Almost six weeks after the election, there is also no political platform for the incoming Conservative and Liberal city council. Neither part is expected to be in place before next week. Then it starts to rush. Everything should be ready by Wednesday. Then the new city council meets for the first time. And a new city council must be in place. news is aware that the Conservative Party has wanted to conclude a cooperation agreement with the Progress Party and KrF a long time ago. – Good progress – We have constructive conversations. There is good progress, and there will be more talks in the next few days, writes incoming city council leader Eirik Lae Solberg (H) in an SMS to news. Liberal group leader Hallstein Bjercke is also an optimist. – It is moving forward. We talk together constantly and aim to be ready in good time before the town council meeting next Wednesday. GOING FORWARD: Liberal Hallstein Bjercke, here from the city council negotiations with the Conservative Party. Behind James Stove Lorentzen (H) and Anne Lindboe (H). Photo: Jon Petrusson / news – Does this mean that neither a city council platform nor a cooperation agreement will be presented before the weekend? – It’s ready when it’s ready, says Bjercke. Much is missing The election in Oslo gave a bourgeois majority in the capital. Since then, it has been in the cards for Eirik Lae Solberg (H) to take over as city council leader from Raymond Johansen (Ap). But all the pieces are far from in place. The only thing we know for sure is that the Conservatives and Liberals will form a minority city council. Two rounds of negotiations The negotiations over the past few days have taken place along two parallel rounds. Right and Left are working to get the last details in place in the city council platform. It will set the framework for what kind of policy a new city council will pursue over the next four years. The two parties must also agree on who will hold which positions in the new city council. Compulsory cooperation At the same time, the Conservatives and Liberals are trying to get an agreement in place with the Progressive Party and the Christian People’s Party on binding cooperation in Oslo City Council. According to what news has reason to believe, these negotiations are the most difficult. Such an agreement is important for a new city council to have a clear majority behind it in the city council. The negotiations on a cooperation agreement are also about both politics and positions. In order for the FRP and KrF to sign a binding agreement, they will need political influence. Unacceptable Frp demands Several sources tell news that the list of demands presented by the Frp on Sunday was not possible for the Liberals to accept. Unsurprisingly, the gap should be greatest in the areas of environment and transport. – I have no comment on that, says Hallstein Bjercke to news on Thursday. – We talk together, and we are constructive and solution-oriented, he says. Unclear about deputy mayor The question of positions revolves around how the parties will distribute positions in the city council between them. Then we are talking about the full-time jobs as chairman and deputy chairman of the city council’s committee. And we are talking about the mayor and deputy mayor. This solitaire must be ready when the new city council meets for the first time on Wednesday next week. OSLO’S NEW TOP DUO: That Anne Lindboe will become mayor and Eirik Lae Solberg will become city councilor seems settled. Much else is unclear. Photo: Cicilie Sigrid Andersen / news Everyone takes it for granted that the Conservative Party’s Anne Lindboe will become mayor. Who will become deputy mayor has been completely in the dark. This is considered by most parties to be a less interesting job than sitting in the leadership of a political committee. One possibility could be to try to give the job to the opposition, which in any case has a claim to a certain number of full-time positions. This happened in 2011, when Fabian Stang (H) continued as mayor, while Libe Rieber-Mohn (Ap) became deputy mayor.
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The bourgeois parties in Oslo are struggling to agree on cooperation in the city council – news Oslo og Viken – Local news, TV and radio
