Politician salaries in the open – “It’s important that the politicians don’t set the salaries themselves”

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Leonidas Aretakis, editor-in-chief of independent socialist Flamman, thinks that politicians’ salaries should be lower than they are at the moment and that too high salaries make politicians out of touch with reality. Stig-Björn Ljunggren, political editor-in-chief for Sydöstran and social-democratic independence, however, believes that the wages are at a reasonable level – and perhaps could be higher.

Hear the different opinions in the clip, whole You can watch the debate on SVT Play.

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