Where Do They Want To Take Us? The Platforms Explained|date=October 10, 2016|newspaper=The Reykjavik Grapevine|language=en-US}} Its healthcare policy aims at reducing the patient's share of healthcare costs.{{Cite web |title=Heilbrigðis- og velferðarmál |url=https://vidreisn.is/malefni/heilbrigdis-og-velferdarmal/ |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=Viðreisn |language=is-IS}}
Viðreisn has been assigned the list letter C.Hólmfríður Gísladóttir, [http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2016/06/07/e_f_n_o_p_u_x_y_ae_og_o/ E, F, N, O, P, U, X, Y, Æ og Ö], Morgunblaðið (June 7, 2016). It participated in the 2016 elections to the Althing (Icelandic parliament) and won seven seats.{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/10/30/no-the-pirates-didnt-win-icelands-elections-heres-what-happened-instead/|title=No, the Pirates didn't win Iceland's elections. Here's what happened instead.|last=Helgadóttir|first=Oddný|date=October 30, 2016|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2016-11-08}}
Election results
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Election
! Leader ! Votes ! % ! Seats ! +/– ! Position ! Government |
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2016
| 19,870 | 10.48 | {{Composition bar|7|63|hex={{party color|Reform Party (Iceland)}}}} | New | {{steady}} 5th | {{yes2|Coalition}} |
2017
| rowspan=3 | Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir | 13,122 | 6.69 | {{Composition bar|4|63|hex={{party color|Reform Party (Iceland)}}}} | {{decrease}} 3 | {{decrease}} 8th | {{No2|Opposition}} |
2021
| 16,628 | 8.33 | {{Composition bar|5|63|hex={{party color|Reform Party (Iceland)}}}} | {{increase}} 1 | {{increase}} 7th | {{No2|Opposition}} |
2024
| 33,606 | 15.82 | {{Composition bar|11|63|hex={{party color|Reform Party (Iceland)}}}} | {{increase}} 6 | {{increase}} 3rd | {{Yes2|Coalition}} |
Party chairperson
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!Chairperson | Period |
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(born 1955) |2016–2017 | |
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|Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir (born 1965) |2017– |
References
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External links
- [https://www.vidreisn.is/en Official website]
{{Parties of Iceland}}
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Category:2014 establishments in Iceland
Category:Centrist parties in Europe
Category:Centre-right parties in Europe
Category:Political parties established in 2014
Category:Liberal parties in Iceland
Category:Classical liberal parties