Iceland’s Biggest Political Party Is Now The 'Pirate Party' — and It’s Amazing

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<p>‘Icela ’s a ti-establishme t Pirate Party co ti es to lea atio wi e polls as the most pop lar choice for the ext electio s. The party — whose policies i cl e i ter et free om, r g ecrimi alisatio , a ope emocracy — has co siste tly le the polls for the last year a , as a res lt, has sec re more f i g tha a y of its rivals.</p>
<p>The 2008 fi a cial crisis hit Icela har . The followi g year, the kro a was eval e by aro 50%, employme t o ble , a capital co trols were i tro ce. Mirac lo sly, the co try rose from the ashes to become o e of E rope’s top performers i terms of growth. More rece tly, the political establishme t has bee i t rmoil si ce three gover me t mi isters were implicate i the global Pa ama Papers sca al.’</p>
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