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People’s Alliance Party

political party, Iceland

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The People's Alliance was a political party in Iceland. It was formed in 1956 and was considered left-of-centre. The party was part of a coalition government that ruled from 1959 to 1971. In 2000, the People's Alliance merged with two other left-of-centre parties, the Social Democratic Party and the Women's Alliance, to form the Social Democratic Alliance. The People's Alliance opposed Iceland's entry into the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) in 1970.123

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