冰岛总理宣布解散内阁
Iceland's Government Founders Amid Voter Ire2009年1月28日
Iceland's government collapsed on Monday, days after its prime minister called for early elections amid popular anger over a financial crisis that has gutted the economy.
Prime Minister Geir Haarde said he and his cabinet would resign immediately. The move came after his Independence Party failed to come to terms with the Social Democrats, its main partner in Iceland's coalition government. On Monday afternoon, Mr. Haarde presented his resignation to Iceland's president.
It is far from clear who will run Iceland until elections scheduled for May. Ms. Gisladottir proposed a fellow Social Democrat, Johanna Sigurdardottir, but Mr. Haarde's spokesman said the Independence Party -- which has a plurality of seats in parliament -- is determined not to hand over the prime minister's office.
Iceland becomes the second European nation -- after Belgium -- to lose its government in the global economic crisis. Iceland may be the world's hardest hit: Last fall, three big banks, or virtually the entire banking system, collapsed, and the island's currency went into free fall.
The currency and banking crises have caused a swift reversal of fortune for Icelanders, per capita once one of the world's wealthiest people. Today, inflation and unemployment are soaring, debt is mounting and the banking sector that provided jobs and fueled a consumption boom has vanished.
冰岛总理宣布解散内阁
冰岛政府周一宣布辞职；由于民众对该国经济遭受金融危机重创感到强烈不满，冰岛总理几天前宣布提前进行大选。
Associated Press 冰岛总理哈尔德（右）周一在国会向媒体发表讲话冰岛总理哈尔德表示，他和内阁将即刻辞职。在宣布辞职之前，哈尔德所在的独立党未能和联合政府中的主要执政伙伴社会民主党就临时政府达成一致。哈尔德周一下午向冰岛总统提交了辞呈。
冰岛大选定于5月份举行，目前还不清楚在此之前谁将执政。社会民主党领导人、冰岛外长吉斯拉多蒂尔提议由该党人士斯古达道特临时执政，但哈尔德的发言人表示独立党决不会交出总理职位，该党在冰岛议会中占有多数席位。
全球经济危机爆发以来，冰岛是继比利时之后第二个政府下台的欧洲国家。冰岛遭受的冲击可能也是全球最为沉重的：去年秋天冰岛三大银行宣布破产，几乎整个银行体系崩塌，该国货币也急剧下挫。
冰岛的人均国民生产总值一度位居世界前列，但严重的货币和银行危机已经导致民众的经济状况发生了大逆转。目前冰岛通货膨胀率和失业率正在显著上升，债务不断增加，曾创造就业并推动消费热潮的冰岛银行业已经消亡。
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