Faroe Islands Parliamentary Election - September 1, 2015

[jmlv]

Thats why they want now a redistribution of wealth, which makes sense voting for the left (SD-Rep), I assume.

[jmlv]

haha that map is the rainbow flag !

[jmlv]

Well Republic suggested a referendum for 2016.

Is not Home RUle more moderate on the separatist issue?

[jmlv]

Well they can always try an union with Iceland

[jmlv]

what about oil, is there any oil around?

[jmlv]

In the Canary Islands they thought they found oil.

People were mostly against. And the regional government, which was against prospections, wanted to call a referendum (even if they are not legally allow to call a referendum). The central government was in favour of prospections.

Apparently there is no oil in the end.

But maybe they do not risk so much touristic resources in the Faroes, even if their nature looks stunning....they lack the good weather.

[jmlv]

Thats good fun. I guess they will agree on something.

KLJ....that was expected. He was in a very bad position now (as if he was not before).



I am elarning a lot on Faroese politics these days, this i being a good chat

(og man kan også sige på dansk, det er en hyggeligt samtale)

[jmlv]

who is the leader now of the UP?

[jmlv]

Yes I know some Danish - I am meant to have intermediate level of Danish.

I have lived in Copenhagen, fantastic city (And I will be back pretty soon, hopefully to stay for a while)


Does it mean they will have a coalition pretty soon?

[jmlv]

And yes I am "meant to have" intermediate level on paper, but many typos ... havent used it for a while.

[jmlv]

Unfortunately, I cannot read Faroese. Thats my main problem to follow the developments there.

[jmlv]

You are in any case very well informed of developments all around the globe as I can see in other threads like the Portuguese or Greek elections. That is really impressive.

Faroese seems hard, but Danish is also hard. I will need to retake it once I am back, and learn it better (and talk to people there because often people change to English when they see your Danish is bad: I know it is to make our lives easier, but the consequence is an added obstacle to learn Danish).

[jmlv]

Yes, indeed.

The main problem, at least for me, is not so much to understand but to get understood.

[jmlv]

Any latest news on the Faroese side or should we wait until Monday?

[jmlv]

That assuming that Sd-republic share more goals than rep-progress, which may well be, with the exception of independence

[jmlv]

HEHE nice one.

There was also an MP of SD which was in Rep before right?

[jmlv]

They should go and rest in the weekend...I do not know...take some sunbath

I am used to the Spanish periods where, from the election until the new government is in office, there is at least a period of two months.

[jmlv]

Yeah why not?

Everything is possible.

[jmlv]

In that period of two months there is what it is called "government in functions".

From what it seems that Faroe Islands, at the moment, does not have a government. Is this correct?

[jmlv]

Yes but they have a margin of 1-2 weeks usually.

What if some relevant decision for some sudden event happens in between? They call the former govrnment back.

But maybe KLJ is in the Canary Islands having the sunbath

[jmlv]

I think that the Youth of a party is different from the Party itself in many occasions.

On whether SD and Rep are the most leftist, I have seen SFers supporting Republic, so probably they associate SD with the Danish Socialdemocrats.

As for independence, it does not look like PP Rep and Progress have the majority. I am not sure what HR exactly stands for, but you probably have more info.

As for the gay marriage, I am not sure what is the point of Progress stating that they are the only "true" and 100% pro-gay marriage. I do not think Rep will have a problem and maybe some SoCon SD MP but thats pretty much it. UP will have ethical vote so that it would pass. To me the question about that is how (refrendum or not) and when. Dont you think?

[jmlv]

Btw, Does CP have a Youth branch?

[jmlv]

Yes indeed. I think you are right: our approaches are different, but also our political cultures. Remmember I am from crazy Spain!

For example, now in Spain there is a huge debate on the approval of the budget for next year. The current conservative majority has approved 4 budgets, and there are elections at the end of the year. Their intention is to match the time to get the next one approved before, and therefore they are calculating which day they should call it. It is more complicated, because the opposition claims it is unconstitutional that a government intends to pass 5 budgets in a 4 years term. But yes, the here and now emerges quite often.

Consensus is common in Scandinavia and that makes things take time. Probably also the Faroes.

On HR - yes indeed what you say is their big theory of how to approach independence. But, yes, I was asking for the now in the current negotiations with the other three parties.

On gay marriage, even if there is one or two SoCons, any of the other parties can say that gay marriage is a condiction sine qua non (similar to CP but on the other way round).

[jmlv]

A referendum has an advantage:

it would be complicated for a conservative majority in the future to repeal it.

I know that it is unlikely that happened (I only know the case of California that comes up to my mind). But still.

[jmlv]

Btw, the point raised by the PP Youth is interesting.