Broad Climate Agreement Unraveled in the Storting – the Entire Opposition Withdrew

Norway will submit a new climate target to the UN in June. Now it is up in the air whether the government will get a majority for its proposal after the climate agreement collapsed in the Storting.

The Conservative Party's failure in the climate negotiations was the final nail in the coffin for a majority for a climate agreement in the Storting. Now the Red Labour Party is asking to look to the left.

Several parties are breaking off negotiations on a new climate target for 2035. – An amateur process from A to Z, says Sveinung Rotevatn (V).

Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre (Labour Party) must step in to save the Climate Act, says the Liberal Party after the attempt to reach a compromise in the Storting collapsed.

Both the Liberal Party and the MDG withdraw from climate talks in the Storting – This was a sham process. The Labour Party has not met us on anything. The Labour Party is not working for a broad compromise, it only wants a majority with the Conservative Party and perhaps the Centre Party, says Une Bastholm in the MDG to NRK. In a message to NTB, the Liberal Party's parliamentary group states that they are also withdrawing. – The Liberal Party i…