Tesla-Loving Norway Picks Pro-Oil Labor as Coalition Talks Start
- Labor’s likely three-party bloc is set for parliament majority
- Election campaign focused on Norway’s fossil-fuel reliance
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Norway’s opposition Labor Party will begin talks on forming a new ruling coalition after winning an election dominated by disputes over the Nordic economy’s dependence on fossil fuel.
A likely coalition led by Labor, headed by millionaire Jonas Gahr Store, is poised to secure a five-seat majority in the 169-member parliament, according to preliminary data on the election authority’s website on Tuesday. That would allow it to oust the Conservative-led alliance that’s been in power for two terms.