Last week, “village lady” Gro Harlem Brundtland (Ap) took a firm stand with Conservative Party leader and former Prime Minister Erna Solberg after conversations during Arendal Week.

– I’m having a hard time understanding what incredible things Erna Solberg has done in the last six months that would see them rise in the polls. I can’t see any signs of it. I think it just boils down to being irresponsible and sitting still on the boat. It’s easy to criticize those in power, Brundtland said when he met the press after the conversation.

– barking Ap’er

While Brundtland’s own party has had record low support, Erna is flying high in opinion polls with up to 30 percent support. In August there is a difference of almost ten percentage points between the Conservative Party and the Labor Party measurement average.

Erna Solberg didn’t let Norway’s first female prime minister fool her.

– Like other old party leaders, he stood in the corner and clapped for the party, Solberg told Dagbladet.

“I think Gro Harlem Brundtland is one of the loudest members of the Labor Party who finds it hard to believe that the Ap is not at 40 percent,” continued the resigned head of government.

Together, the two are Norway’s first and second female prime ministers.

– Have pity on them

– Have set up electric support

In a conversation with Anne Grosvold last Wednesday, Gro Harlem Brundtland said that the current government has the most difficult task since the war.

– I feel sorry for those who rule now, said Brundtland.

When he met the press after the conversation, he expressed his surprise at Høyre’s massive jump in the polls, which he could not see as appropriate. Solberg won’t judge it.

– We never think that a bad or good poll is inappropriate. This is a great voter assessment and I think it’s good to see it now. So the voter’s sovereign judgment must be what they vote for. What the reason is, only voters know, Solberg said.

– What would be different if you were prime minister now?

– First, there has been electricity assistance for small businesses since January/February. We have proposed that in Storting. Then there are some things that we have shown. Our first proposal for electricity support is actually tailored support, especially for those on the lowest incomes and lowest consumption, the Conservative Party leader replied.

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– Always do the right thing

Solberg believes it is wrong that they are just sitting quietly in the boat, but wants to be constructive in the difficult situation many Norwegians are in right now.

– We didn’t bother to rematch on all settings. When we have a system that works for a private individual, the most important thing is to make it work. But we will have electrical support for businesses now, Solberg stressed.

He believes there is nothing new in Brundtland’s critique, and points out that he is stuck in the past.

– I think Gro always found it odd that 40 percent of Norwegians didn’t vote for the Labor Party. But in fact the world has changed. The world evolves and becomes different, Solberg told Dagbladet.

Solberg instead believed that the answer had already been given when reporters chose to ask Gro about Ap and Støre’s efforts.

– You ask someone who has led another party and who is quite loyal to Ap’er. He would always think that Ap did it right. He belongs to a school in the Labor Party that believes Ap is always right simply because they are Labor.