Artikler
The Conservatives are the EEA guarantor against free fantasy
2. september 2021
(Originally published in VG 31.08.2021, authors translation) Jan Brøgger, leader of Årstad Høyre and sits on the board of the European movement Western Norway. Norwegian dreams of renegotiation, the right of veto, and maximum room for maneuver in the EEA agreement have no roots in reality. The Conservatives a ...
Time to learn “Możesz głosować” and “Galite bolsuoti” !
2. april 2019
Jan Brøgger (Twitter: @janbrogger) is leader of Årstad Høyre. Vasan Singaravel is deputy leader of Årstad Høyre. Both are candidates for Bergen city council in 2019. Translated by the author from the Norwegian original in Bergens Tidende, April 2nd 2019. BT criticizes the right-wing parties on March 23rd for ...
Goodbye, Norwegian America
27. mars 2019
Originally published in Fædrelandsvænnen, 27.3.2019. Jan Brøgger (Twitter: @janbrogger) is head of the Årstad Conservative Party. The Americans are drifting away from Europe. Norwegian America is an insurance we cannot afford to lose. The last Norwegian-American newspaper, The Norwegian American, is threatened w ...
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Norden!
23. mars 2019
Av Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson, Islands minister for nordisk samarbeid. Publisert opprinnelig i Fréttablaðið 22. mars 2019. Uoffisiell oversettelse fra islandsk av Jan Brøgger med ministerens tillatelse. Som nordisk samarbeidsminister under Islands presidentskap i Nordisk Ministerråd vet jeg svært godt hvordan ...
Trump - Second Act!
1. februar 2019
(Published in Minerva, February 1st 2019. Author’s translation.) For nearly two years NATO friends like Jim Mattis have papered over the shift in transatlantic relations. When the curtain goes up for the next act, Europe needs a better understanding of the United States as it really is. Trump has now taken contro ...
Don't rock the boat - British EEA membership
15. desember 2018
Jan Brøgger is chairman of Årstad Høyre and city council candidate (Twitter: @janbrogger). Published in Bergens Tidende, December 15th 2018. Author’s translation. The Brexit withdrawal agreement is humiliating. It gives full control of immigration, fish and agriculture but in return near permanent locking in of z ...
We are all Irish now - Is Éireannaigh sinn uile
15. oktober 2018
Jan Brøgger is chairman of Årstad Høyre and city council candidate (Twitter: @janbrogger). Published in Minerva, October 15th 2018 in Norwegian. Author’s translation. Original at https://www.minervanett.no/is-eireannaigh-sinn-uile-vi-er-alle-irske-na/) Norway must stand together with the EU in supporting Ire ...
EU should be Norway's plan B
11. juli 2018
(Published in VG, July 11th 2018 - translated from Norwegian by the Author. Original at VG)What does Norway do if Trump effectively pulls the US security guarantee? The foreign policy situation is a slow-motion nightmare. Norway has not been in such insecure waters for decades. Trump's contempt for NATO, the EU, free ...
UK in the EEA?
13. desember 2017
Jan Brøgger is deputy chairman of Årstad Conservatives (author’s translation. Published in Verdens Gang, December 13th, 2017 in Norwegian) Facsimile: Should Norway and the United Kingdom team up in the EEA? Paal Frisvold reviews this proposition in glowing terms in Verdens Gang [Norway’s 2nd largest newspaper] ...
