Hagen will take FRP in a new direction – with the assimilation of immigrants – NRK Norway – Summary of news from different parts of the country

The FRP veteran once again wants to make a name for himself in national politics.

To accomplish this, Hagen has outlined a new direction for the party, in eight closely written pages:

Retirees will get more and toll booths will disappear. But Hagen points to new policies, especially in the field of climate and immigration. For now he wants to take the party to the position it had when he was leader himself.

– I want a renegotiation of the EEA agreement in labor terms and a much stricter immigration, integration and refugee policy. And I say bluntly that I want an assimilation of immigration rather than integration, says Hagen.

Loaded concept

The now 76-year-old FRP veteran meets NRK at the Storting office who is borrowing from a party colleague. Starting next year, the old liberal hopes to have his own office here.

– I think it was important that the nominating committees knew what I represented politically, says Hagen about his new leadership plan for the party.

Because the former party leader goes far beyond the party program.

Many perceive assimilation as a loaded concept, which is linked to historical black spots, such as forced Norway from the Sami.

Hagen has sent fifteen political points to the nominating committees in Oslo Frp and Oppland Frp. This fall, he is nominated for first and third place on the two county teams, respectively.

The goal is to become the representative of those who remember Frp “as it was”.

Among other things, Hagen takes a hard line against what he calls “the new climate religion” and the UN climate panel.

Local support – central resistance

Oslo Frp leader Geir Ugland-Jacobsen believes that Carl I. Hagen’s proposals present no problems.

– That Carl I. Hagen reserves a little against what he calls climate hysteria, I don’t see it as problematic.

– In the sketch of his program, Hagen uses, among other things, the term assimilation. Is there more assimilation we will get from Frp in the future?

– I hope so! The most successful form of integration is probably assimilation, says Ugland-Jacobsen.

– Do you see a problem in the candidates who draft such a detailed political manifesto?

– No, I think maybe more people should do it, because then you know who you’re voting for.

The leader of the Oslo FRP thus chooses a different line than the second deputy leader of the Progress Party, Terje Søviknes, when meeting with Hagen’s political sketches.

When asked if the party will support further assimilation into immigration policy, Søviknes responds:

– FRP has never used the word assimilation in our refugee and immigration policy. We have been responsible for an active integration policy where we make demands on our new compatriots. Regarding climate policy, the national government had a discussion about it recently, and a proposal from the Oslo FRP was rejected by an overwhelming majority.

But Hagen is still happy, until now.

– The result is that I am first in the final draft at Oppland and third, as I wanted, in Oslo. I’m very satisfied with that, says Hagen.