From the second half of the 1980s the economic and welfare aspects of immigration policy were mainly a focus of Progress Party criticism,[47] including the strains placed by immigration on the welfare state.[148] During the 1990s the party shifted to focus more on cultural and ethnic issues and conflicts,[149][150] a development which can also be seen in the general public debate, including among its political opponents.[148] In 1993, it was the first party in Norway to use the notion of "integration politics" in its party programme.[51] While the party has made numerous proposals on immigration in parliament, it has rarely received majority support for them.[143] Its proposals has largely been rejected by the remaining political parties, as well as the mass media.[84] Although the party's immigration policies have been compared to those of the Danish People's Party and the Sweden Democrats, leading party members have rather seen its immigration policies to resemble those of the Dutch People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and the Danish Venstre, when those parties were in government.[151]