Two weeks ago, the government presented its spring amendment budget. It contained, among other things, more money for defense and an extension of the temporary housing allowance for families with children.
The Center Party and the Green Party have already presented their spring budget motions, and now the remaining opposition parties are doing so.
Mikael Damberg describes S’s shadow budget as “tight but progressive”.
– It directs support to those who need it most, and right now it is families with children, but above all the single mothers who struggle the hardest in society and where the government does not see this and does not do enough.
He believes that Sweden is heading towards a “welfare crisis” where many municipalities are now launching savings programs in the wake of inflation.
“Risks of paying for the government’s inaction”
On Monday, the first of May, SSU chairman Lisa Nåbo directed criticism at her own party leadership. In an interview in The Express Among other things, she threatened to withdraw confidence in Mikael Damberg if the party does not put forward proposals for investment in, for example, child and student allowances.
– It is clear that a youth union must make demands on the parent party. I did that when I was SSU chairman, so it’s nothing strange. It is a good thing that they are on, and show which issues they think are most important. I think we have a good dialogue with SSU, says Damberg.
He continues:
– It is the case that this entire spring budget, for example, has a focus on children and young people, they are the ones who risk paying for the government’s inaction and that they have not succeeded in bringing down inflation in the ways that should be done.
Hear the entire interview with Mikael Damberg in The morning studio in SVT Play.