• Email Us: [email protected]
  • Contact Us: +1 718 874 1545
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Medical Market Report

  • Home
  • All Reports
  • About Us
  • Contact Us

Norway’s left-wing opposition wins in a landslide, coalition talks next

September 14, 2021 by David Barret Leave a Comment

September 14, 2021

By Nora Buli and Victoria Klesty

OSLO (Reuters) -Norway’s centre-left opposition parties are on course to win a majority in parliament after Monday’s election and will now negotiate how to form a coalition, with climate change and a widening wealth gap expected to be central to discussions.

Conservative Prime Minister Erna Solberg conceded the election and will step down after eight years in power, while Labour Party leader Jonas Gahr Stoere said he intends to form the next government.

Norway’s status as a major oil and gas producer has been at the heart https://ift.tt/3k5MATf of the campaign, although a transition away from petroleum – and the jobs it creates – is likely to be a gradual one despite progress by pro-environment parties.

To form a viable Cabinet, Stoere https://ift.tt/3nwscx2 must persuade potential centre-left partners to compromise on policies ranging from oil and private ownership to Norway’s relations with the European Union.

“We, as the biggest party, will make sure that Norway will get a new government and a new course,” Stoere said in a speech to party members.

“In the coming days, I will invite the leaders of all parties who want a change,” he said, adding he would start with the Centre Party and Socialist Left.

Norway’s crown currency was largely unchanged, trading at 10.20 against the euro.

“There will be some tax increases for example and there will be a different set of priorities … but the total size of the public budget will not be substantially different from if the current government would remain in place,” said DNB Markets Chief Economist Kjersti Haugland.

With 97.5% of the votes counted, Labour and four other centre-left parties could swing to a combined majority of 100 seats, up from 81 currently, the Directorate of Elections projected.

A minimum of 85 seats is required to win a majority in the 169-seat parliament.

If the projections prove correct, Stoere could form a majority consisting of Labour, the Centre Party and the Socialist Left, which are on track for a combined 89 seats, and avoid having to work with the Marxist Red Party or the anti-oil Greens.

Getting the rural-based Centre Party and the mostly urban Socialists to govern together could be difficult, however, as the two take different views on issues from oil to taxes.

Ruling in a minority could also be an option for Labour. Stoere says his government would focus on cutting CO2 emissions in line with the 2015 Paris Agreement, but has rejected any ultimatum over energy policy.

Stoere has pledged to address inequality https://ift.tt/3llzdOx by cutting taxes for low- and middle-income families and hiking rates for the rich.

(Reporting by Nora Buli and Victoria Klesty; Writing by Terje Solsvik and Gwladys Fouche; Editing by Grant McCool and Peter Cooney)

Source Link Norway’s left-wing opposition wins in a landslide, coalition talks next

David Barret
David Barret

Related posts:

  1. YouTravel.Me packs up $1M to match travelers with curated small group adventures
  2. Welcome to TechRadar’s PC Gaming Week 2021
  3. Best Apple Watch: the ultimate guide to pick your iPhone compatible smartwatch
  4. Virgin Galactic looks to late September, early October for first commercial crewed flight

Filed Under: News

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

  • The Zombie Worms Are Disappearing And It’s Not A Good Thing
  • Think Before You Toss: Do Not Dump Your Pumpkins In The Woods After Halloween
  • A Nearby Galaxy Has A Dark Secret, But Is It An Oversized Black Hole Or Excess Dark Matter?
  • Newly Spotted Vaquita Babies Offer Glimmer Of Hope For World’s Rarest Marine Mammal
  • Do Bees Really “Explode” When They Mate? Yes, Yes They Do
  • How Do We Brush A Hippo’s Teeth?
  • Searching For Nessie: IFLScience Takes On Cryptozoology
  • Your Halloween Pumpkin Could Be Concealing Toxic Chemicals – And Now We Know Why
  • The Aztec Origins Of The Day Of The Dead (And The Celtic Roots Of Halloween)
  • Large, Bright, And Gold: Get Ready For The Biggest Supermoon Of The Year
  • For Just Two Days A Year, These Male Toads Turn A Jazzy Bright Yellow. Now We Know Why
  • Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Is Back From Behind The Sun – Still Not An Alien Spacecraft, Though
  • Bowhead Whales Can Live For 200 Years – This May Explain Their Extraordinary Longevity
  • Trump Orders First Nuclear Weapons Test In The US Since 1992 – Here’s What You Need To Know
  • Tiny Triceratops-Tackling Tyrannosaur Was Its Own Species, Not A Baby T. Rex
  • What Makes Ammolite Gemstones, A Rare Kind Of Fossilized Ammonite, So Vibrant? It’s All In The Nacre
  • Something Melted This Tesla’s Windscreen. Could It Have Been A World-First Meteorite Collision?
  • Carnivorous “Death-Ball” Sponge Among 30 New Deep-Sea Weirdos Discovered In The Southern Ocean
  • Chimps Can Revise Beliefs When Confronted With Conflicting Evidence. Can You?
  • Explosive Airbursts, Like Tunguska, Might Be Hiding Among “Halloween Fireballs” Meteor Shower
  • Business
  • Health
  • News
  • Science
  • Technology
  • +1 718 874 1545
  • +91 78878 22626
  • [email protected]
Office Address
Prudour Pvt. Ltd. 420 Lexington Avenue Suite 300 New York City, NY 10170.

Powered by Prudour Network

Copyrights © 2025 · Medical Market Report. All Rights Reserved.

Go to mobile version