The center-left opposition parties are heading for victory in the parliamentary elections of 12-13 September in Norway, dominated by the clash over climate change and the prospects for the Scandinavian country’s oil economy. This is what emerges from the voting projections by the NRK and Tv2 broadcasters and the VG newspaper. The bloc formed by Labor and its two allies (Socialist Left and The Center Party, the center party) would win 88 of the 169 seats available in the parliamentary assembly, three more than the 85 needed to secure a majority. The new government would be led by Labor leader Jonas Gahr Stoere, in a minority or with the support of other center-left parties, ending the eight years in power of Prime Minister Erna Solberg.
The “climate” vote in Oslo
The forecasts would confirm the polls on the eve, biased in favor of a Labor victory with a consensus margin of 23-24%, against the 20-21% attributed to Solberg’s conservative side. The vote was marked, on a thematic level, above all by the environmental issue. One of the most slippery terrains for the new executive will be that of ecological transition and, in particular, of a more or less rapid overcoming of the national economy’s dependence on oil resources. Neither coalition is pushing for an abrupt change of course with respect to an industry that affects 42% of exports and 6% of employment, but Solberg’s proposal seemed even more reluctant to the green turn imposed by the climate emergency.
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