Norweigan PM Goes With the Flow

Most Western governments continue to pursue peak social mood agendas, no more so than the United States. In Norway, however, an anti-immigration party has been welcomed as the only partner of the Conservative party.

Norway's Conservatives to form coalition with anti-immigration party

The leader of Norway's Conservative party has announced she is forming a rightwing minority government, the first to include the anti-immigration Progress party.

Erna Solberg, whose Conservatives finished second in this month's parliamentary election, will team up with the Progress party, which came third.

The two-party coalition is expected to introduce stricter immigration policies. Many Norwegians have called for a reduction in immigration, and the Progress party has capitalised on that feeling.

A minority right wing government is in power because the anti-immigrant party was willing to play ball, and the Conservatives were smart enough to take the offer.

Here's the key social mood point:

Post-war, rightwing coalitions have often been fractious and fallen apart in Norway, as they did in 1986, 1990 and 2000. If the current coalition doesn't last, the Labour party could quickly reclaim power, as it has three times since 1986.

Social mood says this right-wing coalition stands to break some records. I'm betting this coalition will hold together and flourish.