A vote was held in the Norwegian parliament on Tuesday to change the political system of Norway from a monarchy to a republic. However, the country does not anticipate any changes. King Harald will continue to be King of Norway.
King Harald remains on his throne
On Tuesday, a vote was held in the Norwegian parliament, Storting, at which a decision was made regarding the further political system in Norway. Ultimately King Harald he will continue to be king of the Norwegian state. The results of Tuesday's vote clearly prove that there is a majority parliament sees no need to change system. Only 36 people voted in favor of the change, which is 8 votes more than in the previous vote, which took place in 2016.
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Who voted for the republic?
36 votes, that's how many people supported the change political system in Norway from monarchy to republic. All representatives of the Socialist Party of the Left, 14 MPs from the Labor Party, one representative from the Green Party and the Rødt Party, eight representatives from the Venstre party, one from the Progress party and two from Høyre. It was these members who supported the change. Unfortunately, the vote ratio of 36 to 130 did not allow it to be introduced.
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Do the Norwegians want a president?
King Harald has been King of Norway since January 17, 1991. This year marks 27 years since he was king of the Norwegian state, but a proposition changes in the political system in Norway it died much earlier. Such an idea first appeared in the Storting in 1972. Since then, it has not been possible to change the provisions of the Norwegian constitution and introduce the office of a universally elected president. For such a change to come into force, the vote requires more than two-thirds of the votes in the Storting.
Tradition
At certain times, when the state has been ruled by a monarchy for over a thousand years, many citizens cannot imagine a different regime. You can say that in Norway. King Harald has ruled for 27 years, but we must not forget that before him there were many other monarchs who contributed to the development of this state. Nowadays, the majority of Norwegians are still in favor of the monarchy. According to research conducted in 2016 by the TNS Gallup agency, as many as 67,1% of respondents lean towards monarchy. The remainder elects the republic.
