Norwegian leader Erna Solberg in trouble after minister’s provocative Facebook post
Oslo — Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg could face a tough choice: sacrifice her embattled justice minister or put her whole cabinet to a vote. The minority government hangs in the balance after justice minister Sylvi Listhaug incensed the opposition by saying on Facebook that the Labour Party — the youth camp of which was targeted by Anders Behring Breivik in the 2011 terrorist attack — cares more about the rights of terrorists than national security. While she has since reluctantly apologised and erased the March 9 post after almost a week, the minister now faces a no-confidence vote in parliament on Tuesday. The Christian Democrats have scheduled a meeting on Monday to decide on whether they will join the centre-left opposition and provide a majority to oust her. "This is a very demanding and serious matter, which we will have to discuss thoroughly before we decide," Knut Arild Hareide, the head of the Christian Democrats, said on Friday. The government would resign if the C...
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