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Party leader Siv Jensen says the national junta is clear that the FRP “has no desire” to enter a new government with KrF and the Liberal Party.
– At the same time, we recognize that it is the voters who will form the Storting. If we are going to enter the government, it is a question of support and progress, tells NTB.
The party remains faithful to this long-standing strategy even though it left government in January and is preparing to negotiate a state budget with government parties this fall.
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But Siv Jensen denies that there is any contradiction in the government’s strategy and that the party can support the government’s budget.
– We have left this government and we have said that we are happy to sit at the negotiating table to see what we can get from the progress. It is entirely possible for the government to turn to other parties. The government should have a majority, but it is not a fact that they will get it with us, Jensen says.
A unanimous national board also adopted five demands before budget negotiations. The number of quota refugees Norway will receive is set to “a minimum” next year, the development assistance budget must be cut and aid to neighboring areas of war and strengthened conflict is among them.
The party also demands a reduced toll charge for most people.
– A handshake
In addition, the party will demand “an economic improvement for pensioners in this year’s budget negotiations.”
But the national board does not require that public pensions be regulated according to average salary and price growth in Norway, as Oslo Frp demanded earlier this year.
– We have identified retirees and opportunities to help them out. What will be the end result remains to be seensays Jensen.
This year’s social security agreement means that pensioners may see their purchasing power reduced for the fifth time in the past six years. This is in line with the 2011 pension reform, where the Storting decided that pensions should be regulated according to wage growth, but minus 0.75 percent. But the model is pending evaluation and Labor Minister Torbjørn Røe Isaksen (H) has said it is open to adjustments.
The city has a final destination
The Oslo party wanted the party to make some outright demands to support the budget: that quota refugees should not be brought in next year and that retirees had to receive an income commensurate with rising wages and prices.
But the county team supported the decision at the national board where the party is content to “demand a breakthrough” in the two areas.
As expected, the national board also adopted a demand that taxes on goods exposed to border trade be reduced.
