Politics and Society
| Iceland Monitor
| Thu 2 Nov 2017
| 13.37 GMT
| Modified
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13.58
Jakobsdóttir summoned to Iceland's President
President of Iceland Guðni Th. Jóhannesson has asked Katrín Jakobsdóttir, leader of the Left Green Movement to meet him at Bessastaðir, the president's official residence today, Thursday November 2nd at 4 pm.
This has just been announced by the President's office. This could mean that Jakobsdóttir will be given the official mandate to try to form a coalition government.
This morning, four parties from the former government opposition met this morning: The Left Green Movement, the Pirate Party, the Alliance Party and the Progressive Party.