– We put forward the proposal Sunday open stores to get simpler regulations. Today the rules are very complicated and there are many exceptions, says Culture Minister Thorhild Widvey (H) Aftenposten.
At 12 o’clock today meets Minister organizations for owners and employees in the retail sector to present the main features of the new proposal.
After this keeps the Minister of Culture, Minister of Industry and Minister of Labour a joint press conference.
Tug of War in wait for Parliament
According to Aftenposten, the Government up to the opening rules shall be equal throughout the country, and that it opens for Sunday shopping in all municipalities. But such a proposal is unlikely to survive in Parliament.
Right and FRP government relies on to carry Left to get a majority.
Left has its own model where municipalities themselves should decide whether they will allow Sunday shopping.
– They should decide for themselves, without the state interfering in whether it is right for the individual municipality Sunday open stores or not, said Liberal Deputy Terje Breivik summer.
KrF warns Liberals solution
According to Aftenposten knows is government parties prepared to compromise on this issue and accept Liberal solution to get a majority in Parliament.
But especially for FRP has been important that the government initially put forward a proposal that the new opening rules should be the same throughout the country.
In Right there have been differing opinions on open on Sundays. Leader of the Working Committee of the Parliament Arve Kambe is among the opponents of full liberalization of opening hours.
“Brustadbua” may consist holidays
Today there are only shops that meet specific criteria, including the called Brustad-loops under 100 square meters, which will stay open Sundays. According VG is likely that “Brustadbua” does not disappear completely, because Widwey not propose to repeal the ban on the usual shops can stay open at the reddest holidays.
Government cooperation party KrF strongly opposed Sunday opening stores. KrF leader Knut Arild Hareide also warns a solution where the municipalities themselves to decide policies for Sunday opening.
– Action Freedom is not real. If you sit in council in Bærum and experience that neighboring Asker, Drammen and Oslo introduces open on Sundays, it is difficult to resist, he points out.
Hope proposal ports in tray
Culture Ministry states that the proposed new regulations will be sent out for consultation in a few weeks. When the hearing is finished sent the proposal for consideration in Parliament.
Hareide hope the consultation will reveal major opposition Sunday open stores that the Government chooses to add the entire proposal in the tray.
But the Minister gives little hope that the whole Sunday project is shelved.
– I do not think one should speculate. We put things out for consultation because we want to achieve something, she says.
Discontent from employers and workers
Also the employers’ organization active or labor organization and Commercial Office (HK) is against Sunday opening.
– We have in the past one and a half years asked a series of questions about the consequences of full liberalization. We are going to repeat these questions in the morning, because we have not yet received any answer, says leader of trade union HK Trinelise Sundnes.
The active and HK have demanded that it be a committee where the parties employment is with that will discuss the issue of opening of shops on Sundays.
– Completely independent of government color it has been normal to cooperate with the parties when the framework conditions for major sectors should be changed. But it does not have this Government been interested in going on, she said.
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