| inbluevt | Date: Sunday, 2013/04/28, 11:55 AM | Message # 1 | DMCA |
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The Independence party polled 26.7% and the Progressive party 24.4%, putting them on track to win 38 of the 63 seats. The ruling Social Democrats' share of the vote dropped to below 13%. It is a dramatic comeback for the parties widely blamed for Iceland's economic meltdown in 2008.
Iceland saw its prosperity evaporate, as the country's three banks collapsed, and the Social Democrats came to power a year later, with a
programme of austerity tailored to international lenders' requirements.
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