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The Left Party wants the state to pay half of the ticket price for public transport for two years.
– The ticket price has increased in a very dramatic way over time, says V leader Nooshi Dadgostar.
The proposal is that the state is responsible for half the amount of revenue that the regions collect on tickets, which is estimated to cost twelve billion a year.
According to Dadgostar, the ticket price for buses, trams and metro has increased much more than other prices over time.
– We see public transport as a cornerstone in climate change. More people will have to take public transport, but then it must be available in more places in Sweden.
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At the same time, the party wants to appoint an investigation so that a new permanent system can be put in place after two years.
– We want to ensure that the price development of ticket prices is controlled or indexed so that it does not skyrocket in the way it has now, says Dadgostar.
The Left Party also proposes a new investment support for public transport of five billion per year, from 2023 onwards.
The money should be able to go to such things as improving the frequency of trips, equipping the bus fleet by purchasing electric buses and expanding the charging infrastructure.
At the same time, the Left Party has appointed four “protagonists” who will develop a government platform after the election if they are allowed to participate in negotiations.
– I want to present those who make up the Left Party’s force for change, who together with the other parties will produce a government platform after the election, if there is such an election result, says Dadgostar.
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It consists of Ali Esbati, economic policy spokesperson, Ida Gabrielsson, deputy party leader, Sandro Scocco, chief economist, and Åsa-Pia Järliden Bergström, economist.
According to Nooshi Dadgostar, developments in Swedish politics in recent years have shown that the Social Democrats cannot be trusted to defend the Swedish system. Above all, she mentions welfare, climate change and energy policy.
The “change force” should get Sweden on the right course, according to Dadgostar.
– We have arrived at the conclusion that if this policy development is to have an impact, we need to sit in a government in order to, together with the other parties, get Sweden back on the right track.