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|seats2_title = County Councils |seats2 = |seats3_title = Municipal Councils |seats3 = |seats4_title = Sami Parliament |seats4 = }} The Liberal Party ((ノルウェー語:Venstre), V, meaning "left") is a liberal and social-liberal political party in Norway. The party is the oldest in Norway, and has enacted reforms such as parliamentarism, freedom of religion, universal suffrage and state schooling. For most of the late 19th and early 20th century, it was Norway's largest and dominant political party, but in the postwar era it lost most of its support and became a relatively small party. The party has nevertheless participated in several centrist and centre-right government coalitions in the postwar era. It currently holds nine seats in the Parliament, and has a cooperation agreement with the incumbent government parties. Since 2010, the leader of the party is Trine Skei Grande. The party is regarded as social-liberal〔(Venstre ) TV2/Politisk.no, retrieved 8 April 2013 〕 and advocates personal freedom under the pre-condition of an active state. Since the 1970s, the party has maintained an environmentalist position, which was an important part of the party profile when it came back to parliament in the 1990s. The Liberal Party was rated the second best party after the Green Party by the environmentalist organisation ''Framtiden i våre hender''.〔() retrieved 11 december 2013〕 The party is also a strong supporter of multiculturalism, increased labour immigration to Norway, and relaxed integration measures.〔(Venstre - Politikk - Integrering )〕 Overall, it has had a centrist position in the Norwegian political landscape. Founded in 1884, then with the main support from farmers and progressive members of the bourgeoisie, it was the first political party that came into existence in Norway, and was the dominant government party for several decades. Since the 1880s, the party has seen many internal schisms. In 1909, the right-wing faction broke out and formed the Liberal Left Party, which later merged with the Conservative Party. The most notable recent schism was in 1972, when the Liberal Party decided to oppose Norwegian membership in the European Union, and the faction supporting membership broke out and formed the Liberal People's Party.〔 == Policies == Venstre is a liberal, social-liberal and centrist party. Through its history it has taken part in both centre-right and pure centrist coalition governments. From 2001 to 2005, it was in a centre-right coalition government with the Conservative Party and Christian Democratic Party; since the 2005 general election, the party has been in opposition. More recently the party has been a proponent of a Blue–green alliance in Norwegian politics, with Venstre constituting the green part.〔(Venstre-lederen vil ha makt i blågrønn regjering ). ''NRK''. 12.04.2013.〕〔(Venstre med «blågrønt» budsjettforslag ). ''Dagbladet''. 3. november 2014.〕 In the last few election campaigns, Venstre's main focus has been on environmental issues, education, small-business and social issues. Venstre advocates higher taxes on activities that damage the environment. Some other issues Venstre advocate are increased labour immigration, abolition of the Church of Norway as the State church, abolishing the wealth and inheritance taxes, and more power to local authorities (kommuner.) At the national convention in 2005, Venstre decided with a margin of only five votes to still oppose Norway joining the European Union, albeit weakly. It prefers continued membership in the European Economic Area. In 2007, Venstre became the first Norwegian party to advocate legal file sharing. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Liberal Party (Norway)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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