Facebook Post Pushes Norway Government to Brink of Collapse

  • Christian Democrats meet to decide on justice minister vote
  • Opposition pursuing no-confidence vote against minister
Sylvi ListhaugPhotographer: Gorm Kallestad/AFP via Getty Images
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Norway’s minority government faces a potential collapse as the opposition seeks the ouster of the polarizing, anti-immigration Justice Minister Sylvi Listhaug.

Prime Minister Erna Solberg is bracing for turmoil as the Christian Democrats meet to decide whether to back and provide a majority for the center-left’s no-confidence motion against the minister. A vote to censure could force the premier to put her whole cabinet to a vote, just six months after securing her reelection.