– This is a truly historic day, it is difficult to hide the fact that there are a lot of emotions going through the body after the journey the election campaign has been on, the election day and the last three weeks.
This is how a moved Kent Ranum (H) starts the press conference in Trondheim on Friday morning.
He confirms that the party has agreed with the Green Party, the Liberal Party, the Pensioners’ Party, the Center Party and the Christian People’s Party on a platform.
Ranum becomes mayor, Erling Moe (V) becomes deputy mayor.
– Happy, proud and humble
– With the determination we have all put in, we have managed to create a platform we are proud of, and which will take the city in a new, greener and more innovative direction.
– I am happy, proud and humble to be able to stand here today.
The right held a press conference in Trondheim at 9 a.m. See it here.
Line Fjørstad (MDG) says that the parties have agreed on a greener policy than she thought possible.
– We will get more space for public life, business and cultural life in Midtbyen. We will gradually replace through traffic and street parking in the city centre, and free up larger urban spaces around the square and pedestrian streets, she says.
– We are going to introduce something completely new. A detailed nature budget and accounting as a management tool.
She adds that the parties agree not to build down the hiking areas at Steintrøa, and to establish a city nature park at Lade.
– There is a new green and blue shift in Trondheim. We are happy about a boost for the elderly in the city, says Morten Kokaas in the Pensioners’ Party.
Introduces parliamentarism
From early autumn next year, or as soon as possible, parliamentarism will be introduced in Trondheim.
Ranum confirms this in the press conference.
– There is a massive majority in favor of introducing parliamentarism. I think it is the right thing to do, he says.
This means that the municipality can have a city council with a city council leader, as Oslo and Bergen already have. The city council takes over the management of the municipality’s administration.
The biggest difference from the chairmanship model, which Trondheim has today, is that there can be no confidence in the city council, and that it must then resign.
– I am very sure that doing something about the form of governance, getting political leadership to take actual responsibility for the implementation, will mean that we will be able to implement more, says Ranum.
He adds that the politicians have not discussed positions yet.
The right-wing and center parties gathered for a press conference in Trondheim.
Photo: Bjarte Johannesen / NRK
Both Sp, KrF and the Pensioners’ Party have opposed the introduction of parliamentarism in Trondheim.
They admit that they have given up in the negotiations, but believe that they have received other results that they are satisfied with.
– We feel that we have had good political influence, says Vegard Frøseth Fenes (Sp).
– This is one of our camels. We’ve taken one for the team here. But I think we have found good models so that we can make this happen, says Majen Sævik (KrF).
– Startling
FRP was thrown into the hallway when the Conservative Party started negotiations to take over power in Trondheim.
On Thursday, the FRP nevertheless gave the Conservative Party and Kent Ranum their support in exchange for a place in the chairmanship.
– There are many indications that the parties, who have been negotiating for a few weeks, have now reached an agreement. What is startling about it is that both Sp and MDG switch sides in Trondheim.
This was said by political commentator in NRK, Tone Sofie Aglen, just before the press conference on Friday.
– That Sp wants to do it has really been as expected, especially when Rødt came to the fore. But the fact that MDG is doing it in Trondheim is surprising to many who have almost taken it for granted that they are a red-green party.
Tone Sofie Aglen believes that the parties that have negotiated have now agreed. She also believes that there will be a surprise in the press conference.
Photo: Ole Kaland / Ole Kaland, NRK
She believes that this indicates wear and tear in the red-green cooperation.
– They have worked together for 20 years. Much has been good, but many people think that it might be okay with a change, and perhaps not be taken for granted.
She points out that MDG says that they want to be a bloc-independent party, and that it is important to show that.
– And I would like to believe that there will be an environmental policy that they are satisfied with. They must have made quite high demands there.
– Makes much greater demands
Aglen said in advance that she thought the change in governance was going to be one of the big surprises of the day.
– It will be something completely new in Trondheim, and give new vitality to the political system. But as seen in Bergen, it is not unproblematic either.
It is something that is most interesting in the political environment, but there will be more clarification of the political responsibility, Aglen believes.
– Many have thought that politics in Trondheim has fallen asleep a little more. It will change that, but it also makes much greater demands on the politicians.
PS: City council and city council can be compared to the government and Storting. In the city council, all are elected representatives – in the city council, there will be appointed city councilors for various topics. In the city council there is a city council leader, while in the city council there is a mayor.
The parties negotiating during the press conference on 14 September.
Photo: Trond Odin Myhre Johansen / NRK
2023-09-29 07:20:47
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