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Norway's center-left opposition looked set to win a majority of seats in the country's parliamentary election on Monday, with conservative Prime Minister Erna Solberg conceding defeat and the leader of the largest opposition party declaring victory after preliminary results were announced.
"The Conservative government's work is finished for this time around," Solberg said in response to the results. She has served two terms as prime minister, starting in 2013.
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The left-wing Labor Party, along with two other center-left parties, could manage to reach a majority of 89 seats out of 169 in total.
Labor is projected to win around 46 seats, just over half of what's required for a majority.
Labor Party leader Jonas Gahr Stoere, who is projected to become the next prime minister, said he will seek partners for a coalition government. The 61-year-old millionaire, who comes from a wealthy family, has campaigned against social inequality.
https://www.dw.com/en/norway-election-conservative-pm-concedes-after-left-wing-opposition-victory/a-59164354
malaise
(267,846 posts)The Reagan/Thatcher BS is dead
Ocelot II
(115,281 posts)Erna Solberg was actually a pretty good PM, probably more liberal than, say, Joe Manchin. They do have a small far-right party, ironically called the Progress Party, that's more like our GOP but not as extreme.
dsp3000
(469 posts)Name always cracked me up.