The FRP in electoral technical cooperation with the Conservative Party will secure Kent Ranum as mayor in Trondheim – news Trøndelag – Local news, TV and radio

FRP was thrown into the hallway when the Conservative Party started negotiations to take over power in Trondheim. Now they have nevertheless given the Conservative Party and Kent Ranum their support in exchange for a place in the chairmanship. – The Progress Party would have preferred to have taken part in shaping a new political direction for Trondheim, on the basis of a bourgeois majority. Unfortunately, this will not be the case, but it is important for us to contribute to ending 20 years of Labor Party governance, says the Progress Party’s group leader, Elin Marie Andreassen, in a press release. Not politically binding The FRP emphasizes that the agreement is only electorally technical and not politically binding. This means that the FRP is free to vote what they want in the town council also when the budget for next year is to be considered. – This means that we in the Progress Party are now in opposition, and will vote for what we are for, and against what we are against. We look forward to both agreements and disagreements between us and the collaborating parties over the next four years, says Andreassen. FRP group leader Elln Marie Andreassen emphasizes that the agreement with the Conservative Party is only electorally technical and not politically binding. Photo: Kirsti Kringstad / news Negotiating with five parties Since the election, the Conservative Party has negotiated with the Green Party, the Liberal Party, the Center Party, the Christian People’s Party and the Pensioners’ Party on a political cooperation agreement in Trondheim. – We are making very good progress in the negotiations and the mood is at its best, says Conservative Kent Ranum to news. But the six parties negotiating for power have only 33 seats in the city council. They therefore lack one mandate to obtain a majority. If they reach an agreement in the negotiations, they will now, with the FRP’s four mandates, also secure a majority for the Conservative Party’s mayoral candidate Kent Ranum. – I appreciate the good conversations I have had with the Frp and am happy that the Frp will vote for a change of town, he says. Six parties are negotiating a political cooperation agreement in Trondheim.



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