Anti-immigration party in crisis
December 17, 2020
NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway’s Progress Party, the most conservative in Parliament and best known for its anti-immigration policies, is in crisis after the leader of its Oslo chapter was excluded and the chapter itself put under administration. It boils down to a power struggle between party leaders and those who want to take the party into an even more conservative nationalist direction.
This man, Geir Ugland Jacobsen, wanted Norway’s conservative Progress Party to become a “national conservative” party that “sent chills” down the spines of even some of the party’s most right-wing members. He was excluded this week and the Oslo chapter he led, long Progress’ biggest and most important, has been put under administration. PHOTO: Fremskrittspartiet, Frp