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The Labor Party led the bloc to victory even though it faces a difficult task in forming the government. "We will give Norway a new path," said its leader, former Foreign Minister Jonas Styura. Prime Minister Solberg, who has served in the post for the past eight years - more than anyone else in the post, admitted the loss. "We needed a miracle"


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A revolution in Norway: The left has won elections that focused on the climate crisis

The Labor Party led the bloc to victory even though it faces a difficult task in forming the government.

"We will give Norway a new path," said its leader, former Foreign Minister Jonas Styura.

Prime Minister Solberg, who has served in the post for the past eight years - more than anyone else in the post, admitted the loss. "We needed a miracle"

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Norway's center-left bloc won parliamentary elections yesterday (Monday), following a campaign focusing on climate change and the future of the country's oil and gas industry, and will return to lead the country after eight years in opposition to the Conservative government. After counting the majority of votes, it appears that the Labor Party and its two allies - the Socialist Left Party and the Center Eurosceptic Party - won 169 seats in parliament in the century, while the Conservatives won only 68 seats. One seat has not yet been decided.



Labor leader Younes Ger Stiora will try to form a new government. "We will now give Norway a new government and a new way," he said tonight at a rally of party supporters who applauded him. He added that in the coming days he would invite for talks the "wanting change" parties. The party has promised to invest resources in green industries, such as wind energy, and bury carbon dioxide in the ocean.



Labor was ousted from power in 2013, and since then Norway - which is not a member of the European Union - has been ruled by the Conservative Party led by Arena Solberg.

Ger Stiura, 61, thanked Solberg, who served more than any other prime minister.

He said she was a "good prime minister."

The turnout was 76.3%, down from more than 78% in the previous election.

About 3.9 million of the country's 5.3 million citizens had the right to vote.



Ger Stiora is a former public servant, first elected to parliament in 2009 and holds significant shares of the family company.

He served as Secretary of State in the Labor government between 2005 and 2013 under Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.

He took over the reins of the party after Stoltenberg was appointed NATO secretary general.

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Promises to invest in green energy.

Labor leader Ger Stiura celebrates victory tonight (Photo: Reuters)

Solberg, whose party lost 4.7 percent of the vote, congratulated its rival. "We knew we needed a miracle - the Conservatives' term was over," she admitted. "I congratulate Ger Styria on what seems like a clear majority."



In addition to the Conservative Party, which was described by the public channel NRK as "the biggest loser of the election", its former coalition partner, the Progressive Party, lost 3.4% of the vote compared to the previous election.



The 60-year-old Solberg has been in charge of a minority prime minister since last year, after the Progressive Party, a right-wing party, withdrew from the coalition. Thanks to her long tenure, in addition to the economic liberalism she led, she earned the nickname "Iron Arena" - for the weight of the nickname of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher "Iron Lady".



Solberg had hoped to become Norway's first prime minister to win a third consecutive four-year term.

During her tenure, she expanded oil exploration, cut taxes and tried to streamline public service.

However, she suffered a severe blow to her image when it was revealed that she had violated the corona regulations imposed by her government and she was even questioned about it by the police.

Named the "Iron Arena".

PM Olmert Votes for Election Yesterday (Photo: Reuters)

Despite being the largest party in Norway's parliament, Labor will not find it easy to form a new government. The Socialists will not easily support it, and the Center Party also demands a more aggressive approach to the transition to green energy.



The Center Party became the third largest party in parliament and recorded the biggest achievements in the election with close to 14% of the vote - an increase of 3.6% since 2017. Its leader, former farmer Trigba Slagsbold and Dom, smiled a big smile after the election success.



The election focused on oil and gas exploration in the North Sea, which helped make Norway one of the richest countries in the world. However, fears of climate change have called into question the future of the country's largest industry. It accounts for more than 40% of Norway's total exports and employs more than 5% of the total workforce in the Scandinavian country.



On the other hand, Norwegian citizens are among the most aware consumers in the world, and most of the new cars purchased are electric.



Most of Norway's oil and gas are still extracted from developed areas in the North Sea, but most of its untapped reservoirs are buried in the Barents Sea, above the Arctic Circle.

For the green legislators this is a red line, and they can play a crucial role in the formation of the new government.

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