– Erna is hiding

– Erna Solberg and the Conservative Party make promises in the East and West and play a double game. Now they have to show their cards and launch their alternative budget. They owe it to their voters and to the political debate, Marit Arnstad tells Dagbladet.

Arnstad is the parliamentary leader of the Center Party in Parliament and is one of those responsible for untangling the government's budget in the port with SV.

In recent weeks, the Conservative Party and party leader Erna Solberg have had a number of suggestions about this both of them Tax cuts and increased public spending. At the same time, they criticize the government for spending too much money.

This doesn't work, Arnstad points out. The Center Party meets today at the National Council meeting in Lorenskog.

– They criticize the government's failure to tighten measures further, while at the same time constantly promising either major tax breaks or significant increases in public budgets.

As long as the Conservative Party has not presented its entire fiscal plan, it is impossible to evaluate the proposals, according to Sp-toppen.

– Arnstad says the Conservative Party and Erna Solberg are hiding until the appointment to the Finance Committee in Parliament to avoid debate.

– Do they intentionally submit their replacement late?

– Yes, I mean that. Most other parties reach their options much earlier.

Correct: – Unimaginative

Deputy Leader Tina Brough, who is the Conservative Party's fiscal policy spokeswoman, believes Marit Arnstad misunderstood when the opposition's alternative budgets would be presented.

– We will provide our replacement as soon as it is ready, and at the usual time. In order to do this properly, we will first create an alternative based on the agreement between the government and SV. So this challenge goes right back to Arnstad: The sooner we finish negotiating taxes with SV, the faster we can file our taxes, says Brough.

Bro also says that negotiations between the government parties Ap and Sp and budget partner SV took so long in recent years that they presented two alternative budgets: an initial budget before the budget agreement and then an updated budget when it is ready.

– In the past, we had to submit an incomplete proposal because they had difficulty agreeing on it. So this is a somewhat unimaginative deviation from Marit Arnstad, which I accept with a smile. Bro says they seem very nervous in the Center Party now.

The Conservatives' big promises

Marit Arnstad has been closely monitoring Erna Solberg and Høyer's antics in recent weeks. Here's an overview of Hoyer's promises, which amount to more than NOK 30 billion:

– The right-wing promises simply do not work. The Conservative Party probably still thinks it is 2019 and has not realized that there is a war in Europe, and that the costs of Ukrainian refugees and increased military support expenses for Ukraine must be met.

– If the Conservative Party aims to be a governing party, it must make clear how it intends to deliver on all its promises.

Oath privilege

Still, the Conservative Party's Tina Bru takes the Center Party's criticism with overwhelming calm, admitting that “it is absolutely right that the Conservative Party wants to cut taxes to give Norwegian people and companies a better economy.”

– It is quite possible to make better use of state funds. The Conservative Party has shown it before, and we will show it again. Brough, who promises that the Conservative Party will prioritize police and health, says he has relatively little credibility when the Center Party, which promised gold and green forests before the last election, tries to teach others about responsible financial management:

– It is necessary to strengthen the police in a way that creates security for the people, with more police officers on the streets. We prioritize this over investing in empty offices with short hours where crime does not occur. We will prioritize reducing healthcare queues, which have grown to record levels under the Storr government, says Brough.