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– We have sponsored Sweden for too long, says Sylvi Listhaug, spokesperson for fiscal policy, and shows a way out of disability.
Therefore, the FRP proposes massive cuts in cross-border property taxes in its alternative budget:
- It is proposed to reduce taxes on beer and wine to the Swedish level: 5.2 billion.
- Reduced tax on snus: 950 million
- Eliminate taxes on disposable packaging: 2 billion
- Eliminate the sugar tax: 1,400 million
- Eliminate the tax on non-alcoholic beverages: 2 billion
– For us it has been important to show what it is our priorities. Whether it’s aid, refugee quotas, tax cuts, healthcare budget, police efforts, Jensen says about the budget plan.
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Demanding negotiations
In total, FRP reduces taxes by NOK 13.5 billion. In addition, taxes on cars will be reduced by NOK 3 billion and taxes by NOK 2.5 billion.
In total, the FRP proposes tax and fee cuts at NOK 19.7 billion and increases the use of oil money by NOK 7 billion.
The alternative FRP budget forms the basis for negotiations with the government parties and the party is, as expected, in favor of various cuts where it will be very difficult to reach an agreement with the government parties.
500 million to the police
The negotiations start already on Monday afternoon at 2.30 pm.
FRP proposes to cut development assistance by more than NOK 11 billion to 0.7 percent of gross national income (GNI) from the current 1 percent.
The FRP also wants Norway not to accept a single refugee quota next year, where the old FRP government agreement said 3,000 a year.
They are also cutting back on the prestigious Langskip project for CO2 capture and storage.
– Alcohol, tobacco, boats, zero quota refugees. Are there a lot of red cloths here for KrF and Venstre?
– Getting to know each other is something that is done in negotiations. What we have done is show the FRP priorities. There is no doubt that in some political areas we do not agree. We have the opposite position of the Liberal Party and KrF on many things. We don’t do this to annoy them, we do it because we think it’s right, says Jensen.
Three negotiations
Negotiations at the Storting run through three parallel races. Two crisis packages and the budget are negotiated separately.
Sylvi Listhaug says that it is natural that they agree with the government parties in all three negotiations. This spring, they formed the majority in various crisis packages along with the four gangs made up of the Labor Party, the Socialist People’s Party, the Green Party and the Socialist People’s Party.
– Now it is natural for us to sit down and negotiate all these packages and the state budget with the government parties, but there will be separate negotiations, says Listhaug, who is pleased to finally present the FRP policy, and not the government policy.
– I think it is completely liberating to promote the policy of the Progress Party. It is so nice. This is what Norway and our business community need: strong tax cuts.
– It is absolutely wonderful to present the budget that we think is correct, says Listhaug.
Massive kutt
FRP also proposes a sharp cut in the culture budget of NOK 4.5 billion.
– Norway provides 50 percent more aid per capita than Sweden and almost twice as much as Denmark, says Listhaug as a justification for the cut.
– Where is the solidarity? Norwegians should get cheaper beer, wine, tobacco and soft drinks, while we should not accept a single refugee quota and cut aid to the world’s poorest.
– We meet the UN aid target, it generally sounds very good to Norwegians’ ears, says Listhaug.
The Progress Party is also proposing to reverse the government’s cut in the pension supplement for private kindergartens, which Siv Jensen posted in Dagbladet this weekend.
