Järva week is currently underway, which aims to reduce the distance between citizens and those in power, especially in the areas classified as vulnerable.
During Tuesday, both Johan Pehrson (L) and Magdalena Andersson (S) visited the Järva area. When the party leaders later met in Aktuelltstudion, it was to debate two of the biggest issues linked to integration: school and the labor market.
Pehrson emphasized that his government has inherited a situation where every seventh student leaves primary school without a qualification for secondary school, but that they are now making the biggest investment in schools in over 30 years. A statement that Magdalena Andersson opposes:
– We have asked the Riksdag’s investigation service to look into that and they have concluded that in real terms, it is a saving of two billion.
“Then she sits and makes things up in her chamber”
The employment rate among the foreign-born was also a hot issue during the debate. Because while employment has increased in the group, unemployment in many so-called particularly vulnerable areas is still three to four times higher than in other areas.
According to Magdalena Andersson, more educational opportunities are needed, among other things, something she believes the current government has cut back on. But according to Johan Pehrson, her claim is not true because she compares it to measures that existed during the pandemic:
– The pandemic measures expired. Now even the WHO has said that the pandemic is over, so the measures that Magdalena Andersson proposed in her last budget also failed. So she sits and makes things up in her room when she has to try to pass a lie detector test, but that’s how it goes.