The Progress Party’s city council group rejected on Monday evening the latest offer of a budget agreement from the city council parties Høre and Venstre. The city council parties came up with a new offer on Monday afternoon after the FRP broke off the budget negotiations on Friday. The last offer also got the thumbs down. – We believe it is a completely wrong priority to invest billions of kroner in carbon capture at Klemetsrud when senior centers are at risk of being closed down, when the threshold for getting a nursing home place is still far too high, and the residents still pay property tax, writes Frp’s group leader Magnus Birkelund in a SMS to news. As a result, there is no majority in favor of any budget and it is completely uncertain what will happen when the Oslo City Council meets on Wednesday morning to adopt the budget for 2025. At the same time, the City Council will take a position on a motion of no confidence against Culture and Business Councilor Anita Leirvik North. (H) from the Labor Party, SV, MDG and Red. Here, too, the Progress Party has a key role and decides whether there is a majority to overthrow the city council.



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