‘Well-functioning democracy’: Does Norway look intently sufficient at ‘what goes on behind closed doorways’? | EUROtoday

For Spotlight, François Picard welcomes Carl Henrik Knutsen, Professor of Political Science on the University of Oslo. For a few years, he has studied the fragility and resilience of democratic establishments. The shockwaves attributable to the Epstein information have struck a nerve in Norway. One of the Nordic nations considered a mannequin of transparency and democratic advantage, Norway is going through a reckoning over casual energy networks, diplomatic opacity, and the price of assuming that “low corruption” equals “no corruption.” From the prominence of figures like Terje Rød-Larsen to the shocking involvement of royalty, this episode exposes not simply particular person connections however systemic vulnerabilities.