After a month of negotiations between Høyre, Frp and Sp, the future mayor and deputy mayor in Bergen are presented. Six weeks have passed since the election – and there is still no new city council in place in Norway’s second largest city. At 2pm on Monday 23 October, the cooperative parties on the Conservative side will present the deputy mayor and mayor of Bergen at Klosterhagen Hotell. Follow the press conference live on news.no. KIME: The light rail in Bergen has led to great political unrest in Bergen. Photo: Simon Skjelvik Brandseth / news Broken negotiations and turnaround After four weeks of negotiations, the Conservative Party, SP and FRP have agreed on the election of mayor and deputy mayor in the upcoming city council in Bergen. But the road there has been anything but easy. After the election night in which the Conservative Party emerged victorious as by far the largest party in Bergen, they eventually started city council negotiations with the centrist parties KrF and Venstre. Then the Høyre’s city council leader candidate Christine Meyer broke off the negotiations and instead turned against the parties who do not want the Bylan to Åsane to run along Bryggen in Bergen. The parties that do not want the Bylan to Åsane along Bryggen in Bergen: Frp, Sp, Bergenslisten, INP and the Pension Party. Photo: Tony Roald Ågotnes / news After the turnaround, former finance councilor and Liberal politician Per-Arne Larsen called Høyre “a party without a backbone”. Just over two weeks ago, the Conservative Party concluded a cooperation agreement with the Frp, Sp, Bergenslisten, INP and the Pensioners’ Party. Thus, the party had enough support to enter into real negotiations about city council power in Bergen. So far, however, a city council platform has not been put forward. It is therefore uncertain whether the three parties have reached an agreement on all the major political issues. It is also unknown who will be appointed to the various city council posts. Right-wing city council leader candidate Christine Meyer Photo: Simon Skjelvik Brandseth / news Bryggen opposition secures majority The inflamed light rail issue has once again overshadowed an election in Bergen. In short, the 12-year-long dispute has mostly been about whether the massive public transport project should run along Bryggen or be put in a tunnel behind Bryggen. This spring, the Bryggen route was approved by the city council. And the right-wing city council leader candidate Meyer ran for election as a guarantor of not touching it. Already on the night of the election, she nevertheless left the door open, and two weeks later came the complete reversal that secured a majority for a new tunnel investigation. Meyer has always maintained that she would prefer to preserve the adopted Bryggen route, but that she felt forced by the Labor Party to reverse the matter. A week ago, outgoing Bergen city council leader Rune Bakervik revealed to news that he offered the Conservative Party and Meyer “everything” as long as she did not touch Bybanen. news is aware that the offer contained electoral technical cooperation that would secure a Conservative mayor and a light rail agreement that could ensure cost reduction. – We also did not reject talking about budget cooperation, said Bakervik. Meyer replied that the offer came too late. Here, Høyre’s city council leader candidate Christine Meyer promises not to touch the Bybanen to Åsane.
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The Conservative Party and the partner parties present a new deputy mayor and mayor – news Vestland
