Last week, the Conservative Party called for a press conference. There, mayoral candidate Kent Ranum could present cooperation with the Green Party, the Liberal Party, the Center Party, the Christian People’s Party and the Pensioners’ Party. Negotiations started today. – It has been a good day that has lived up to expectations with good togetherness and a good atmosphere. I look forward to the continuation and I think the rest do too. A satisfied Ranum said that to news. Kent Ranum (H) says that the first day of negotiations lived up to expectations. Photo: Trond Odin Myhre Johansen / news Morten Kokaas in the Pension Party also thinks the negotiations are going well. – We had a constructive, positive dialogue. It is moving forward and we have gotten to know each other well and are working on what we need to do to start the process. Everyone around the table is positive that we will make it happen, he says. Joker The joker in the negotiations may quickly become the MDG, which has traditionally been found on the centre-left wing. Now they seek cooperation with the centre-right. This despite the fact that the party’s Line Fjørstad is open about the fact that she has today spoken with – and wants a good tone with Ap. In a Facebook post, Fjørstad wrote that her party and Ap have different experiences about what happened before and after the election. She therefore invited Ap’s mayoral candidate Emil Raaen along for a walk along the Nidelven to get the word out. In the post, she is clear that they are in negotiations with the centre-right, but that she also wants a good tone with everyone who will be her colleagues in the city council. Screenshot from Facebook taken at 9.20pm. Photo: Screenshot from Facebook – I have no problem with that. We must not forget that we are a political community that wants the best for the city, and for my part it must be cross-party. Then we depend on having a good and orderly dialogue with absolutely everyone, says Ranum. The right-wing party lacks one mandate to gain a majority after the Progress Party made it clear that they would not cooperate with the MDGs. – Our goal has always been two things: a new political bourgeois government in Trondheim and to keep MDG out of power. So we think it is sad that the Conservative Party chooses to walk away from the possibility of a bourgeois majority by joining forces with the MDG. That’s what Elin Marie Andreassen, Frp’s group leader, says. Around the table sat politicians from the Conservative Party, the Green Party, the Liberal Party, the Center Party, the Christian People’s Party and the Pensioners’ Party. Photo: Trond Odin Myhre Johansen / news Uoversiktlig The left side, however, has not given up yet. – In a way, it says on the MDG, we in red would like to cooperate with them because we think there are many issues on which we can think the same, but as long as they cooperate with the right, we really just wait, says Roald Arentz, 1. candidate in Red. Political commentator at news, Tone Sofie Aglen describes the situation as unclear. – I don’t think anyone dares to take for granted that something is in the box before it actually is in the box. The fact that MDG is moving to the centre-right may seem surprising to many. – Many of your own people will think that they belong on the political left. – But I think it has probably taken its toll that they have collaborated for so long with Ap, and they probably want to try something new. It is probably also important for them that they should not be taken for granted on the red-green side. Political commentator at news, Tone Sofie Aglen describes the situation as unclear. Photo: Ole Kaland / Ole Kaland, news Aglen also points to the challenge of MDG being clear that they will not cooperate with either the FRP or the Industrial and Business Party. – We see that many of the smaller parties that get quite a lot of power because they end up on the edge are quite immodest in making unwavering demands on other parties. – It is not easy to assemble a governing coalition.
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MDG can become a joker in the battle for Trondheim – news Trøndelag – Local news, TV and radio
