The world is heading into another high-drama weekend, with a possible imminent ground invasion in Gaza and strong tensions throughout the region. And precisely the tense situation in the Middle East was the topic when Anniken Huitfeldt guested on the news program Politisk kvarter this morning. But with the strong internal pressure from several different Labor circles to replace Huitfeldt, it was also easy to cling to the answer she gave when presenter Trond Lydersen asked if she would still be foreign minister in a week’s time. – We’ll have to look at that, she replied. ROKERER: Prime Minister Støre during a summit on security policy in Visby on Gotland. Photo: Anders Wiklund/TT / NTB news knows that a conversation between Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and the Foreign Minister was planned during the day. news caught up with Støre on Gotland this morning, where he is participating in a security policy summit. – Anniken Huitfeldt says she is not sure if she will be minister in a week? – She is doing a very good job today, so I do not comment on such things. The government is at work, and everyone has a full agenda, replied Støre. At 2 p.m., he gave another interview on Gotland, where he repeated that Huitfeldt is fully operational as foreign minister. He rejected all questions about her position and about his own handling of the case. – Have you spoken to Huitfeldt during the day? – I am in constant contact with her, of course, Støre tells news. According to what news has been informed, the LO leadership has been told that Anniken Huitfeldt will be replaced as foreign minister. Everything indicates that Espen Barth Eide will step into this role. Nessa Nortun is checked At the same time, the outgoing mayor of Stavanger, Kari Nessa Nordtun, was today in dialogue with the Prime Minister’s office (SMK). It was about a background check, a so-called vetting, according to news’s sources. Such a check is carried out by all potential ministers. The purpose is to uncover conditions that could cause trouble for politicians who will sit in the government. WANTED: Outgoing Stavanger Mayor Kari Nessa Nordtun. Photo: Ingvild Stuedal Taranger / news There is no doubt that many Labor politicians – and Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre himself – want Nessa Nordtun in the government. According to news’s information, there will now be a vacant job as minister of knowledge. As a former mayor, Nessa Nordtun knows the school field well. But Kari Nessa Nordtun is a very popular politician and can be considered for various posts in the government. Among other things, she chaired the Labor Party’s energy committee, which last winter gave advice to the party leadership on electricity policy. The fact that she has three small children and lives in Stavanger complicates the picture, according to sources. But while sources earlier this week suggested that it was precisely the consideration of the family that made Nessa Nordtun irrelevant to the government now, this picture should have changed, news is informed. Against his will Source news has spoken to, says Anniken Huitfeldt herself has wanted to continue as foreign minister. If Støre ends up replacing her anyway, it will thus happen against her will. Anniken Huitfeldt is the most experienced minister in Støre’s government. In addition, for many years she has had a close relationship with Støre’s newly elected deputy leader Tonje Brenna: They are both from Akershus, and Brenna took over Huitfeldt’s place on Ap’s central board during the national meeting this spring. In addition to knowing Huitfeldt well, Brenna has for many years been a very close friend of Huitfeldt’s little sister Astrid, who is today State Secretary to Støre at the Prime Minister’s office. On Friday morning, news confirmed that a final decision regarding Huitfeldt’s future in the government has not yet been made. But Støre may in reality have already made up his mind, because the plan is to present a new government on Monday. Whether the government will get a new foreign minister has not yet been clarified. But central sources in the government apparatus and the Labor Party say several changes have in reality been decided. CHANGES: Jonas Gahr Støre will soon make changes in the government. Sources in Ap say Anniken Huitfeldt’s position as foreign minister is at stake. Photo: Pontus Höök / Pontus Höök New post for Brenna And according to what news is aware of, extensive changes are imminent. As always, the caveat is that “nothing is ready until everything is ready”. But based on conversations with a number of sources in the government and the Labor Party, the picture now looks like this: Several sources confirm that the Minister of Knowledge and Tonje Brenna will be the new Minister of Employment and Inclusion after Marte Mjøs Persen. The reason is a desire to give the Ap deputy leader, who also leads Ap’s program committee until 2025, a wider ballast. Last night, news announced that Karianne Tung from Trøndelag will become a new minister in the Ministry of Local Government and District Affairs, with responsibility for digitalisation. Tung is 39 years old and sat in the Storting from 2013 to 2017 for Sør-Trøndelag. As news reported yesterday, the Minister of Business and Industry and Jan Christian Vestre want to continue in the same position. Thus, the Ap deputy leader remains minister of industry, unless Huitfeldt’s departure triggers major changes in the government.
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