#THENETHERLANDS: Deputy Prime Minister Calls For "New Limits" For Immigration

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The next general election may be over a year away, but the government is starting to posture on what will be a major issue: Immigration. Christian Democrat Deputy Prime Minister Hugo de Jonge said he backed new limits on immigration.

De Jonge said in an interview that the Netherlands needs extra skills and workers, and that it should continue to take in refugees. The Netherlands, he said, does extremely well when it comes to solidarity ‘but, if we want to continue in this way, we have to set limits."

De Jonge declined to give exact figures, preferring instead to talk about ‘targets’. Allowing in 80,000 migrants a year is too many, he said ‘if you calculate how that adds up over time’.

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#NORWAY: Center-Right Party Supporting Conservative Gov't Could Switch Support To Left-Leaning Party

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The leader of a party propping up the government of Prime Minister Erna Solberg's conservative-leaning government says he wants to steer his party Leftward. After supporting her minority Conservative coalition for the past five years, Christian Democratic Party leader Knut Arild Hareide, 45, says it may be time to cooperate with the Labour Party instead. That means Solberg’s government could fall later this Fall.

Hareide's idea would move his party from its traditional position at center-right to join a socialist coalition positioned towards the center-left. Some Christian Democrats aren't yet on board, and are calling for Hareide’s resignation or expulsion from the party. Others are said to be intrigued by the idea, and think it might attract new voters. There are some important issues to iron out if they align with Labour, however. Christian Democrats almost always support Israel, for example, while Labour sympathizes with the Palestinians.

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#NORWAY: Christians Democrats Withdraw From Coalition Talks With Solberg Gov't

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Christian Democratic Party withdrew from coalition talks with the government yesterday and has left the right wing- conservative cabinet as a minority government. The decision will surely make it more difficult for Prime Minister Erna Solberg and her partner party to get support on both financial and social policy proposals. Even lack of the majority in this scenario can end up with early ending of the coalition.

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#THENETHERLANDS: Four-Party Coalition Government Talks Continue

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Talks on forming a new government start up again on Tuesday between Prime Minister Rutte's People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy, the Christian Democrats, the progressive D66 Party, and the Green Left Party. Edith Schippers, who is leading the negotiations, said last week the four parties are serious about forming a new alliance, even though they have major differences of opinion on some subjects among these diverse groups. The four are seeking to form a coalition to shut out the Freedom Party of Geert Wilders.

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Pictured: The Binnenhof, the Dutch parliament buildings and offices of the Prime Ministe.

#NORWAY: Small Party Breaks Ranks With Gov't Over Budget, Putting Coalition In Danger

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Norway's minority government is facing a crisis as the small Christian Democratic Party broke off budget negotiations, putting the coalition with the Conservative Party in danger of collapse. Prime Minister Erna Solberg's government has until December 5th to find a majority in parliament with its centrist allies, the Christian Democrats and Liberals, to pass its 2017 finance bill.

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Pictured: Norwegian PM Erna Solberg.

#GERMANY: Upper House Resolution Passes, Urging Gay Marriage, Gay Adoption Law

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Though no law is currently being considered, Germany's Upper House has passed a resolution urging the legalization of gay marriage and gay adoptions. There remains strong opposition to both in the Lower House of the legislature and in Chancellor Merkel's party.

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