Iceland’s Pirate Party Seeks Alliances for Systemic Change

  • Ruling coalition struggles in polls ahead of Oct. 29 election
  • Direct democracy movement starts alliance talks as vote nears
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Having surged in the polls by riding the anti-establishment wave, Iceland’s Pirate Party is now preparing to commandeer the government.

The direct democracy movement has dispatched emissariesBloomberg Terminal to explore possible alliances with the country’s more traditional opposition parties ahead of parliamentary elections.