NORWAY: Centre Party To Leave Gov't Over EU Energy Directives-NRK
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Norway's eurosceptic Centre Party will resign from the government on Thursday due to a disagreement with coalition partner Labour over the adoption of EU energy policies, public broadcaster NRK and daily VG reported,
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Norway's Finance Minister Trygve Slagsvold Vedum said on Thursday that he and his eurosceptic Centre Party would resign from government due to a disagreement with coalition partner Labour over the adoption of European Union energy policies.
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The agrarian Center Party (Senterpartiet) left the center-left government of Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, representing the Labor Party, on Thursday. According to Støre, the conflict arises from the Center Party's eurosceptic stance and its refusal to deepen Norway's relations with the European Union in terms of energy policy.
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