While the constitutional reform process in Iceland received a considerable amount of attention in the foreign media the failure of the reform process has received hardly any mention. Adopting the new constitution required two votes in parliament with an election held in the interim. However, the session came to an end without a vote on the constitution. Instead the parliamentary party leaders negotiated an agreement about a procedure for amending the constitution in a new session of parliament following the upcoming parliamentary election to be held on April 27.