Norway’s Labor, Allies Resume Talks to Break Budget Deadlock

Norway’s ruling Labor Party is signaling no concessions on key demands by two smaller partners as talks continue on next year’s budget with an aim to avert a cabinet crisis.

The fossil-fuel-rich Nordic nation’s politicians are seeking to avoid a full-blown government crisis after so far failing to ensure support from all of Labor’s four center-left partners for the 2026 spending plan. Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store has until Friday to try to win over the holdouts, or hope they will still back him in a confidence motion if his budget fails to pass in parliament.