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The SomerZ Summer, yay! Level: 45  Posts: 825/862 EXP: 618182 For next: 41982 Since: 03-15-04 From: Norway Since last post: 2 days Last activity: 3 hours |
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| September 12th is the day of the Norwegian Parliamentary Election. The election this year looks like it will be a close one. We currently have two very distinct blocs hoping to win government, both consisting of three parties. The Red-Green Alliance and The Government Parties. According to recent opinion polls, The Red-Green Alliance will win majority in Parliament with only about 2 seats, but this could easily change. For those interested in reading a bit about this, a presentation of the parties follows: The Red-Green Alliance Labour Norwegian Name: Det Norske Arbeiderparti Scale: Centre-Left Ideology: Social-Democratic Seats won in 2001 election: 43 (of 165) Party Leader: Jens Stoltenberg Labour wants a strong welfare-state, where poverty is fought, and jobs are created. Labour wants to do this while ensuring a stable private industry, though Labour is pro making sure the worker's rights and interests are looked after, especially since Labour has very strong ties to the Norwegian trade union. Socialist Left Party Norwegian Name: Sosialistisk Venstreparti Scale: Left Ideology: Socialist Seats won in 2001 election: 23 (of 165) Party Leader: Kristin Halvorsen The Socialist Left Party is mainly concerned with equality, children/youth, and the environment. The party wants to ensure that all children that want to go to kindergarten can go to kindergarten, and that school will be a place where children can grow up, and not a place where grades are the only things that count. Wants a new direction in foreign affairs, eventually leading to Norway pulling out of NATO. Centre Party Norwegian Name: Senterpartiet Scale: Centre-Left Ideology: N/A Seats won in 2001 election: 10 (of 165) Party Leader: Åslaug Haga The Centre Party is mainly concerned with agrarian and district politics. The party wants more subsidies to farmers and a decentralization of power from the cities to the countryside. The party also strongly opposes Norwegian membership in the European Union. Government Parties Conservative Party Norwegian Name: Høyre Scale: Right Ideology: Conservative Seats won in 2001 election: 38 (of 165) Party Leader: Erna Solberg The Conservative Party gives tax cuts and removes limits to what private enterprise is allowed to do, thus hoping to stimulate growth in the private sector of Norway. Christian Democratic Party Norwegian Name: Kristelig Folkeparti Scale: Centre-Right Ideology: N/A Seats won in 2001 election: 22 (of 165) Party Leader: Dagfinn Høybråten Concerned with moral and ethics. The party thinks the state should care for its citizens, but not get economically involved. Conservative stand in controversial topics such as Gay Adoption, Abortion, and Biotechnology. Liberal Party Norwegian Name: Venstre Scale: Centre-Right Ideology: Social-Liberal Seats won in 2001 election: 2 (of 165) Party Leader: Lars Sponheim Believes in a private economy where a "social security net" (i.e. a welfare state) takes care of those who fail. Also interested in environmental issues, and wants to help build more environmentally clean alternatives to today's industry. Independent Parties Progress Party Norwegian Name: Fremskrittspartiet Scale: Far Right Ideology: Neoliberal Seats won in 2001 election: 26 (of 165) Party Chairman: Carl I. Hagen Wants stronger penalties for crimes, a bigger police force, and more restrictions on immigration. Supported the government in this period (to keep the left side from attaining power), thus giving the government parties a majority in Parliament, but has said it will not do so again unless the party can be a part of a new government. The Christian Democratic Party refuses this, because of the two parties' opposing views on alcohol and pornography. Coastal Party Norwegian Name: Kystpartiet Scale: N/A Ideology: N/A Seats won in 2001 election: 1 (of 165) Party Leader: Roy Waage Special Interest party for fishermen, whalers, and other people working in coastal-related industries. Supports continiued Norwegian whaling, protecting fishermen's jobs, opposes Norwegian membership in the European Union. Red Electoral Alliance Norwegian Name: Rød Valgallianse Scale: Far Left Ideology: Communist Seats won in 2001 election: 0 (of 165) Party Leader: Torstein Dahle Promotes revolutionary marxist ideas. Wants more solidarity and equality, both nationally and abroad. Currently holds no seats, but can win up to 2 seats this year, according to recent opinion polls. So there you have it. In addition to these, there are, of course, also a lot of smaller parties, but none that have any realistic chance of winning any seats in Parliament. As for election results, well, you never really can tell who will group together to form a government. The Red-Green Alliance is simple, if they win a majority of seats, they'll form a government, if they miss majority by only a