Friday’s news-broadcast party leader debate is the last before the election. This is the politicians’ great opportunity to convince the voters who are still undecided. After a longer round about traffic, the stage was set for secret duels. Wind power was one of the topics. Because while the Labor Party allows for more wind power in places where the host municipalities agree to this, Rødt says no to development, both on land and at sea. – We must prioritize the power we have for people and processing, and oppose electrification, which only moves emissions, not cuts them. For 100 years, we have built society on clean and cheap hydropower, said Rødt leader Marie Sneve Martinussen. – It is not smart to stand still, Marie, said Støre and continued: – The problem with Rødt’s approach is that they argue as if society is standing still or going backwards. Because in the future we will need much more power – for two reasons. We must cut emissions and develop new industries. First duel: Cruise The first duelists were Guri Melby (V) against Arild Hermstad (MDG). The topic the two politicians were to debate was cruise traffic. MDG will eliminate cruise traffic along the Norwegian coast and in Oslo. In the capital, the party will close and remove the facilities for receiving cruise ships, and in practice make it impossible for the ships to dock. – The problem is that the cruise industry is now investing in huge, large new cruise ships with 80,000 passengers. It is impossible to create a socket large enough to make them a zero-emission ship, said Hermstad. Arild Hermstad (MDG) and Guri Melbye (V) met for a duel over cruise ships. Photo: Øystein Otterdal / news Venstre wants to keep the cruise ships, but will impose much tougher environmental requirements on the industry. The party has previously advocated a high port tax for polluting ships and a lower tax for less polluting ships. – Norway is an attractive country for cruise tourists, we can make demands and reduce emissions here and in the rest of the world, said Melbye. Hammered against free bus The first main topic of the evening was transport. In Stavanger municipality, the Labor Party and the cooperation parties have introduced free public transport. – It is certainly nice to do that if you have everything else in order. I think we should prioritize being there for the weakest, said Erna Solberg (H). Sylvi Listhaug (Frp) showed a newspaper cover from Stavanger Aftenblad about the elderly. – Today in Stavanger Aftenblad we could read that the elderly here in the municipality are lying in their own urine and faeces. I think the vast majority will agree with me that it is more important to secure these services than free buses, said Listhaug. Photo: Øystein Otterdal / news She added that people all over the country miss the time when the Frps’ Ketil Solvik-Olsen was minister of transport, but received direct feedback from Rødt leader Marie Sneve Martinussen: – If it smells like asphalt, then you get a little grumpy in the head. And it may seem that the FRP’s transport policy is a bit like that. FRP’s precision project Nye Veier AS should be called Dyrere Veier AS, because it devours billions, increases emissions and reduces topsoil, she said. Arild Hermstad (MDG) and Sylvi Listhaug (Frp) were at each other’s throats on the issue of car use and new motorways. – You should listen when Sylvi speaks, because she speaks on behalf of those who have the most money, Hermstad said about who owns a car in Norway. Listhaug answered bluntly: – It is incredibly far-fetched to hear the MDG talk about rich people being the ones driving. Have you traveled outside Oslo and the big cities at all? Everyone depends on a car, rich or poor, because it’s the only way to get around. Hermstad believes that billions for roads and cars is not the recipe for building good cities. – Many people here want to build a motorway for 60 billion. Priority is given to rich people who will drive their car into Karl Johan and park their cars there. That’s not how you build a good city, replied Hermstad. After Labor party leader Jonas Gahr Støre and SP leader Trygve Slagsvold Vedum had presented examples of the government’s transport investment, Conservative Party leader Erna Solberg countered as follows: – You are the first government not to spend any of the extra oil money on it they should actually be used for: On transport, on research, on tax relief. You do the opposite Started with Tore Tang The Mods song Tore Tang from 1981 is alive and well at parties around the country. Before the party leader debate in Stavanger, both politicians and the public sang the classic with varying degrees of emotion. Olaug Bollestad (KrF) led the way. The Labor Party has struggled in a number of polls, but on Friday received a huge boost in Stavanger: Mayor Kari Nessa Nordtun (Ap) is likely to be able to make a rare turnaround in the oil city. Stavanger is also the place where the last live party leader debate takes place. The debate begins at 20:05 on news 1. The party leaders warmed up by singing the Mods classic Tore Tang with the audience before the debate. Photo: Øystein Otterdal / news Five “secret” duels news presenters Fredrik Solvang and Atle Bjurstrøm will challenge the party leaders to debate three main themes: TRANSPORT: Where do the politicians want with transport Norway? FEES: Increased fees – more or less welfare? WORKFORCE: Norway lacks tens of thousands of workers. How will the parties solve this major challenge? Between the main themes, some of the party leaders are drawn out to duel each other. However, the party leaders first get to know who will be dueling against whom, and on which topic, live. Photo: Øystein Otterdal / news Read also: Erna Solberg (H) believes there is no room for new and costly welfare reforms. On the contrary, answers SV. The party leaders’ last appeal to the voters Towards the end of the party leader debate, each politician gets one minute each to make an appeal. The order was drawn in Nitimen on Wednesday, and is as follows: Center Party, Conservative Party, Left Party, Progressive Party, Red Party, Socialist Left Party, Labor Party, Green Party and Christian People’s Party. The run-up to the debate has been characterized by the summer’s many integrity cases. On Friday, it became clear that Conservative leader Erna Solberg will ask her husband Sindre Finnes to make an overview of his stock transactions while she was prime minister.
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