Government
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir's 2nd Government
Since February 2009, the Government has consisted of Social Democratic Alliance and Left-Green Movement- Coalition Platform (full version)
- Coalition Platform (short version)
The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) supports the Prime Minister in administrating the division of responsibilities between other ministries and has a role - formal and informal - in co-ordinating government policies on convergent issue-areas. It organizes committees which are appointed by the Prime Minister to work on selected issues and enforces and monitors the implementation of government decisions.
As the highest authority of the executive branch, the PMO regularly reports to Parliament on the execution of parliamentary resolutions.
EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) has today announced in a press statment that it will refer to the EFTA Court a dispute regarding the alleged breach of Iceland of the Deposit Guarantee Directive in relation to the Icesave accounts of fallen Landsbanki Islands.
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The Prime Ministers discussed the accession negotiations between Iceland and the European Union, as Denmark is the upcoming presidency for the first half of 2012.
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