Norway local elections, 9th September 2019

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what would be the big demands for the Reds and Greens to support a national government?

Everytime, I see Bjørnar Moxnes from Rødt, he talks about how horrible it is that private companies can make profits by carrying out public sector tasks.
The Greens wants to stop new drilling projects, and phase out oil extraction plus increased climate taxes and road toll.
So climate change actions and opposition to private welfare companies are the issues where each party will need concessions. Both there are several other issues (defense spending, immigration, taxes, abortion, trade union conditions, centralization, wolves etc.), where they come into conflict with Sp and some parts of Ap.

would Red seek to leave NATO and the EEA?

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would Red seek to leave NATO and the EEA?

Yes, their views are largely similar to SV in that regard, but with an even tougher rhetoric. So they agree with Sp on EEA, but are strongly opposites in terms of NATO and military spending. MDG is in favour of staying in NATO, and while they are not explicit on EU membership (we will take a stance, when it's relevant in a referendum etc.) but they are probably mostly in favour. Ap is of course in favour of both NATO and EU membership, but there are no signs that any major party wants to spend political capital on the latter which would likely be rejected anyway.

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In Stavanger, a deal has been made between Ap, FNB, MDG, Rødt, Sp & SV to make Ap's Kari Nessa Nordtun the city's first Ap mayor since 1993. Kari Nessa is the daughter of Tore Nordtun, mayor from 1990-1993.

In Bærum, the incumbent majority with Høyre, Frp and KrF retained their majority, but has chosen to include Venstre in the majority this time as well, so there's now a four-party majority, similar to the national government, behind the Høyre mayor.

In Trondheim, Ap's Rita Ottervik has been mayor since 2003 and continues in that role despite the party's shellacking at the election. However, most of the losses were to other left-wing parties, so her majority consists of Ap, SV, MDG and Sp.

In Oslo, Ap, MDG & SV are negotiating to keep the current city government in place. However, there is tensions about who should provide the final votes for the majority. SV and most of Ap wants to rely on Rødt as in the last term, but MDG has held talks with Venstre and would prefer them instead.

In Bergen, the situation isn't clear yet. V and KrF's first preference is to remain in a coalition with Ap, so they are negotiating with them + SV and MDG. However, these five parties do not have a majority, so they need backing from Rødt or Sp. The left wing parties want the former, while the centrist parties prefer the latter. If Sp goes right and convinces one or both of V+KrF, there is a centre-right majority instead.