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The Liberal Party and the Conservative Party Enters Into Cooperation in Longyearbyen, Svalbard
The Svalbard Liberal Party and the Svalbard Conservative Party have formed a majority through a cooperation agreement and agreed on how the Longyearbyen local government is to be led throughout the next four years.
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Terje Aunevik from the Liberal Party will be the chair of the local government, with the Conservative's Celine Anderssen as deputy chair.
In a press release, the Svalbard Conservative Party writes that it was clear early on in the election that there were great similarities in the programs with which the parties ran for election. This has made it possible to quickly conclude the negotiations. Both parties have also agreed on the importance of being true to the voters who have voted for the individual parties' programs.
"Therefore, the cooperation platform and emphasis on subject areas are prioritized over creating a new detailed platform in which the voters have had little degree of insight," the party writes.
The parties have also reached an agreement on the importance of placing the right expertise and experience in the various roles in committees and boards rather than simply counting the positions that each party will have. In this work, a central topic has been the composition of committees and how the subject areas are to be distributed in the committees.
