In Norway, an anti-immigrant party aims for the post of prime minister
The Progress Party is hot on the heels of the ruling Labour Party in voting intentions ahead of the September 8 parliamentary elections. It is led by Sylvi Listhaug, a farmer's daughter who aims to "restore security," but her own supporters are concerned about a reluctance to take over the government, the daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter explains.
Svinesund Strait. In the midst of the election campaign for the September 8 parliamentary elections in Norway, Sylvi Listhaug has brought out the “Swedish card.” The leader of the Progress Party [populist right] has chosen to do so on the border of the kingdom, on one of the bridges that span the Svinesund, the strait that separates Norway from Sweden, with the difference that, this time, she has a real chance of becoming Prime Minister. At the same time, she continues to distance herself from the Sweden Democrats [far right].
There's a buzz in the air when Norwegian Sylvi Listhaug enters the election campaign. Just a month before the parliamentary elections, the leader of the Progress Party (FRP) brought all the major Norwegian media outlets to the "old bridge" at Svinesund in early August, the very bridge that had brought the two brotherly peoples together at the end of the war. The purpose of the trip was to present her Security Plan, and the border was the ideal backdrop to hammer home her mantra: "Restoring security in Norway."
Sylvi Listhaug is on a roll. Since 2020, her anti-immigrant FRP party has been in opposition. The following year's elections had the effect of
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