They become the new council of the Alliance | Gothenburg after

At a press conference, the new Alliance Council presented its municipal councils and their respective areas of responsibility.

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The bourgeois parties will rule in the minority, which means that total opposition represents a majority. This will be a major challenge for the Alliance Board, its four municipal councils and its two municipal councils.

Axel Josefson, chairman of the city council, will be responsible for the economy of the municipality. This is quite remarkable because the city council president usually does not have his or her own area of ​​responsibility.

"The main reason is that the fact that we want to guarantee the municipality a stable economy and preserve it for the future is such an important part of our council," said Axel Josefson.

"Then I will leave"

Hampus Magnusson (M) becomes the new municipal council responsible for urban development and traffic.

Traffic is one of the most difficult problems in the city at the moment, and the proposed solutions differ greatly from one block to the other.

"We will, of course, look for a wide range of solutions, and I see that it is the Social Democrats and the Democrats that we can use Now that the red-green bloc has collapsed, I think it is there will be more pragmatism among the social democrats, he said.

He also hopes to be able to increase housing construction, partly by allowing builders to participate in the planning process, but also by facilitating the construction of houses by going directly to building permits without detailed planning.

– There will be more real houses built during this term, which I can promise. And if we do not fulfill that promise, I will resign, "Hampus Magnusson said.

See opportunities for global solutions

Helene Odenjung (L), Senior Vice President of the City Council, has for many years focused on education issues in the context of the opposition.

Now she will take responsibility for the issues.

"We will do more to ensure that all students have the opportunity to achieve the goals, to work systematically to create a safe working environment for both teachers and students," said Dr. Sarkozy. she.

She believes that today there is a broad and moderate consensus between the Alliance and the other parties on education issues.

"Not least because we have been working on issues for a long time, others have nuanced their image or have completely changed," says Odenjung.

David Lega (KD) becomes Deputy City Councilor for Seniors, Sport and Culture.

That's a pretty broad spectrum?

"But a lot of it is also connected, and you have to look at it from a public health point of view," he says.

The center is the first for almost 30 years

Emmyly Bönfors (C) will be the city's first town council for more than 27 years. Then, it is Eva Eidem (C) who served two terms, from 1985 to 1991.

Bönfors becomes a new municipal council responsible for the environment and climate

"For us, it's about getting good results and ensuring that working closely with the industry is really the leader in the conversion work," he said. she said.

Nina Miskovsky (M) is also a new name in the upper layer of politics. It becomes a new deputy city council for social affairs.

"I see myself as a humanist who will be at the heart of the work, but realistically, it is the combination with which we will work in these areas.