<P> The EU membership crosses the traditional left--right axis in Norwegian politics . Since the Labour Party lost its dominance in Norwegian politics, all governments have been a coalition of several political parties . Because the EU membership issue almost certainly would break up any conceivable government coalition (except maybe a rainbow coalition of Labour and the Conservatives), no government has raised the subject and no opposition party has stated any desire to do so either . </P> <P> Disagreements on this issue have been known to create divisiveness within families and local communities . Although there is a general pattern that urban communities favour membership and rural communities do not, there have been vocal minorities in every area of Norway . </P> <P> Complicating the matter has been that a great variety of political and emotional factors have been raised in the debate . Radical socialists oppose membership because of an opposition to conservative economic and political forces that concern them within Europe; opponents on the right are concerned about an infringement on Norwegian culture; and others are opposed in principle to compromising Norwegian sovereignty . </P> <P> Currently, parties supporting or opposing EU membership are to be found in both right - wing and left - wing coalitions: as a result, most governments contain pro - and anti-EU elements . To avoid a new debate on EU, anti-EU parties usually require "suicide paragraphs" in government - coalition agreements, meaning that if some party in the coalition officially begins a new debate on EU, the government will fall . This has been true for both the previous centre - right Bondevik government and the centre - left Stoltenberg government . The following table shows the different parliamentary parties' stance on EU - membership, sorted by their vote share in the latest parliamentary election (2017): </P>

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