The threat from organized crime is great in Europe. In Norway too, several people have been affected by this type of crime in the past year, particularly in Oslo.

The government is strengthening controls at the borders with more customs officials and better equipment.

The police will receive a significant increase in the budget. It provides more visible police on the streets and more resources to fight organized crime. The government will also make it easier to confiscate the proceeds of crime, whether it is money or objects.

Children and young people who commit criminal acts must be met with a swift response. The punishments for young people who commit criminal acts became stricter from 1 September. To prevent new recruitment into crime, the government is strengthening preventive arenas for children and young people.

Many sectors are experiencing labor shortages. In the perspective message, the government sets a target that 150,000 more people will be employed by 2030.

The goal is followed up in a number of ways: The government strengthens the work line and makes it easier to combine social security with work.

On 1 August, a new Education Act entered into force. There, the right to upper secondary education is replaced by a right to complete with a study or vocational qualification. It will provide more people with work.

The regulations for admission to higher education have been changed. Now more people will get started with higher education and work more quickly.

The government’s new strategy for digitization facilitates the liberation of labour.

Up until now, over 80,000 Ukrainian refugees have settled in all the municipalities. More and more of them are getting work.

Business life in Norway is going well and profitability is high. In recent years, the companies have set records in investments and exports. Through a predictable and active business policy, the government will facilitate further growth. In fisheries policy, the government will ensure a fairer and more predictable distribution of fishing quotas.

Norway has entered into a trade agreement with India. It will give Norwegian business and industry great export opportunities. The government’s initiative Green industrial lift provides better framework conditions for industrial projects that cut climate emissions.

The agricultural agreement facilitates a sharp increase in income for farmers. The agreement will contribute to increased self-sufficiency in food in Norway and lower emissions from agriculture. This happens, among other things, through water environment measures around the Oslofjord.

The new national transport plan also takes important steps to reduce climate emissions and land encroachment. In the state budget, the government will present a plan that will show how Norway will achieve the climate targets in 2030.

We need much more power, more grids and more energy in the years ahead. We must replace fossil fuels with renewable energy and ensure sufficient power at low prices. The government has ensured a change of pace in the investment in offshore wind. The first areas for an offshore wind farm on the Norwegian continental shelf have been allocated.