Oslo’s MDG summit Sirin Stav says she is disappointed and surprised that Venstre is open to working with FRP in the city council.
MDG’s first candidate in Oslo, Sirin Stav, can help secure a majority for the bourgeois city council. If the bourgeois want her. Photo: Olav Olsen
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Published: 28/09/2023 10:12 | Updated: 29/09/2023 11:15
The short version
MDG summit Sirin Stav is disappointed with the Liberal Party because the party is considering a collaboration with the FRP instead of the MDG after the Oslo election. The Liberal Party stated during the election campaign that they wanted a collaboration with the MDG, but has now opened the door for an agreement with the Frp. The civic minority city council which the Conservatives and Liberals are planning, will depend on support from either the MDG or the FRP to achieve a majority.
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The Green Party (MDG) may become a joker in Oslo politics going forward.
The four bourgeois parties won the election, but are struggling to agree among themselves.
On Tuesday, the Liberal Party threw the Progress Party and the Christian People’s Party out of the polls with the Conservative Party. The party has always said that they want a blue-green city council with the Conservative Party and MDG.
But now the MDG has begun to doubt Venstre’s sincerity in the matter.
For Venstre has not completely closed the door on a cooperation agreement in the city council with the Progress Party and KrF.
– I am surprised that the Liberals say they are satisfied with a cooperation agreement with the FRP, all the time they repeated in the election campaign that they wanted MDG cooperation. So it’s disappointing, says Stav.
– The voters can notice that they have now turned around, she adds.
– Haven’t tried that hard
Hallstein Bjercke (V) says in a comment that what he has stated is that the Liberals must be constructive and solution-oriented.
– But we have to see what such an agreement entails, he says about a possible cooperation agreement with the Frp and KrF.
He emphasizes that the Liberal Party still primarily wants a blue-green majority city council consisting of the Conservative Party, Liberal Party and MDG.
Oslo Venstre’s two top candidates during the city council meeting on Wednesday: Marit Vea and Hallstein Bjercke. Photo: Olav Olsen
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However, Sirin Stav is not impressed by the effort Venstre has put in to achieve this so far.
– So far, the Liberal Party has not even managed to get the Conservative Party to sit down and have a coffee with me, points out Stav.
MDG decided shortly after the election that the party may be willing to change sides after eight years in the city council with Ap and SV, but the Conservative Party has rejected the invitation.
– It does not seem that the Left has tried that hard to get the Conservatives to sit down with us and, at least, explore the possibilities of what we could achieve together. I think many who want a green policy are disappointed by that, says Stav.
– So, Sirin Stav and MDG are among the people I have spoken to the most after the election, and I really want to talk to them much more, Hallstein Bjercke responds to the criticism.
FRP demands a seat at the table
The Conservatives and Liberals are now planning for a minority city council with the two parties.
How such a minority city council will gain a majority in the city council is still open. Four mandates will be missing. The city council will therefore be dependent on either MDG or Frp, including the party’s excluded top candidate, Lars Petter Solås, who is now an independent representative on the city council.
However, the FRP’s county board decided on Tuesday that they cannot support a city council that they themselves are not part of.
Sirin Stav says MDG has not yet decided whether they can support a city council they are not a part of.
On the question of whether Venstre would prefer to be a minority city council that seeks support on a case-by-case basis or to have a binding budget agreement with KrF and Frp, Bjercke answers as follows:
– I would prefer to have the opportunity to be able to drag politics as close to the liberal center as possible, and as often as possible.
– So that means that you would rather have a purely minority city council than a bond against KrF and Frp?
– I will not rule that out or speculate until I have seen what a possible agreement entails. But we must be constructive and solution-oriented.
2023-09-29 14:01:50
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