Chaos has erupted in a Scandinavian country as its government collapses amid a row over the EU. Norway’s administration imploded on Thursday after its eurosceptic Centre party left the ruling two-party coalition over adopting EU green energy laws.

Norway’s prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre is left heading a minority government after coalition partner pulls out over EU market rules it says make it impossible to shield citizens from high electricity prices.

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 collapsed on Thursday after the eurosceptic Centre party left the ruling two-party coalition in a row over adopting EU green energy laws...

Proposed implementation of renewable energy and other EU directives has been source of friction between ruling coalition

The Norwegian government collapsed Thursday after the Euroskeptic Centre Party left the two-party coalition after weeks of brawling over the adoption of three EU energy directives, local media reported. Their exit leaves Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre's center-left Labour Party to govern on its own for the first time in 25 years.

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.

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