Norway's eurosceptic Centre Party quit the government on Thursday in a dispute over the adoption of European Union energy policies, leaving the centre-left Labour Party to rule alone eight months before an election.

Norway's government coalition collapsed on Thursday following a long dispute over the implementation of EU energy market regulations. The agrarian Centre Party, the junior partner of Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre's Labour Party,

Members of the Centre Party (Senterpartiet) left the centre-left government of Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, representing the Labour Party, on Thursday. According to Støre, the cause of the conflict is the lack of agreement from the eurosceptics in Senterpartiet on deepening Norway's relations with the European Union in the field of energy

The agrarian Senterpartiet left the centre-left government of Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, representing the Labour Party, on Thursday. According to Støre, the conflict arises from the Senterpartiet's eurosceptics' refusal to deepen Norway's relations with the European Union in the area of energy policy.

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.