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The jubilation ended when the landmark decision came true Sunday afternoon.
Until now, the Liberal Party has been on the negative side. But a clear majority of the nearly 200 delegates at the national meeting of the Liberal Party voted in favor of drafting the new principled program that Norway should aspire to become a member of the EU.
The Liberal Party is therefore the second Storting party to adopt a clear position that Norway belongs to the EU, alongside the Conservative Party. The Labor Party removed its position of itself from the program in 2017.
– It was time
– Shouldn’t we continue to sit at the table where decisions are made? It’s time for the Liberal Party to support Norway’s accession to the EUsaid Tord Hustveit of Viken Venstre as he opened the debate at the national meeting of the Liberal Party on Sunday.
Torgeir Anda, from the national government of the Liberal Party, belongs to the minority who wanted a more round formulation in the principled program that the Liberal Party must respect the result of a possible referendum on the EU.
– We don’t really know where the EU is going. It is a moving target. It is best to focus on the tasks that are close to us.he said in view of the EEA deal.
Melby: – Of course
The newly elected Liberal leader, Guri Melby, is known as a fervent supporter of the EU, and at the national meeting asked the party to support EU membership.
– It is assumed that Norway will contribute to the union., she said.
Melby hopes the wording of the program will be broad enough to encompass all views of the party. It also states that “membership must be decided after a referendum, and the elected representatives of the Liberal Party must respect the result.”
– My goal is for us to be united even after today’s vote, he said.
Commentators have pointed out that the Liberal Party’s possible yes to the EU could lead to the party losing votes in the districts. In June this year, nearly 63 percent said they would vote no for the EU if there were a referendum today, according to a Sentio poll.
The Center Party has already announced that they will fight with their picks and claws against a “stealth report” in the EU.
Fear of division
The EU question has divided the Liberal Party, and in 1972 the party split in the middle of the case. From the rostrum, several warned against taking an affirmative position.
– I am afraid of my job, as a farmer and as a local politician, said John-Arvid Eik from Rogaland.
– Do we really want to tear up our party now again?asked Lena Landsverk of Møre og Romsdal
– We must choose our parties, said Bjørn Ola Holm from Trøndelag, while others warned against a number of illiberal tendencies in Europe.
– The EU is today a very uncertain project, emphasized a delegate.
