Støre and his party now in ‘deep crisis’
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- 24 Mar 2023
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Labour now holds only 15.5 percent of the vote, according to a new poll conducted by research firm Opinion for news media FriFagbevegelse, Dagsavisen and ANB. The rival Conservatives can claim 36.9 percent, roughly equal to what Labour, its government partner Center and all three of Norway’s left-wing parties can claim together.
It’s the latest evidence of a steady decline for Labour that election researcher Johannes Bergh sees no signs of ending. “Right now there are no clear signs that this will turn around (for Labour),” Bergh told FriFagbevegelse. “Voters have completely changed their opinion since the Parliamentary election a year-and-a-half ago.”
The disastrous poll figures for Labour come just as the party is under pressure to renew its own leadership, even though Støre himself appears secure in his post for lack of another prime minister candidate. The party’s election committee needs to at least come up with a candidate for a new deputy leader, and the stage is set for a potentially divisive battle for the spot.
Meanwhile Labour is already in what political commentator Lars West Johnsen calls “a deep existential crisis.” Johnsen, writing in newspaper Dagsavisen on Thursday, is clear about what’s at stake: “The future of a party plagued by a doomsday mood and which isn’t capable of emerging from its own shadow.” Read More…
