Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg replaced the ministers for energy, EU affairs and justice in her right-wing government yesterday in a reshuffle nine months before the next general election. Oil Minister Tord Lien of the right-wing Progress party will stand down in favour of Terje Soeviknes, a popular small-town mayor. Justice Minister Anders Anundsen of the Progress Party was replaced by Per-Willy Amundsen, until now a junior minister. EU Affairs Minister Elisabeth Aspaker of the Conservative Party will be replaced by Frank Bakke-Jensen of the same party.
Trine Skei Grande, head of the centrist Liberal Party, said that the Progress Party appointments would add a dose of scepticism about man-made climate change to the government.
