Iceland’s government MORE popular after Panama Papers
Source: Iceland Monitor
According to the latest Gallup poll reported on by national broadcaster RÚV, the government now enjoys 34% support among Icelandic voters – up four percentage points on a fortnight ago. This is in spite of sustained anti-government protests outside the Icelandic Parliament – in the wake of the Panama Papers scandal – calling for early general elections.
The current government is a two-party coalition made up of the centrist Progressive Party and the centre-right Independence Party – and the latest positive figures for the government are wholly thanks to a swell of support for the latter.
If elections were held today, 26.7% of Icelanders would now vote for the Independence Party, according to the latest poll – up from 23.2% at the beginning of April. The party is led by Finance Minister Bjarni Benediktsson, whose name – along with that of fellow party member Home Affairs Minister Ólöf Nordal – was also found in the ‘Panama Papers’ tax haven list.
Also in the ascendant is the Left-Green Movement, support for who has almost double in the past two weeks (from 11% to 19.8%). Leader Katrín Jakobsdóttir was recently named ‘Iceland’s most trusted politician’ is a recent opinion poll.
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