Economics
Surviving the Oil Crash, Norway’s PM Builds Hope for Second Term
- Confidence builds in western Europe’s biggest oil producer
- Conservative coalition is recovering in polls ahead of vote
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The economic recovery could be coming just in time for Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg in her bid for a second term.
Trailing by more than 10 percentage points in July’s polls, Solberg’s Conservatives have narrowed the gap with the opposition Labor Party, according to pollofpolls.no, a poll tracking website. Analysts point to healthy economic numbers as a possible explanation.