Norwegian government in crisis over minister’s terrorism comments

Motion to oust Sylvi Listhaug over controversial Facebook post threatens to trigger collapse of cabinet

Sylvi Listhaug, Norway, Norwegian, Erna Solberg
Norway’s Minister of Justice, Public Security and Immigration Sylvi Listhaug
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Norway’s minority coalition government is on the brink of a potential collapse as the country’s opposition seeks to remove anti-immigration Justice Minister Sylvi Listhaug from her role over a controversial Facebook post.

In a message posted on the social media site on 9 March, Listhaug, a member of the populist right-wing Progress Party (FrP), accused the opposition Labour Party of caring more about “the rights of terrorists” than the “security of the nation”.

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