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 coalition collapsed on Thursday following a long dispute over the implementation of EU energy market regulations. The agrarian Centre Party, the junior partner of Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre's Labour Party,

The Center Party refused to adopt European legislation on clean energy and energy efficiency. PM Jonas Gahr Støre and his social democrats will now form new one-party Labour government.