Iceland’s anti-establishment Pirate Party have been invited to form government and have been handed a mandate to begin instituting some of their progressive policies.
Icelandic President Guðni Jóhannesson made the announcement on Friday after meeting with head Pirate Birgitta Jónsdóttir.
The source article (linked below) goes into more detail about the implications for Edward Snowden, Bitcoin and direct democracy.
Source: https://popularresistance.org/pirate-party-to-form-anti-establishment-government-in-iceland/