The Centre Party (Senterpartiet, Sp) is a centrist and agrarian Norwegian political party founded in 1920. Until 1959 it bore the name Bondepartiet ("The Farmers' Party"). The Centre Party's policy is not based on any of the great ideologies of the 19th and 20th century, but has a focus on maintaining decentralized economic development and political decision-making.
Since 1972, it has maintained a principled opposition to Norwegian membership in ...
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The Centre Party (Senterpartiet, Sp) is a centrist and agrarian Norwegian political party founded in 1920. Until 1959 it bore the name Bondepartiet ("The Farmers' Party"). The Centre Party's policy is not based on any of the great ideologies of the 19th and 20th century, but has a focus on maintaining decentralized economic development and political decision-making.
Since 1972, it has maintained a principled opposition to Norwegian membership in the European Union.
The party has supported both Socialist and non-Socialist coalition governments; between 1930 and 2000 the Centre Party has participated in seven governments, three of which were led by a Prime Minister from the party. Still, until 2005, the party had joined only non-socialist governments.
During the eight decades since the Centre Party was created as a political faction of a Norwegian agrarian organization, the party has changed a great deal. Only few years after the creation the party broke with its mother organization and...
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