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Rainbow Regnboginn | |
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| Founded | March 2013 |
| Ideology | Environmentalism[1][2] Euroscepticism[1][2][3][4] Socialism[1][2][3] |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Colours | Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, Orange |
| Seats inParliament | 0 / 63 |
| Website | |
| regnboginn | |
Rainbow (Icelandic:Regnboginn) is aEurosceptic andsocialistpolitical party in Iceland, founded in March 2013 by former MPBjarni Harðarson, who had been elected for theProgressive Party, and current MPsJón Bjarnason andAtli Gíslason, both dissidents from theLeft-Green Movement (VG). The party was founded in order to contest the2013 Icelandic parliamentary election.[3]
They successfully applied for the list letter J to contest the 2013 parliamentary election,[5][6] and submitted an official candidate list on 12 April 2013.[7] As of 2024, they are longer involved in any political movement.
In 2012, the year prior to the formation of the new party, Bjarnason and Gíslason left VG to sit asindependents. On 16 March 2013,Thorstein Bergsson, a candidate for theLeft-Green Movement, announced he was leaving the party and joining Rainbow, saying he was disappointed by the party's position on theEU.[8] The party subsequently announced Bergsson would have the number two spot on the party's list in the Northeast constituency.[8]
The party seeks to address what they call "the most pending issue in Icelandic society today: the imminent accession to the European Union."[3] It is a Eurosceptic party, withLeft-Green MPs Jón Bjarnason and Atli Gíslason having left their previous party over disagreements regarding VG's policy towardsNATO and theEuropean Union.[1] On other issues, they emphasise the need forequal pay for women, increasing the child benefit, expanding preventive healthcare, and breaking up large corporations.[2][4] The party supports amixed economy, dominated by the public sector and complemented by local private sector businesses.[4]
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| Election year | # of overall votes | % of overall vote | # of overall seats won | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2,021 | 1.07 | 0 / 63 | ||