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Finance Committee rejects proposal on financial sector as industrial policy
Four MPs—Tom Staahle, Martin Virkesdal Jonsterhaug, Hans Andreas Limi, and Hilde Grande—proposed a comprehensive analysis of the financial sector's role and competitiveness, along with a comparative review of supervisory practices. The committee majority (Labour, Socialist Left, Centre, Red, and Green parties) recommends rejecting the proposal, citing a prior Storting decision to conduct a full review of the financial sector's operating conditions in connection with an upcoming financial markets white paper. The Progress Party, Conservatives, Christian Democrats, and Liberals have submitted three alternative proposals, including one on evaluating Swedish fund market reports.