Agreed revised budget – Dagbladet.no

(Dagbladet): The negotiating parties in the Conservative Party, Progress Party, Liberal Party and Democratic Party have reached agreement on the revised national budget. The amendments were presented at a press conference this afternoon.

In the negotiations have parties moved around 400 million. For comparison, the total government expenditure in the state budget of about 1 200 billion.

The biggest single change is even additions to the municipal maintenance in Southern and Western Norway which increased by 150 million from 250 million to 400 million.

The measures against unemployment in the revised budget is thus of over one billion. This is in addition to the four billion of the stimulus package would already agreed last autumn.

Total amount package of measures against unemployment is now at over five billion, writes Right in a statement.

– We have had a common starting point, there are measures to combat unemployment, especially measures that can quickly: government stimulus package gave a good estimate, we have been able to reinforce it. We come with additional measures. It is we in Krf happy, said Hans Olav Syversen in KrF as collaborative parties presented package.

Left cites as a victory that environmental technology scheme increased by 40 million. Maintenance of the railroad in southern and western counties increased by 20 million.

– Negotiations have been good, and characterized by the difficult situation we are looking at western and southern Norway in connection with the oil decline. I am very pleased that we have received approval to strengthen efforts to combat unemployment without using more oil money, says Liberal finance spokesperson Terje Breivik.

To cover the changes it is partly cut in funds for operations in the Parliament and the National Audit Office with a total of 35 million. Attempts government funding of care Tonsberg cut by 16 million.

Ministry of Transport will reduce its budget of over 100 million.

Buying carbon credits cut by 22 million. Research, development and demonstration of CO2 capture cut by 15 million.

It also made cuts of 50 milllion in the Ministry of Finance under the label of “assorted”.