Wants to drop agreement on fighter planes.
 The Norwegian Progress Party (Frp) requests that Norway withdraws from participation agreement with the United States on the development of the fighter Joint Strike Fighter.
Norway has invested 200 millions Norwegian crowns to obtain assignments for the Norwegian industry, without any result.
Progress Party representative Per Ove Width requires that Norway immediately withdraws from the agreement with Aeronautics Company Lockheed Martin.
"We have received no assignments, though we have invested large sums of money. Enough is enough", said Width to the Norwegian Television Channel (NRK).
The Norwegian Labor Party (Ap) and the Norwegian Federation of Trade Unions (LO) are also critical towards the contract.
"Purchasing fighters without a re-purchasing agreement is not in our interest. We expect to receive a concrete offer from Lockheed Martin within this autumn," said LO vice-president Roar Fløtten.
The Defence Committee will present their recommendation for a long-term proposition about the Norwegian Defence Monday. There may be a majority in favour of withdrawing from the cooperation agreement with the Americans. However the Ministry of Defence (FD) wants to pursue the contract.
"If we withdraw from the project at this point, we will get no industrial benefit out of it," said Norwegian Conservative Party's Bård Glad Petersen, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Defence.
Via Nettavisen News in English.
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