Maybe [Iceland] could be sort of a testing ground for solutions because we are few and because we are really a tech-oriented nation. Everybody is a gadget freak. We spend a lot of time indoors.

Maybe [Iceland] could be sort of a testing ground for solutions because we are few and because we are really a tech-oriented nation. Everybody is a gadget freak. We spend a lot of time indoors.
BIRGITTA JONSDOTTIR

Freak Gadgets Iceland
We have to make sure whenever you are dealing with big things like global warming, world security, refugees, the E.U. question, access to information, it needs to be done with an awareness that all of these things interconnect.
BIRGITTA JONSDOTTIR

Done Needs World
I would say it’s a party that has its roots in civilian rights. But we are not like many left parties that want to regulate citizens and create nanny states. We believe that regulation should be on the powerful, not the individuals.
BIRGITTA JONSDOTTIR

Believe Citizen Parties Regulation
If you live in a democracy and don’t have freedom of information, it’s not a democracy. And people have to understand that if you don’t have freedom of information online, it’s not going to be offline, either.
BIRGITTA JONSDOTTIR

Democracy Information People
I feel it is important to point out that individuals can make a difference, that things that seem impossible one day might suddenly shift into a possibility the next day.
BIRGITTA JONSDOTTIR

Day Differences Important Next
We have to modernize how we make laws.
BIRGITTA JONSDOTTIR

Law Make Modernize

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