Norway coalition talks start, with climate and oil in focus

Norway's Labor Party leader Jonas Gahr Stoere holds a bouquet of red roses at the Labor Party's election vigil at the People's House during parliamentary elections in Oslo, Norway September 13, 2021. Javad Parsa/NTB via REUTERS

OSLO (Reuters) -Norway's Labour Party began coalition talks with other members of the centre-left bloc on Tuesday seeking to form a government after their parliamentary election victory, with the focus on climate change and oil.

Labour leader Jonas Gahr Stoere https://www.reuters.com/article/norway-election-labour/newsmaker-winner-of-norways-election-is-wealthy-champion-of-common-people-idINL8N2PV31A must address voters' concerns over global warming and a widening wealth gap, while ensuring any transition away from oil production - and the jobs it creates - is gradual.