Krever omkamp om kriselov

It was going to be a pure sand-slinging with a majority of 80 to 20 votes for the proposal in the first round. The stage was thus set for a pure parade march for the government today. That is not how it went. The Storting stops the government's attempt to give itself enormous power and inflicts a humiliating defeat on the two justice ministers, Emilie Enger Mehl (Sp) and Astrid Aas-Hansen (Ap), writes Nettavisen. It was Mehl and Aas-Hansen who h…

In all likelihood, the consideration of the new Civil Protection Act in the Storting will be put on hold. Several parties have withdrawn their support following criticism.

In all likelihood, the consideration of the new Civil Protection Act in the Storting will be put on hold. Several parties have withdrawn their support following criticism.

While the Storting and the rest of Norway were preparing for the Easter holiday, an important element of Norwegian Christian cultural heritage, the KrF representatives Dag-Inge Ulstein, Kjell Ingolf Ropstad and Olaug Bollestad submitted this representative proposal: “The Storting asks the government to propose a change to the KRLE subject, so that about three-quarters of the teaching in the subject will be spent on knowledge of Christianity and …

This means that the parliamentary majority for the controversial Civil Protection Act has been broken.

The Norwegian People's Party (FRP) is demanding that the Storting postpone consideration of the Civil Protection Act and is threatening to vote against the entire law. The government rejects the criticism, but the party that submitted the bill is now against it and wants adjustments.