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Norway’s Center-left Labour Begins Coalition Talks as Anti-oil Greens Sidelined


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Norway’s Center-left Labour Begins Coalition Talks as Anti-oil Greens Sidelined

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(CNN)Norway’s main opposition Labour Party is beginning coalition talks to form a government Tuesday after the ruling Conservatives lost their command in parliamentary elections and the anti-oil Greens failed to win enough seats to become the potential kingmaker.
 
Labour is likely to form an alliance with the country’s Center Party and the Socialist Left Party, following an election campaign period heavily focused on the climate crisis and the future of the country’s lucrative oil industry. Though it has not ruled out talks with the Greens, the only party calling for a complete end to fossil fuel exploration.
 

Source: CNN