Pirates Prepare for Power as Iceland Casts Off Krona Shackles
- Center-right government calls early election for Oct. 29
- Government to unveil capital control legislation next week
Birgitta Jonsdottir. Photographer: Giles Clarke/Getty Images
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Iceland’s Pirate Party doesn’t have a plan yet on how it intends to govern, but it will.
The loosely organized group of Internet-freedom and direct-democracy activists is leading in the opinion polls as the small north Atlantic island heads for an early election on Oct. 29 after its center-right government on Thursday called the snap vote.