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Norway's long-time Prime Minister Erna Solberg
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After her defeat in the parliamentary elections a month ago, Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg, as expected, submitted the resignation of her government.
The conservative politician submitted the corresponding application to King Harald V on Tuesday to clear the way for the new Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and his cabinet.
The king had accepted the request and asked them to continue managing until the new government was appointed, Solberg said at a press conference.
The planned change of government was on Thursday.
Your party Høyre will then do objective and constructive opposition work, said Solberg.
Social Democrats want to form a minority government
The king has now officially entrusted Støre with the task of forming a government.
The Social Democrat, whose party had become the strongest party in the September 13 election, reached an agreement with the Center Party on the formation of a minority government late last week.
A three-party coalition with the Socialist Left had previously failed.
The new government wants to present its plans on Wednesday and the cabinet will be presented on Thursday.
Minority governments are not uncommon in Scandinavia.
In Denmark and Sweden, for example, Støre's social democratic party colleagues Mette Frederiksen and Stefan Löfven also rule without a clear majority of their own.
Solberg has also led Norway with a minority government since early 2020 after the right-wing populists left the coalition.
Solberg served as Norwegian Prime Minister for eight years.
Her successor, Støre, was foreign minister for a long time under the previous head of government and today's NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
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