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Norwegians begin voting in election centred on oil, equality

September 12, 2021 by David Barret Leave a Comment

September 12, 2021

By Terje Solsvik and Gwladys Fouche

OSLO (Reuters) – Norwegians went to the polls on Sunday for the first of two days of voting in a parliamentary election dominated by the widening gap between rich and poor, climate change and how the oil-producing nation should adapt to the energy transition.

Opinion polls show the opposition Labour party on course to replace the Conservative-led coalition of Prime Minister Erna Solberg, though Labour would need support from at least two more parties to secure a parliamentary majority.

The man projected to become prime minister after the Sept. 12-13 ballot, Labour leader Jonas Gahr Stoere, has pledged to address inequality https://ift.tt/3llzdOx by offering tax relief for low- and middle-income families and hiking rates for the rich.

The wealthiest 1% of Norwegians pay a lower income tax rate than do those earning a median salary, according to Statistics Norway, while the proportion of children persistently living in low-income households grew from 3.3% in 2001 to 11.7% in 2019.

“We must have a society with fewer differences, which have increased with the past government,” Stoere told Reuters on the sidelines of a recent campaign event.

DIFFICULT COALITION TALKS

Complicating matters for Labour, climate change has surfaced as a key issue https://ift.tt/3k59iLo, and the polls show a growing minority of seats in parliament could go to parties and lawmakers who want to curtail Norway’s oil and gas drilling, a major source of jobs.

Stoere hopes Labour, the Centre Party and the Socialist Left will between them win a majority, and that post-election negotiations will enable a comeback for the three-party coalition that ran Norway between 2005 and 2013.

But this outcome is far from certain. Opinion polls show Stoere could become dependent on either the Red Party, which wants social reforms based on Marxist ideology, or the Green Party, which wants to shut down Norway’s oil production by 2035.

Stoere says his government would focus on cutting the country’s CO2 emissions in line with the 2015 Paris Agreement, but has rejected any ultimatums over oil, arguing that Norway must avoid major job losses in its biggest export industry.

(Reporting by Terje Solsvik and Gwladys Fouche; Additional reporting by Nerijus Adomaitis; Editing by Alex Richardson)

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David Barret
David Barret

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