NORWAY - Norway could be on collision course with the EU in the next few weeks with eurosceptic parties aiming for huge gains in the Scandinavian country’s local elections. Norwegians will head to the polls on September 9 to vote in their next government, with three anti-EU parties keen to drop the nation's membership of the European Economic Area (EEA). The right-wing populist Progress Party, Centre Party, and the left-wing Socialist Left Party are hoping to make gains at the polls, which could mean they could be influential in forming the next government. This could see Norway on collision course with the EU if any of the three parties, who are calling for Norway to leave the EEA, form a coalition with the leading centre-left Labour Party. Although Norway is not a member of the EU, it is part of the EEA. As a member of the EEA, Norway has access to the single market so has to abide by EU laws and regulations when it comes to trade.