“The Norwegian government, after consultations with the opposition, proposes to increase aid to Ukraine in 2025 to 30 billion Norwegian kroner ($2.7 billion) from 27 billion kroner this year.”, — write: epravda.com.ua
The Norwegian government, after consultations with the opposition, proposes to increase aid to Ukraine in 2025 to 30 billion Norwegian kroner ($2.7 billion) from 27 billion kroner. “European Truth” writes about this, reports the NRK television and radio company. The Norwegian government and the opposition differ on what support Ukraine should receive. In the current year, Norway allocated 27 billion Norwegian kroner to support Ukraine, but in the draft state budget for 2025 this amount was reduced to 15 billion Norwegian kroner.Advertisement: The opposition believes that this is not enough and needs to increase support. Norway’s conservative party has proposed an allocation of NOK 45 billion next year.Advertisement: The government therefore met with parliamentary leaders in the Storting on Tuesday to discuss further steps for support. After the meeting, Prime Minister Jonas Haar Stere said that the government is proposing to double the offer to a minimum of NOK 30 billion. “The situation in Ukraine is more serious. And we want Norway to be a clear and leading supporter of Ukraine’s struggle,” he said. In addition to military support for Ukraine, the government also wants this money to be used to secure and expand electrical capacity and power supply in Ukraine. Now this proposal will be discussed in party groups. Stere himself is going to Stockholm, where he will meet with the prime ministers of the Northern European and Baltic countries. The Prime Minister of Poland will also take part in the meeting. “Support for Ukraine will be one of the topics at this meeting,” he said. And so the government has arranged a new meeting with the parties in the Storting to hammer out a deal on Norwegian support on Thursday afternoon. Last year, Norway approved the NOK 75 billion Nansen program, which provides long-term support to Ukraine until 2027 – that is, NOK 15 billion each year. But this year, the country’s authorities proposed to increase the financing of the program to 135 billion euros and to extend it for another three years – until 2030. Also, read more about why Norway helps the armed forces a lot, but not enough. European truth
