- Source: Bright Future (Iceland)
Bright Future (Icelandic: Björt framtíð) is a liberal political party in Iceland founded in 2012.
The party was a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) party and had links to the ALDE Group in the European Parliament, although it resigned its membership of ALDE in October 2019.
History
The party was founded on 4 February 2012. Before the 2013 general election, it included two Members of Parliament, Guðmundur Steingrímsson (who defected from the Progressive Party) and Róbert Marshall (who defected from the Social Democratic Alliance). Guðmundur had been elected as a candidate of the Progressive Party, but left the party to sit as an independent. In 2012, Guðmundur formed Bright Future with the Best Party, with which it shared initials in Icelandic, "BF." Several members of Best Party, which was dissolved in June 2014, joined Bright Future. The party was formed to contest the April 2013 parliamentary election. The party won six seats, making it the fifth largest in parliament, but has since dropped significantly in opinion polls. The party lost all of its Althing seats in the 2017 election. In the 2018 Icelandic municipal elections the party presented a combined list with the Liberal Reform Party under “BF-Viðreisn”. In 2019 the party’s leader, Theodóra Sigurlaug Þorsteinsdóttir, expressed an interest in merging the party with the Liberal Reform Party, but the plans have not come to fruition. The party did not present any lists in the 2021 parliamentary elections. Despite inactivity, the party continues to have a registered election symbol, meaning it is considered an active party.
Ideology
The party supports Iceland joining the European Union and adopting the euro as Iceland's national currency.
Electoral results
Elected politicians
= Chairpersons
== Members of the Althing
=Nichole Leigh Mosty
References
External links
Official website
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Bright Future (Iceland)
- Bright Future
- Jón Gnarr
- Responsible Future (Iceland)
- 2016 Icelandic parliamentary election
- Björt Ólafsdóttir
- Heiða Kristín Helgadóttir
- Óttarr Proppé
- Freyja Haraldsdóttir
- Green liberalism
