Surprise by the Icelandic Pirates Party? In recent months we have often read about the love story between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in a seemingly endless electoral circle in the United States. But in tiny Iceland (323.000 population) something very interesting happens.
The Icelandic Pirated Party, which until recently was seen as a marginal political move, is preparing to win an unprecedented election victory.
The latest polls show that it will be able to get 20 percent of the votes. So, he is likely to get more seats at Althing and take part in the next Icelandic government as a coalition party.
TorrentFreak polls were conducted between 14 and 19 October by the Institute of Social Sciences Research at the University of Iceland for the daily newspaper Morgunblaðið.
All show that the Icelandic Pirate Party is in first place, with 22,6 percent of the vote share. This puts it slightly ahead of the Independence Party, which is currently in power.
It should be noted that support for the Pirate Party has risen since the release of the Panama Papers. In the data that they leaked Many members of the Icelandic political establishment are said to be involved and involved in acts of corruption and tax evasion.
Pirate politics is still a relatively new movement. The first Pirate Party was founded ten years ago in Sweden by Rick Falkvinge. Since then, the idea has spread to others countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, Canada, and the Netherlands. Of course the Pirate Party could not be absent from Greece.
In general, Pirate Parties are strong supporters of intellectual property rights and patent law reform, government transparency, and direct democracys.
What does the future say? If the Icelandic Pirates Party succeeds in catching up with the polls, it will be the first time that such a Party will have an important role to play in the governance of a country.
Combined with the successes of both the Swedish Party and Germany in the previous elections to the European Parliament, it shows that Pirate Policy is slowly entering the mainstream.
