The largest party according to the latest polls, the Conservative Party (Høyre) held their annual National Congress in Oslo this past weekend. Here are some of the assembly's key issues:
Several hot button topics were discussed at the Conservative Party's meeting this past weekend, in order to set the party's program agenda for the upcoming government election.
The party voted against their leader, Erna Solberg (photo), regarding the abortion law. Whereas Solberg and several other party members want to tighten the current law, making it more difficult for women to abort when the fetus shows signs of a handicap, the majority voted to keep the legislation the way it is today.
The Conservatives have decided to evaluate general arming of the Norwegian police, which moves the party closer to being open towards Norwegian police carrying arms.
When it comes to women serving in the army, the majority voted for a gender neutral, compulsory military service. This was also against party leader Solberg's own wish to keep the current arrangement.
The party also decided on several key political standpoints in regards to education, including grades from grade five, and no grades or final exam in one's second Norwegian language (nynorsk/bokmål).
In regards to the sale of the beer, the majority voted to let grocery stores sell beer until 10 p.m. However, the party does not want to allow the sale of strong beer (above 4,75 percent alcohol) in grocery stores.
(Aftenposten/NRK)
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