Sugar dad comes out of the closet and ministers accused of lies

Managing Director of the Icelandic Fisheries Association says the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Industry argue falsehood in his presentation of the proposal for the increase in fishing fees.

This is among those stated in an interview with Heiðrún Lind Marteinsdóttir at the field of questions.

The latest episode of Spursmál was shown here on mbl.is earlier today but recording of it can be accessed in the player above, on Spotify and YouTube.

Billions per billions above

She says, with unlikely, that the ministers argue that the fishing industry will hold on to the unrestricted share of its profits after the changes. We find that it cannot be when fees are raised by billions of billions above.

Moving the system towards a bankruptcy system in Norway

In the interview, Heiðrún Lind also examines the impact of these government plans on fish processing wide and wide. She says that the system is being moved towards what has been done in Norway. There, the fish processing is state -sponsored, it is widely run at losses and bankruptcy is common. Then a large part of the catch that lands is sent straight to states such as Poland and China where it is completed.

Along with Heiðrún, the number of MPs and the minister was invited to participate in the debate on the expected changes in resource fees in the fisheries sector. However, none of them were able to attend the game.

Sugar dad and award -winning director

In addition to Heiðrún Lindar attending the episode they Patrik Atlason musician and Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttiractor, director and former national theater director. They discuss this week’s news, the Edda Prize where Tinna received an honor award with her husband, Agli Ólafsson. Then Patrik released a new song this morning entitled the respectable caption, Sugar dad.

Iceland’s most successful share offering

At the end of the episode meets the area Jón Gunnar Jónssonformer CEO of the National Banking Agency. Last week, it was three years since the Icelandic state released over 50 billion stake in Íslandsbanki in a auction that was about to pull a dilemma. So big, in fact, Bjarni Benediktsson resigned from the Minister of Finance and Economy.

Landsbanki’s acquisition of TM controversial

Jón Gunnar wants to say that there has been the most successful auction in the history of Iceland. But in the episode, the story is attributed to it, also discussing the current government’s current plans to complete the sale of its remaining stake in Íslandsbanki. Jón Gunnar is also asked about the scenario which led to Landsbankinn buying the insurance company TM in its entirety, in defiance of the will of the bank’s largest owner, the Treasury.

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