Talk:Progressive Party (Iceland)
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Who in earth put that framsókn is a liberal party? That is utterly wrong they are conservative and behave communist towards the free market such as blocking imports of foreign meat and paying all costs of farmers
- What you have to realize is that in English "liberal" can mean "left wing" as opposed to "right wing" in politics. And Framsóknarflokkurinn is in many respects more a leftist party than a right wing party. (They call themselves a middle party.) However, that's not to say that they aren't conservative in the non-political sense of the word. (What English speakers often take for granted, but shouldn't is that the conservative/liberal divide isn't really the same as the right/left dichotomy). But there you have it: terminalogical infelicities have a way of breeding conceptual confusion (to quote a philosopher). Bottom line: Framsóknarflokkurinn could be categorized as both liberal and conservative, but in case that's too confusing for English readers, it should probably be categorized as a liberal party. --D. Webb 22:29, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
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Removing this as it is not true
Throughout Iceland's history as a self-governing and independent nation, the Progressive Party has most often been the second largest political party in the country