【世界のみどり】ノルウェー緑の党が議席倍増、現左派政権の続投を後押し
【世界のみどり】ノルウェー緑の党が議席倍増、現左派政権の続投を後押し
9月8日、ノルウェーの国会議員選挙（一院制、定数169）で、労働党が2期目の政権を獲得しました。労働党は過半数に足りませんでした（55議席）が、緑の党など左派連合が過半数（8５議席）を超えた（88議席）からです。ノルウェー緑の党（Miljøpartiet De Grønne）は、得票率4.7%を獲得。調整議席が与えられる条件の4%を超えました。
しかし一方で、右派ポピュリストの進歩党が過去最高の選挙結果（４８議席）となりました。生活費・エネルギー価格の高騰や移民受け入れへの不満から、特に若い男性に支持が広がったと言われています。
緑の党は「気候問題が最優先」として、石油・ガス探査の即時停止と2040年までの石油関連事業の段階的廃止を要求しています。しかし、再選されたストーレ首相は、石油・ガスの探査継続、投資・輸出を伸ばす姿勢です。ヨーロッパがロシアの天然ガスに依存できなくなって、ノルウェーの石油・天然ガスの輸出が大きく伸びているからです。第2党の進歩党も同じように気候対策に否定的です。緑の党としては難しい交渉となりそうです。
Green Party pushes Norway oil phaseout as its political influence grows
September 10, 20252:59 AM GMT+9Updated September 10, 2025
- Greens set for bigger government influence post election
- Party demands phaseout of petroleum activities by 2040
- Oil and gas accounts for 50% of Norway's export revenue
OSLO, Sept 9 (Reuters) - In Norway, made rich by oil and gas, the idea of shutting fields sends chills, but that is exactly what the small Green Party is pushing as a global switch away from fossil fuels looms.
And it's a demand with greater meaning after Monday's election, with the ruling Labour Party needing the support of the Greens - who more than doubled the seats they hold to seven - to safeguard a two-seat majority secured by left-leaning parties.
"We will definitely prioritise putting the climate issue at the forefront," Green Party leader Arild Hermstad told Reuters.
"We have to do a transition from the fossil fuel era over to the renewable sector. And that's what Norway is lacking today."
The party is demanding an immediate stop to exploration and a phaseout of petroleum activities by 2040, and is even naming the fields it wants shut first - the Statfjord, Brage, Draugen and Ula fields, followed by eight more by 2030.
The country's newly reelected Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said on Tuesday Norway should continue to explore for oil and gas, indicating tough negotiations ahead.
For now, Norway's oil and gas industry is booming, with record investments and exports. But workers at supplier companies that account for almost half the sector's headcount face growing risks of layoffs as major projects wrap up and new orders remain scarce beyond 2028.
Five years ago, with the world beset by the COVID-19 pandemic, the government provided more than $10 billion in tax relief and other support measures to the oil and gas sector, as well as more modest funding to assist green energy development.
But that funding has failed to deliver a hoped-for "bridge" to green projects anywhere near as large as oil and gas, where most of the remaining undeveloped discoveries are small and will not be able to replace current order books or production.
"The anticipation was that this (tax package) would be a bridge to another industry," oil and gas producer Aker BP CEO Karl Johnny Hersvik told Reuters. "Now I'm a bit concerned... If these yards run out of work, they'll struggle to survive that gap."
Norway's top-ranked energy services firm, Aker Solutions, earlier this year cut its renewables-linked revenue guidance, citing sector immaturity.
The company said it was currently busy across most of its locations, but like other companies in the sector was dependent on more projects materializing in future. "(We) cannot rule out future capacity adjustments," it said.
Worley Rosenberg, a shipyard in Stavanger that focuses on the petroleum sector, has announced it will lay off 30% of its workforce, around 300 people, due to dwindling orders.
"It was a shock," union representative Aleksander Eriksen told Reuters. "We have one new offshore wind contract, but it's not coming soon. We'll face challenges in the next one to two years."
Aibel, a services company in the energy sector which employs some 3,900 people in Norway, is one firm finding alternative work, constructing floating converter stations for UK and German wind farms alongside oil and gas platforms at its shipyard in Haugesund on Norway's west coast.
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Great news from Norway!
Green party Miljøpartiet De Grønne - MDG got over the 4% threshold for the first time. They got 4.7% of votes and at least 7 seats in Parliament. This Green success secures a left-wing government. That means that despite gains by the far right, they will not be in power.
We’re also excited to learn that Frøya Skjold Sjursæther becomes the youngest MP ever in Norway.
We wish all the best to the newly elected MPs and all the amazing volunteers who are taking Norway towards more climate action and solidarity.
