Norway finance minister quits over IS woman's return from Syria

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Norway finance minister quits over IS woman's return from Syria
Terje Solsvik, Victoria Klesty

OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian Finance Minister Siv Jensen and her right-wing Progress Party will resign from the government over a cabinet decision to help bring a woman suspected of Islamic State affiliation back home to Norway, Jensen said on Monday.

The resignation robs Conservative Prime Minister Erna Solberg of her parliamentary majority and could make the country more difficult to govern, but Solberg still plans to remain in office as head of a minority coalition.

“I brought us into government, and I’m now bringing the party out,” Jensen told a news conference.

Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-norway-politics-islamic-state-idUSKBN1ZJ1EH

This story has been in the news for Norway over the past 5 days or so. Some headlines calling it a "Crisis" for over there. So, for there, obviously, a big deal.

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I have never seen where cutting off your nose to spite your face has ever resulted in anything positive happening.