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Mon Sep 13, 2021, 09:34 PM Sep 2021

Norway's center-left heads to victory in general elections [View all]

Source: ABC News

COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- The center-left bloc headed to a victory in Norway's elections Monday as official projections pointed to the governing Conservatives losing power after a campaign dominated by climate change and the future of the country’s oil and gas exploration industry.

With a projection based on a preliminary count of nearly 93% of the votes, the Labor Party and its two allies — the Socialist Left and the euroskeptic Center Party — would hold 100 seats in the 169-seat Stortinget assembly while the current government would get 68. One seat was still unsure.

As Norway’s largest party, Labor will try to form a coalition government and its chief, 61-year-old Jonas Gahr Stoere, is poised to become Norway’s next leader. The Scandinavian country is not a member of the European Union.

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Labor has promised an industrial policy that will funnel support to new green industries, like wind power, “blue hydrogen” that uses natural gas to produce an alternative fuel, and carbon capture and storage, which seeks to bury carbon dioxide under the ocean.


Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/norways-center-left-gains-vote-climate-key-issue-79995698

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Wonderful news! Thank you, question everything. Judi Lynn Sep 2021 #1
Gode nyheter for Norge. madaboutharry Sep 2021 #2
Very cool! Music Man Sep 2021 #3
Yay! burrowowl Sep 2021 #4
It would be sweet if liberals win worldwide IronLionZion Sep 2021 #5
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