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KARL JOHAN, OSLO (VG) A minority government with the Labor Party and the Socialist People’s Party is becoming less and less likely. Now the Liberal Party leader Guri Melby is putting in the pardon for Vedum’s dream government.
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On Tuesday night, party leader Guri Melby (V) opened the election booth at Karl Johan in Oslo. With her in the luggage of the Liberal supporters present, she had the news that the Liberal Party will make climate a main issue in the election campaign.
– I am frightened when I see that all three prime ministerial candidates reject the discussion about oil exploration, it is much more frightening than the UN report, Melby says to VG.
Yesterday, the UN Climate Panel joined a gloomy prediction for the climate in the world. On the same day, the prime ministerial candidates Erna Solberg (H), Jonas Gahr Støre (Labor Party) and Trygve Slagsvold Vedum (Sp) made it clear in VG’s prime ministerial debate that they will not set an end date for oil exploration.
The latter prime ministerial candidate has previously said that he envisions a government consisting of the Center Party and the Labor Party. To Aftenposten could Vedum reveal a plan to cooperate both on the right and left in the Storting in order to gain a majority in budgets.
CLEAR: Party leader Guri Melby (V). Photo: Hanna Kristin Hjardar, VG
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Rejects Vedum: Must clean up the chaos itself
Vedum has already encountered bumps in the road. KrF has clearly said no to a budget collaboration with the SP leader’s dream government. The same has SV. Now Melby is hammering the nail into the coffin of Vedum’s dream government.
– It is not relevant for us. So far in the election campaign, we have seen that the Center Party will pursue a policy that is hostile to the city and hostile to the climate. The Labor Party has a climate policy that is always fraught with a “but” that will take care of motorists and industry. Then it will not be any of it, she says.
It also seems unlikely that neither the Conservatives nor the Progress Party will be relevant coalition parties for the Labor Party.
The left-wing leader is clear that she does not see issues that make it relevant for them to provide budget support to a government of the Socialist People’s Party and the Labor Party.
– The leaders on the red-green side are themselves responsible for cleaning up the red-green chaos, Melby says.
—-AMONG HIS OWN: The Liberal leader received applause from Liberal sympathizers present at the election booth at Karl Johan. Photo: Hanna Kristin Hjardar, VG
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Climate as by far the most important issue
Melby is happy that the UN report has put climate on the agenda again and hopes it will tip the party off the measurements on the 3rd.
– We have the lowest emissions since I was a teenager. This means that we have done a lot right in Norway, but we also want to do more. We have shown that our recipe works, so I am worried, but not afraid, says Melby.
She still fears a government consisting of the Center Party and the Labor Party will make it impossible to achieve the goals of emission cuts.
– There are so many who want to contribute to the green shift. Then we do not need a socialist policy that taxes companies to death, we need an ambitious climate policy that is linked to good business policy.
