Road Toll Rage Is Threatening Norway’s Conservative Coalition
- Party against road tolls is gaining ahead of municipal vote
- Ruling Progress Party has called a crisis meeting this week
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Norway is having its own Yellow Vest moment as a growing backlash against road tolls threatens to overwhelm the political establishment.
What started as local protest against a proliferation in toll stations has become a movement that’s even polling first in a key city ahead of nationwide municipal elections in September. It’s also posing a danger to the cohesion of Prime Minister Erna Solberg’s ruling bloc with growing turmoil within the Progress Party, led by Finance Minister Siv Jensen.