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Iceland PM calls new election as coalition government collapses

Iceland's Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson in Washington, DC, on July 10, 2024 [File: Samuel Corum/AFP]

Icelandic Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson has dissolved the country’s three-party coalition government and called for a new election to take place in November.

In a press conference on Sunday, Benediktsson said problems had mounted within the left-right coalition on issues related to foreign policy, asylum seekers, and energy, public broadcaster RUV reported.

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