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This paintings offers 8 reviews of alternative yet interrelated elements of parliamentary executive in post-war Norway. cut up into 3 sections, it specializes in the formation of presidency, association of parliament and the altering family among parliament, executives, and arranged pursuits.
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5 demonstrates that this was a temporary situation. After the dissolution of the Syse coalition, the non-socialist bloc in the Storting disintegrated. The Conservatives, the Christian People’s Party and the Centre Party chose different paths. The non-socialist coalition range became greater than ever before (84 per cent disunity between the Conservatives and the Centre Party in 1990–96). Consequently, a broad coalition including the Conservatives was out of the question. When Prime Minister Jagland decided to FROM MAJORITY TO MINORITY PARLIAMENTARISM 37 resign after the election in 1997, the centre alternative had a chance even though its parliamentary base was very narrow.
The centre coalition managed, however, to stay in office until March 2000. Then the Prime Minister lost a vote of confidence when Labour and the Conservatives decided that the construction of gasheated power plants should be permitted. The centre parties opposed this decision for environmental reasons. They turned down a Conservative invitation to form a new non-socialist coalition. Consequently, Labour could return to office, now under the premiership of Jens Stoltenberg. Types of Government The list of government changes clearly illustrates that changes can be precipitated by a variety of circumstances.
The government was dependent on support from the Socialist electoral alliance. When Bratteli in 1976 was replaced as Prime Minister by Odvar Nordli, it was again an internal matter for the Labour Party. The minority government stayed in power when the 1977 election gave a majority to the Socialists. However, in 1981 Nordli stepped down owing to ill health and was replaced by Gro Harlem Brundtland. Again, the Storting had no say in the change of Prime Minister. Before the 1981 election, the Conservative Party, the Christian People’s Party and the Centre Party declared that the government would be replaced if the three parties together obtained a majority.
