MPs Marie Sneve Martinussen and Hege Bae Nyholt are proposing that the government establish a committee to conduct a new inquiry into power and democracy in Norway. The proposers argue that Norway has undergone significant changes since the last such inquiry concluded 22 years ago, including European integration, technological development, and shifts in the labour market—changes that make a fresh inquiry necessary to assess the conditions for Norwegian democracy as it stands in 2026.
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The Storting calls on the government, in consultation with the parliamentary groups, to establish a committee to conduct a new inquiry into power and democracy. The inquiry should examine how the conditions for Norwegian democracy have changed since the turn of the millennium.