– Christine Meyer is negotiating a castle in the air. Høgre are not willing to compromise on the light rail issue. The group with which she is now negotiating does not have a majority, and the FRP is now terribly afraid that they will negotiate with the MDGs instead, says FRP leader Marte Monstad. The Liberals are leaving the city council, reports Bergens Tidende. Venstre informed current city council leader Rune Bakervik (Ap) that they are leaving the city council. – I have to take note of that, I expect them to be part of a manageable alternative, says Bakervik to BT. He tells the newspaper that he will remain in office until the next city council meeting before possibly resigning. Earlier on Thursday, news learned that Høgre was to gather five bourgeois parties for talks this afternoon. The light rail case The core of the dispute is the inflamed light rail case in Bergen. The discussions surrounding the case have continued for over ten years. In May this year, it was decided that the light rail will run over Bryggen in Bergen. It got a majority from the Labor Party and Liberal Party with the votes from SV, MDG, KrF, Liberal Party, two representatives from Sp and Raudt. On election night itself, Christine Meyer in Høgre opened up to renegotiate the Bybanen. Høgre had previously guaranteed that they would not do that. The Progress Party, the Center Party, the Bergen List and the Industry and Business Party are against the decision to build the Bybanen over the Bryggen in Bergen.
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Frp out of the probes with Høgre i Bergen – news Vestland