few seats, they'll have to go ask the Red Electoral Alliance or the Coastal Party for support, as those parties might decide to support the Red-Green Alliance. Should the Red-Green Alliance miss majority by many seats, however, they might still form a government, since the current Government parties are fractioned, and support from the Progress Party might not come this year, which would then mean that a Red-Green Alliance would be the only realistic government option. After the last election, which was September 10, 2001, the situation was much the same. No one really had any good government alternatives, and deliberation and debate would ensue to see who would go together to form government. The media claimed they would follow this closely, but then shifted its focus completely the next day (to a certain plane crash in the USA), which gave the Christian Democrats, the Liberals, the Conservatives, and the Progress Party the opportunity to discuss in peace from the media... (edited by The SomerZ on 09-02-05 06:06 AM) |
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Wurl 4.0 Level: 18  Posts: 1/244 EXP: 27558 For next: 2339 Since: 09-11-05 From: Illinois: Land of Eternal Desert Since last post: 11 hours Last activity: 10 hours |
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| Wow, Norway is way mor awesome than the U.S. I'd probaly vote Socialist-Left. | |||
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The SomerZ Summer, yay! Level: 45 Posts: 829/862 EXP: 618182 For next: 41982 Since: 03-15-04 From: Norway Since last post: 2 days Last activity: 3 hours |
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The results are in, and I've just woken up to the first day in what will be a brilliant four years! The air smells cleaner already.  The results (Total seats: 169): Labour: 62 seats (+19 from last time) Progress Party: 37 (+11) Conservative Party: 23 (-15) Socialist Left Party: 15 (-8) Christian Democratic Party: 11 (-11) Centre Party: 11 (+1) Liberal Party: 10 (+8) Coastal Party: 0 (-1) Red Electoral Alliance: 0 (0) Which gives these results for the two blocs: Red-Green Alliance: 88 seats (ex-)Government Parties: 44 seats (ex-)Government Parties with support from Progress Party: 81 seats So, the results are a majority for the Red-Green Alliance, and no need for the Alliance to have outside support (the former Government had to rely on outside support from the Progress Party to stay alive, this Government can call the shots all on its own). Two winners can clearly be seen from these results. Labour are not only back in power for the first time since 2001, but the party experienced a huge rise in popularity, as seen by its 19 new seats in Parliament. The other winner is the Progress Party, which has garnered 11 new seats, and is now undoubtedly the biggest bourgeious party. The Liberal Party will, despite losing government power, have to be pleased, as the party now has 5 times as many seats as it had 4 years ago. The two losers of the election are the Conservative and the Christian Democratic Party, who both experience one of their worst elections ever. The Conservatives have always been the biggest bourgeouis party, but has now lost ground to the Progress Party. The Socialist Left is in the strange position that it is a loser, but still a winner. The Socialist Left managed its primary objective, a new red-green government, but lost its secondary, get the same result as 4 years ago. The Socialist Left experiences a decline in popularity, and loses 8 seats. This is possibly because many of its voters went over to Labour after it was clear that the two would cooperate to form government. The Coastal Party and the Red Electoral Alliance have also lost. The Coastal Party didn't manage to hold on to its one seat, and the Red Electoral Alliance, which looked to be getting 2 seats in the very last opinion poll on election day, ended up with no seats. |
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alte Hexe Star Mario I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night Alive as you and me "But Joe you're ten years dead!" "I never died" said he "I never died!" said he Level: 99  Posts: 5287/5458 EXP: 9854489 For next: 145511 Since: 03-15-04 From: ... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| Hee hee. Norway got a decent government in. Japan got the corrupt LDP and Koizumi the Lion Heart in again. Only to fuck up their primary government powerhouse  Just when that nation was about to restabilize its markets for a while. |
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Kefka Indefinitely Unbanned Level: 81 Posts: 3364/3392 EXP: 4826208 For next: 166641 Since: 03-15-04 From: Pomona, CALIFORNIA BABY! Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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Man, I wish the U.S. seats were split as much as this. It would give totally new perspectives to things. As it is now, everything is pretty much black and white due to the fact there are only like, 2 perspectives.  |
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