Liveable Groonbank
Liveable Groonbank Lyybiś Groonbank | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Sigmund Alanssun |
| Founded | 12 December 2020 |
| Split from | Gold Flame The Radicals |
| Headquarters | Westhaltuun, Groonbank |
| Membership (2023) | 2,394 |
| Ideology | Groonbanker regionalism Liberalism Economic liberalism Populism Pro-development |
| Political position | Centre to centre-right |
| International affiliation | Forward Euclea |
| Colours | Dark green |
| Folksmot (Groonbanker seats) | 2 / 38
|
| Landsmot (Groonbanker seats) | 0 / 5
|
| States of Groonbank | 7 / 75
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Liveable Groonbank (Azmaran: Lyybiś Groonbank) is a regionalist political party operating in the Azmaran province of Groonbank.
The party was formed in December 2020 by Sigmund Alanssun after resigning as the province's Infrastructure Minister in protest at what he saw as a "reluctance" to allow new development projects by the Provincial Government, with the aim of building a broad coalition of the centre in favour of pro-development policies and affecting the balance of power in the province towards such an aim. The party's creation saw defectors from both Alanssun's former colleagues in Gold Flame and from The Radicals.
The party ran in the 2022 provincial election, gaining 9% of the vote and 7 seats largely at the expense of the two parties its members had split from. It would enter the Provincial Government in a coalition with Gold Flame and the Sotirian Democrats, with Sigmund Alanssun regaining the Infrastructure portfolio and party member Karoliina Mâþisdohter gaining the Environment portfolio. The party would also contest the 2023 Azmaran legislative election, where it would win almost 7% of the vote in the province of Groonbank and gain two members of the Folksmot, who currently provide confidence and supply to the government of Freidrik Aleksaanderssun.
The party self-describes its programme as "economically, fiscally, socially and ecologically liberal", with some academics additionally describing it as populist but others disputing this.