Bjørnar Moxnes, Marie Sneve Martinussen, and Sofie Marhaug have introduced a constitutional proposal to clarify the rules governing when the Storting transfers authority to international bodies. The proposers argue that an undesirable legal situation has developed in which the Storting has ceded substantial powers without following the high threshold set out in the Constitution § 115, which requires a three-fifths majority, and that Supreme Court interpretations have made the applicable procedure unclear.
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Proposal A: Article 115, first paragraph, shall read: 'To ensure international peace and security or promote international law and cooperation, the Storting may consent to an international association to which Norway is or becomes a member exercising, within a defined area of responsibility, powers that would otherwise be vested in the state authorities according to this Constitution, provided that no power to amend this Constitution is transferred. Every transfer of the right to exercise such powers requires the Storting's consent by a three-fifths majority. When the Storting gives its consent, at least two-thirds of its members must be present, as in the consideration of constitutional amendments.'
Proposal B, Alternative 1: Article 26, second paragraph, shall read: 'International treaties on matters of particular importance, and in all cases international treaties whose implementation requires a new law or parliamentary resolution according to this Constitution, shall become binding only when the Storting has given its consent. Consent to transfer any form of power that would otherwise be vested in the state authorities according to this Constitution may only be given by the Storting in accordance with Article 115.'
Proposal B, Alternative 2: Article 26, second paragraph, shall read: 'Treaties under international law on matters of particular importance, and in all cases treaties under international law whose implementation requires a new law or parliamentary resolution according to this Constitution, shall become binding only when the Storting has given its consent. Consent to transfer any form of power that would otherwise be vested in the state authorities according to this Constitution may only be given by the Storting in accordance with Article 115.'