Election thriller underway (Norway may go leftwards)

Aftenposten ^ | 12 Sept 2005 | Nina Berglund

[dagnabbit]

The "Red-Green" lefty alliance appears ahead in election day polling. Jens Stoltenberg of the Worker's party would be likely next Prime Minister, replacing Kjell Bondevik of the Christian Peoples Party. The Workers Party (Arbeiderpartiet) has been the traditional dominant party in Norway since WW2. Gro H. Brundtland was Arbeiderpartiet.

[ken5050]

Figures..most of Europe is going to the right/center...

[dagnabbit]

Headline fix please. Thanks.

[alessandrofiaschi]

Not true, in Italy there is the high risk to go to left, next year.

[dagnabbit]

The English language reporting is running behind the Norwegian. The Norwegian press and TV are reporting the lefties ahead about 52 to 47 percent.

[NewJerseyJoe]

A Scandinavian country going left politically.... how is that breaking news??? Sounds like the same-old same-old.

[dead]

Nothing left of Norway but the sea.

[avg_freeper]

A søcialist ønce bit my sister.

[kb2614]

LOL

[ken5050]

I thought they were going to pull Italy out of the EU..hardly a leftist idea..

[Let's Roll]

"how is that breaking news???"

How is it even possible? ;-)

[dagnabbit]

The guy in Bush's embrace is current Norwegian PM Kjell Magne Bondevik.

Don't expect Jens Stoltenberg to get so close, literally or otherwise.

[dagnabbit]

Here's the socialist who wants to bite Norway. Glamor-boy Jens.

[Criminal Number 18F]

Aftenposten is reporting it as if it is a done deal: the red green bloc will control the Storting (Parliament) for the next four years.

It will be interesting to see how this affects Norway's participation in the GWOT. Norway has provided SOF to work with the American-led Coalition in Afghanistan, and extensive troops to work with NATO's ISAF. Whether that stays probably depends on the red-green balance (the greens being, IIRC, quite a bit to the left of the reds on national defence).

Amusingly, Aftenposten also has a little story in the bottom left -- the military is getting 50 m kronor to fight illegal immigration -- from Russia.

When I was there, we were concerned about the Russians coming to cross the border, too, but in an entirely different way.

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F

[elfman2]

I suppose countries should expect to fall to the left if oil is their economic foundation. After all, even the government can manage oil production, and how do you thwart voters from gravitating to those that promise a bigger share of that pie?

[Designer]

"Around 10 percent of the voters remained undecided.."

Apparently nearly half remain ignorant as a stone.

[dagnabbit]

True. AP isn't entirely whacked out on defense, but they're in bed now with the freaks from SV and RV.

[Citizen of the Savage Nation]

Do we even have a dog in this fight?

[DustyMoment]

Election thriller underway (Norway may go leftwards)

Oh my!! What a shock!!!

[Famishus]

Mind yøu, søcialist bites can be nastii.