section_path: Background
section_name: Background
paragraph_text: Background
  
  On 30 January 2025, the Centre Party left the governing coalition over disagreements with the Labour Party on energy policy relating to the European Union, resulting in the first one-party government in 25 years. Eight cabinet ministers from the Centre Party were replaced, including Centre Party leader and minister of finance Trygve Slagsvold Vedum, who was succeeded by former Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.