The Green Party (MDG) will explore the possibilities for an alternative majority in Oslo city council where the Liberals are lured over to the red-green side. Such a majority will consist of SV, the Labor Party, MDG and Venstre. In addition, they must bring either the Christian People’s Party or the Center Party. The Christian People’s Party or the Center Party must be involved to secure the necessary 30 of the 59 mandates in the Oslo City Council. Confirms meeting Central sources in the party tell news that this will be MDG’s counter move when list leader Sirin Stav meets Venstre’s Hallstein Bjercke at a secret location on Wednesday. On Wednesday afternoon, Hallstein Bjercke (V) confirms that he has had Sirin Stav (MDG) visit him for coffee at home in his kitchen. – There were good conversations, he says. Bjercke says his starting point is that the red-green majority is gone. – MDG must respect that the voters have now given a majority to the bourgeois parties, he says. NEW CITY COUNCIL PLAN: MDG’s list top Sirin Stav has a plan to retain power in the capital. Photo: Bård Nafstad / news – With that as a starting point, I have made it clear that the best thing for the city now would be a blue-green city council, and as broad a blue-green majority as possible. That was also his clear message to Stav, he says to news. Blue-green city council not given up The Oslo election gave a bourgeois majority in the city council with the Conservative Party, the Liberal Party, the Progressive Party and KrF. Nevertheless, Venstre maintains that they want a blue-green city council. They want to lure the MDG over to their side and keep the Progress Party out of power. – I have not given up on the dream of a blue-green city council in Oslo, says Bjercke. The left refers to this as plan A, and would still like to have MDG on the team. This plan is flatly rejected by the Conservative Party and city council leader candidate Eirik Lae Solberg. More city council alternatives Yesterday, Venstre’s first candidate Hallstein Bjercke invited MDG’s Oslo summit Sirin Stav for a cup of coffee to discuss the plan. This coffee visit therefore took place on Wednesday. According to what news learns, Sirin Stav came to the meeting with a plan for an election coup that will keep both the Conservative Party and the FRP away from power and influence. – I had a very nice chat with Hallstein. MDG has been elected to a city council with Ap and SV, but we have been clear throughout that we would like to invite the Liberal Party over. This is what Sirin Stav says to news on Wednesday afternoon. She further clarifies that the MDG will never cooperate with the FRP, and that the Liberals have also been clear that they want to keep the FRP out of power. – As the election results are now, we believe that the best thing for Oslo will be a green centre-left city council, which can lead an ambitious green and redistributive policy, says Stav. According to our information, MDG can think of several possible city council alternatives within the new majority. One possibility could be a city council consisting of Ap, SV, MDG and Venstre. If it becomes too difficult for the Liberal Party to sit in the city council with SV, a solution could be Labor, MDG and the Liberal Party. In that case, SV will become a supporting party in the city council on an equal footing with KrF or the Center Party. The municipal council in Oslo Oslo has undefined seats in the municipal council. The places will be distributed as follows: The Liberal Party wants to change news has presented the plan for Oslo Liberal Party leader Grunde Almeland. – Our starting point is the same as it has been, that we want a city council with the Conservative Party, and preferably the MDG, he says. A red-green city council with the Liberals will not be in line with the strategy Oslo Liberals have adopted. – We have a mandate from our annual meeting to bring about a change in the city, and work for a blue-green city council, says Almeland. Grunde Almeland says they want a collaboration with both the Conservative Party and MDG. Photo: William Jobling / news Bjercke says this about MDG’s wish for a red-green-blue city council: – I think that was a bit too many colors to deal with at once, he says jokingly. The Liberals have a board meeting on Thursday where they will set up a negotiating committee. – These questions will of course be discussed at the board meeting, says Bjercke, but maintains that a board meeting cannot override annual meeting decisions. Presupposes that the bourgeois get together From the mountain Raymond Johansen (Ap) lets it shine through that he does not have all the faith in the world in the MDG plan, where he would have retained power. – With a bourgeois majority, we assume that the bourgeois parties manage to get together. The city council sits until a new city council is ready to take over, writes Johansen in an SMS to news.
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MDG will lure the Liberals over to the red-green side in Oslo – news Oslo og Viken – Local news, TV and radio
