GARDERMOEN (Dagbladet): Erna Solberg has had enough of constant attacks from the Labor Party, which she believes hits below the belt.
– They have been doing this for many years. They come up with attacks where the factual basis is poor and where they deliberately distort the Conservative Party’s actual policy, says the Conservative Party leader to Dagbladet.
– We stand very well in discussions about policy, but then Støre and the government must present our policy as it actually is. Often they attack us for things we don’t mean, she adds.
On Sunday morning, she was re-elected as leader of the Conservative Party. The biggest debates at the national meeting have been the salmon tax and mobile phone bans in schools. Both debates ended with a no from the national assembly. The drama was greatest at the weekend when Erna Solberg pushed through a new vote after the national assembly voted “incorrectly” on questions about climate accounting on Friday evening.
Laughing at own “pussy miss”
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At the latest this week, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre (Ap) came up with what Solberg refers to as painting the Conservative Party’s elderly policy black. The attack was published in Dagbladet.
According to Solberg, the Ap leader leaves the impression that the Conservative Party stands for cold and money-driven care for the elderly.
– I am tired of the picture that Støre and Ap paint around privatization in elderly care, says Solberg.
– We want the public sector to pick up the bill and that of must choose the offer themselves. It is not the case that your wallet should determine what kind of care you get with Høyre’s policies. The Conservative Party does not want any changes to the payment part for elderly care, and I think the Labor Party knows that very well, she adds.
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The Conservative Party’s elderly policy
Solberg says, on the contrary, that it is with the left’s welfare policy that those with the best means can buy themselves better offers.
– If the public sector is to run all care for the elderly, so could it be that those with the most money can buy better services, she adds.
She believes Ap politicians are trying to paint a picture of a Norway with American welfare schemes if the Conservatives get the steering lever back after the election in 2025.
– The truth is that the Conservative Party wants the public sector to pick up the bill, but that more people should be able to offer the service. Free choice of treatment is cheaper than the tender scheme the Labor Party operates with.
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The Labor Party’s problem
In the last week, a number of Labor leaders, including in Dagbladet, have almost taken turns firing machine guns at the government. Last Saturday, Labor deputy leader Tonje Brenna slammed the government’s school policy. Here too, the Conservative Party took action, and deputy leader Henrik Asheim (H) had to correct what he believed to be new erroneous representations from an Ap top.
Erna Solberg admits that the tone is familiar – attacks from Ap were commonplace when she and the Conservative Party were actually in government. Today, as is well known, Labor holds the keys to the government offices.
– One would think it was you, not them, who ruled the country, Solberg?
– This is part of the Labor Party’s problem. They talk more about the Conservative Party than about their own politics. I don’t think voters are that interested in that. The Conservative Party mostly talks about our own politics, says Solberg.
