Changes in Norway
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Norway’s left-wing protesters regained power after eight years of legal rule in the country’s elections and inequality.
The left parties won 100 seats against 68 in the middle right, according to the polls where almost all the votes were counted.
Independent Prime Minister Erna Solberg approved Monday night. The result brings the chief of staff of Jonas Gahr Store, a former foreign minister, and means for the first time in 62 years all five Nordic countries have a prime minister at the same time.
“The new majority and the new government will thus be a change for the common people in this country,” said the Store, pledging to take immediate action to address the climate crisis which he called its main task and the goal of equalizing Norway. group.
For a long time in democracy, the Nordics have met with the right parties in recent years. Although the Norwegian Labor Party is one of Europe’s leading political parties, which has been at the forefront of every election since 1924, it has been supportive in recent years, leading to a change in the number of left-wing parties.
“This is a very good result for us. This was a choice of climate and inequality. The biggest challenge for a while is how to prepare for Norway’s economic transformation in a country that is rapidly evolving into a more resilient force, “Espen Barth Eide, a former foreign minister in Labor, told the Financial Times.
Employees recorded 26.4%, the second worst showing in 97 years.
The Store has promised to address the inequalities that it says are the result of Solberg’s ideas, but as he has determined he does not want to resume the Norwegian oil industry, which is the largest in western Europe.
Norway’s elections did not have a central role until a UN report on climate change warned last month that the people were “red”. This attracted small parties to the left and the struggle for independence in Norway to accelerate economic transformation and away from the oil and gas industries that still dominate abroad.
“The first international convention we will attend is in Glasgow [the COP26 climate summit]. We need to get started with this right away, to get the most out of it, ”said Eide.
The Store’s favorite alliance with the rural party and pro-creation Socialist Left has a minority in the new parliament.
But the new Prime Minister is gearing up for difficult negotiations on issues such as the future of the oil market and the country’s environment. Both the Center and the Socialist Left are skeptical of whether Norway is located in the European Economic Area, subject to EU regulations without any influence. Workers say they do not want to change.
A three-party alliance would mean that the Labor leader should not rely on the support of smaller, more complex parties such as the Red Communist Party and the Greens. “If this is true, it’s fine,” Eide said.
The natural vote on the left was particularly noticeable in the Socialist Left and Red, both strong in equality, not the Greens, who finished below the 4% ban needed to get more seats by raising their goals from 2017.