Norwegian defense companies called on the incumbent to take a ‘crazy’ ban

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Norway said that a ban preventing the sovereign wealth fund, the largest in the world, Boeing, Airbus, Lockheed Martin and two main opposition parties in defense companies such as Honeywell.

The 1.8TN Oil Fund of Norway Since the early 2000s, the most defensive companies, which have been in the most defensive companies, which have been the age of ethics, which have been for banning groups for parliament, nuclear or major weapons, since the 2000s, were blocked in most defensive companies.

At the end of this year, the center-right conservative and progress parties speaking in the financial period of this year, the existing security situation, which benefits from the NATO nuclear umbrella, said they want to cancel this position due to the current security situation and Norulu.

Former Prime Minister and Conservatives leader Erni Solberg, Norway has got the rules of nuclear weapons, he said.

“Today, we have limits today that the Oil Fund cannot invest in the defense industry. We will take them. Absolutely crazy.”

Progress MP Hans Andreas, currently discussed the bill of special members to ban a nuclear weapon, which forcing the fund companies, including northern lambs, BAE systems, general dynamics and Safran. Limi’s previously notified.

“This is a hypocrisy. We are very dependent on the security that the United States can give us the security. We buy equipment from the same companies, but we cannot invest.”

The position of the parties comes as revalued by investors in the world Previous reluctance In 2022, after Russia’s full-scale occupation of Ukraine, he forced defense companies, especially to further increase military spending.

Their actions Norwegian Oil Fund – On average, 1.5 percent of global shares on each list and 2.5 percent of each in Europe are especially important and can be widely monitored by other shareholders. “This will give other investors a signal effect,” he said.

The Fund is exposed to certain product exceptions from the Norway’s parliament, including tobacco, coal and part for nuclear and major weapons. The final exception has stopped having great defense companies like Boeing, Airbus and Lockheed Martin in 2005-06.

Norwegian government and new finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg, the growing pressure of the former NATO President Jens Stoltenberg to change it.

The governor of the Central Bank of the Norwegian Oil Fund, Ida Wollen Bache, previously, “the country’s” should be open to the possibility that the ethics can be accepted, “he said.

He said: “You can hypocritally see this to ensure that NATO is not able to invest in NATO nuclear umbrellas and the United States and the United States.”

The Ministry of Finance of Norway has refused to comment, saying that this would be similar to the parliament and will answer first.

Conservatives and progress parties have long been predicted to win the September parliamentary elections and form the next government. However, this was questioned in popularity of the popularity of the Prime Minister of Stoltenberg – to local politics. The right and left blocks are now level pigura.

Limi said that defense investments will be “very profitable” for the fund.