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Iceland's Ongoing Constitutional Fight

  • Thorvaldur Gylfason

Journal volume & issue
no. 2366-7044

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Six years ago, the reform of the Icelandic constitution drafted by a directly elected Constitutional Council and approved in a national referendum was shelved by Parliament. But the problems with democracy in Iceland which prompted the reform back in the day still exist: a lack of electoral equality, of fair access to natural resources, and of transparency.

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