The Swedish Red-Green government presented its first budget. EPA / Pontus Lundahl SWEDEN OUT
Six months after his election victory to the government of Sweden begin to pursue their own economic policies. Spring Budget promises investments in work and school, while the opposition criticizes it for tax increases and broken election promises.
STOCKHOLM There are many cameras , microphones and block when Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson (S) presents the Government’s spring budget in the press room at Rosenbad. Almost all editorial offices report directly over several hours, and even throughout the day.
How large do not usually interest be, but the situation is also exceptional. In early December, was convicted of the budget that the newly elected government consisting of Social Democrats and the Green Party presented. This occurred when the Sweden Democrats voted for the bourgeois alliance’s proposal.
It has led to the red-green government so far has been administered as soon as the bourgeois budget and handled cases involving parliamentary support is not needed. But according to the December agreement, the government and the Alliance included just before the New Year, the Alliance has pledged to abstain in parliament so that the government’s budget goes through.
Therefore, it is only now that the incumbent minority government can begin to reign in earnest.
The government presents so also major changes and efforts than The practice is usually in the spring.
– We start delivering on the promises we made in the election campaign, says Magdalena Andersson.
Unemployment is going down, inter alia, so that young people are offered so-called trainee job, you are investing in infrastructure such as rail maintenance, it will be more staff in elderly care, higher unemployment and more teachers and smaller differences between the schools.
Overall, it is about reform at 8 billion or EUR 860 million this year and 20 billion, € 2.1 billion in 2016.
Criticism from the opposition
The reforms have greater weight in Andersson’s presentation than financing them – it’s more fun to give than to take – but that’s about payroll taxes previously been lowered for young raised to the same level as the others’ social security contributions, gasoline tax revenue and tax deductions for cleaning and renovation services that households buy lowered.
Afterward, stands the bourgeois alliance parties in line to criticize the government’s budget.
The Liberal Party’s economic policy spokesperson Erik Ullenhag talking about “betrayals against jobs “and larger tax increases than twenty years.
– The government does not do more than unravels as many of the Alliance’s reforms they only have time and they start not a proper trip to address the long-term problems, says Ulf Krister Andersson , economic policy spokesperson for the largest Alliance Party Moderates.
They argue that the budget is not at all creates new jobs and boost competitiveness and questioning sharp tax increases.
Can challenge
– The order is restored. The opposition criticizes the government who govern on its own policies and not the opposition says Dr Stenberg , political commentator at the Daily News.
It does not mean that everything is really like before. In particular, the Conservatives have internal criticism of the party agreed to the December agreement has grown ever stronger – that people buy votes rather than impose their policies.
Do Moderates stronger support in the polls, it seems to Stenberg become turbulent in parliament. Then the party can choose to sharpen their profile and challenging the government’s trust.
– The opposition has the power to overturn the government if it chooses to violate the December agreement. It is not legally binding, says Stenberg.
There is not yet, but the alliance promises pass the budget does not mean that it is powerless says Stenberg. It can for example ask ministers face censure.
– The opposition wants the government to stumble their way.
Shows the difference
Jonas Hinnfors , a professor of political science at the University of Gothenburg, says the alliance parties criticize the government, but only up to the point where it is time for a vote.
How it grows in the future, however interesting . The four parties have previously presented joint budget but is now all set for your own. This could ultimately mean that the Moderates can vote for their own budget without topple the government, which could appease critics within the party.
– There may be a way to brand themselves a little.
Hinnfors still believe that the December agreement will hold because there are not enough good option.
The budget tabled yesterday, he looks like a small step on the road showing the difference between the red-green government and alliance politics. Alliance formed the government for eight years until the election last fall.
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