news has contacted all SP mayors in Norway, and not a single one who has responded wants SV in government. LO leader Peggy Hessen Følsvik spoke during the opening of the LO congress on Monday that SV must enter the government. She believes the country needs a majority government in a situation of war in Ukraine, energy crisis and food crisis. Rejects But SP leader Trygve Slagsvold Vedum was quick to close the door for a possible SV participation, even though SV keeps the door ajar. NO: Hemnes mayor Paul Asphaug is crystal clear and will not have SV in government. Photo: Frank Nygård / news Slagsvold Vedum does not see that anything has changed after SV chose to leave the negotiations in Hurdal. And the SP leader gets full backing from his own mayors. Only one of 43 who have answered, keeps the door open for SV. In total, just under a third of the mayors have responded, but the answers are unequivocal. Several point to the political distance to SV in many cases. Hemnes mayor Paul Asphaug is crystal clear: – The answer is no. He refers to the great distance in important political issues for Sp such as predator policy, environment and climate. – It has been too short a term of office to change. The mayor of Melhus, Jorid Jagtøyen, believes that SV will certainly demand some flag matters, and they are not in the Center Party’s program. – Then it is better to seek a majority in case after case against the bourgeois side. Hurdals – mayor Paul Johan Moltzau, puts it this way: – To start a negotiation with “blank sheets” as SV advocates, so shortly after the Hurdals platform, I do not support. Now the most important thing is to implement all the good policies contained in the existing agreement. Problems with NATO NATO: Lesja mayor Mariann Skotte believes that NATO disagreement had been a problem with SV in government. Photo: Even Lusæter / news Lesja mayor Mariann Skotte wonders what the motive for the LO leadership is to come up with this proposal now. – I support Slagsvold Vedum in the proposal not to include SV in government. She justifies this, among other things, with the fact that it had been demanding with different opinions about NATO in the government. Magnhild Eia in Lund municipality also points out NATO: – I do not see that anything has changed since the Hurdal platform was negotiated, which indicates that SV should want to join the government at this time. One example is the relationship with NATO. Mayor Tove Henøen in Hustadvika municipality says it like this: – I think we should stick to a SP / Labor government. SV chose to withdraw from the cooperation after the negotiations, and I do not see that it is necessary to start new negotiations with SV. I am happy with the current government. Read also :: SV to reconsider NATO policy Has had a short time NOISE: Mayor of Nord-Odal Ragnhild Haagenrud Moen believes the government has suffered from a lot of noise and crises. Photo: Diako Muradyaliabady / news This despite the fact that the polls are a gloomy read for the Center Party. This week, news presented a poll that showed the worst result for Sp after the election. And that despite the fact that they have delivered on municipal finances and agricultural settlement. Mayor of Nord-Odal Ragnhild Haagenrud Moen believes it has its clear reasons: – The pandemic and the war in Ukraine have meant that the focus and capacity to pursue the desired policy has been weakened and the opinion polls show this. Taking in SV I do not think will strengthen the cases of Sp, but it is not certain it hurts, either. But if she has to answer, she answers no. It must be a wish from the government, not LO. Several mayors believe the government has had too little time. Seljord mayor Beate Marie Dahl Eide is one of these: – I see no reason to start talks with any other parties about changes in the government. GOOD AND STABLE: Seljord mayor Beate Marie Dahl Eide believes the country has a good and stable government. Photo: Stian Wåsjø Simonsen / news She believes the country has a good and stable government, with a government platform that has given good results for the Center Party. The mayor of Etnedal, Linda Mæhlum Robøle, thinks the same: – I understand that LO wants a red-green majority government in which SV is involved, but I agree with the party leader. SV chose to leave the negotiations in Hurdal, and this is not the time to start new negotiations either. We are barely getting started with the current parliamentary term. Erik Sletten in Trysil would initially have SV in government. But not anymore. – When this stranded, a few months ago, I see no reason to pick up that thread again now. POSITIVE: Erik Sletten who is mayor of Trysil would like to have SV in government when it was negotiated in Hurdal. Now he sees no reason for it anymore. Photo: Vibecke Wold Haagensen / news Sletten believes the Hurdal platform is a good political craft based on the Labor Party and the Center Party – That is what we will deliver on. I see no reason to mess up a good policy and a good plan now. Mayor of Lom Bjarne Eiolf Holø believes it is not in line with the democratic rules of the game that an employee organization goes out and thinks something about this. It is up to the voters and the parties. – And the Center Party will not benefit from a government platform where SV has a large impact, he says. Only two positive The only one who keeps the door a little open for SV of those who have answered news is Volda mayor Sølvi Dimmen. – I think it would make sense to consider in the current situation, from my point of view. An SV that outbid the government and seeks a majority on all sides is more than a cause for concern. AT A GLANCE: The mayor of Volda, Sølvi Dimmen, thinks SV in opposition is a cause for concern. Photo: Per Ivar Kvalsvik / news But she adds that even though it would have made sense to consider, she has the impression that SV will operate freely in the Storting and not take overall responsibility. Ørsta mayor Stein Aam was initially positive to a collaboration with SV, but: – I believe that the way LO and the Labor Party have acted in this case does not give confidence in closer collaboration with SV. Initially, he was also positive about cooperation with SV, but the handling from LO and partly the Labor Party he believes is not trustworthy. Mayor of Hjelmeland Anita Husøy Riskedal has only positive experiences in her own municipality of having a binding collaboration with SV and MDG, but says at the same time: – The government has not tried to interfere in the assessments and agreements behind our collaboration, and I therefore do not intend to confuse me in their assessments. If Sp centrally believes that they do not want to enter into new negotiations with SV, then I have full confidence that they have made their assessments on it.
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