Now it is official, what many have thought would happen. – It is out of the question for us to support a city council with a center of gravity on the far left, says Joel Ystebø, who is the first candidate and city council leader candidate for Kristeleg Folkeparti in Bergen. Regulars in various city councils Kristeleg Folkeparti has been a regular member of various city councils in Bergen. There are only short periods when the party has not been part of a city council. They have been in the city council both from the left and the right. The party was part of the current city council, together with the Labor Party, Venstre and MDG, but withdrew in August last year. The comments from group leader Håkon Pettersen clearly point towards the final clarification KrF will bring today. He was tired of having to cooperate with, for example, Raudt. – The direction has become something other than what KrF can vouch for, said Pettersen. But the city council leader in Bergen, Rune Bakervik from the Labor Party, is nevertheless surprised by the KrF’s performance. City council leader in Bergen, Rune Bakervik (Ap) is surprised that KrF almost refuses to cooperate. Photo: news Hordaland / news Hordaland – KrF is free to collaborate with whoever they want, but it surprises me a little that they want to collaborate with a party that wants a massive commercialization of care for the elderly, that wants to cut the municipality’s service offering and as a daily casting doubt on the light rail’s future. Downwind for Høgre The opinion poll conducted by news in May showed strong progress for Høgre. A whopping 34.1 per cent said in the survey that they would vote for Høgre in Norway’s second largest city. The survey shows that very broad cooperation is needed if the left is to gain a majority in the city council. In order for the party on the left to get the 34 mandates needed, both Raudt, SV, Ap, MDG, V and KrF must join forces. City council leader Rune Bakervik (Ap) has said that he wants to cooperate with all parties on the left, including Raudt, among other things in Dagsnytt 18 on news in mid-May. This is exactly what Joel Ystebø in KrF wants to join. – When Rune Bakervik has come out so clearly and said that they envisage cooperation with the far left, it makes cooperation at all quite unlikely, he states. Mandate allocation Bergen May 2023 The changes for the parties are measured against the election in 2019.HøyreH23+9ArbeiderpartietAP11−2Socialist Liberal PartySV8+2Miljøpartiet De GrønneMDG5−2RødtR5+2FremskrittspartietFRP5+2VenstreV30Kristelig FolkepartiKRF20Industri- og nårningspartietINP2+2BergenslistenBRG2+2SenterpartietSP1−3600 interview has been done in the period 3.5.23–5.6.23 . Margins of error from 0–5.1 pp. Source: Norstat Bakervik indicates that KrF has collaborated with the “extreme left” for several years. – KrF has been part of a city council that has had budget collaboration with SV for several years, and also with Raudt. I don’t think the people of Bergen have had a worse city for that reason, says Bakervik. He points out that they have collaborated with KrF in the city council seven of the last eight years. Embracing the Kristeleg Folkeparti Christine Meyer is the front-runner for Høgre in Bergen ahead of the municipal elections in the autumn. The city council leader candidate is very happy about the clear message from the Christian People’s Party. – I am very happy for such a signal from Joel Ystebø and KrF. We just have to embrace this, and we will, says Meyer excitedly. She is not very surprised, and says that the two parties have many issues on which they agree. Meyer envisages a collaboration with all the parties on the bourgeois side. She is primarily thinking of KrF, Frp and Venstre. – We hope to find together on the civic side, and the opinion polls bode well for a change in Bergen, says she, who in that case could become the new city council leader in Bergen. But the news survey also showed that Høgre may need support from at least one other party. Here, new mini-parties such as the Industry and Business Party (INP) and the Bergen List (BRG) can find themselves in a tipping point. Christine Meyer (H) is very happy that KrF has decided to support a bourgeois city council after the election in the autumn. Photo: Gerd Johanne Braadland – About the center party Political commentator at news, Tone Sofie Aglen, commented on the opinion poll for Bergen last month. She emphasized that it will be decisive how well the center party does in the election, and which side they choose. It is now clear who KrF will support after the election. – The special thing about Bergen is that it has always been the center that has decided who gets to rule the city, said the commentator. Aglen also pointed out that the MDG could become a joker. – The MDG was thrown out by the city council in Bergen. It is a party that Høgre both in Bergen and other cities have cast their eyes on. What happens to them is an open question, she said.
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KrF in Bergen wants a High City Council after the election – news Vestland
