Norway is bound to adopt EU energy laws as a member of the European Economic Area – which the eurosceptic Centre Party has opposed.

The eurozone's poor performance was largely due to economic downturns in Germany and France, the bloc's two largest economies, which contracted by 0.2% and 0.1%, respectively.

Mutual defence is one of several components of the future European Space Shield, Kallas said, referring to the project announced the day before to protect Europe in space.