(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Support for both Norway's governing party and the leading opposition organization increased this month, according to a poll by Norstat. 30.5 per cent of respondents would vote for the Labour Party (DNA) in the next legislative ballot, up 2.9 points since February.

The opposition Progress Party (FrP) is second with 28.3 per cent—up two points in two months—followed by the Conservatives (H) with 14.1 per cent, the Socialist Left (SV) with 7.9 per cent, the Agrarians (Sp) with 6.8 per cent, the Christian People (KrF) with 6.1 per cent, and the Liberal Left (V) with 4.5 per cent.

In September 2005, Norwegian voters renewed the Stortinget (the Norwegian Parliament). Final results gave the Red-Green alliance—encompassing Labour, the Socialist Left and the Agrarians—87 seats in the 169-member legislative branch. Labour leader Jens Stoltenberg—who held the highest office from March 2000 to October 2001—took over as prime minister for the second time.

On Apr. 20, former United Nations (UN) secretary-general Kofi Annan discussed the challenge of climate change in an address to DNA members. Stolteneberg said during the meeting that Norway will become a world leader in dealing with global warming, adding, "The greenhouse effect concerns all people. It is the most dangerous environmental problem."

The Labour party has vowed to reduce Norway's net greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050. The other two parties in the Red-Green alliance have not approved this ambitious plan yet.

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