The Pirate Party is now dominating opinion polls by almost 40 percent, according to polling company MMR.
Posted by Þorfinnur Sigurgeirsson on Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Birgitta Jonsdottir, former WikiLeaks spokesperson, now working for the party, told the Australian Financial Review: "I don't think there's any one explanation for our popularity.
"People are obviously tired of being promised the world ahead of elections only to see political parties negotiate among themselves and back away from their promises."
A survey carried out by Iceland's largest newspaper, Frettablaoio suggested that people in Iceland were becoming more interested in civil rights, privacy issues and freedom of information. The party's policy on the European Union is that Iceland should never become a member without a referendum first.
Posted by Gunnar Karlsson on Monday, June 22, 2015
Offering one explanation for the surge in support for the party, Birgitta Jonsdottir cited a decision by Iceland's foreign minister not to restart negotiations on the country's accession to the European Union in March 2015.
Good news from #Iceland! If @PiratePartyIS win Iceland will win! Good luck Pirates! #Poland4Pirates pic.twitter.com/BouB63CVOy
— Dawid Wiktor (@dawid_wiktor) January 22, 2016
"It was directly linked with the foreign minister bypassing the parliament in this action," Jonsdottir told The Speaker.
Pirate parties, which have been formed in countries across the world stand for civil rights, direct democracy, open content, information privacy, transparency, freedom of information and anti-corruption.
