Right now, Järvaveckan is underway, which aims to reduce the distance between citizens and those in power, especially in the areas classified as vulnerable.
On 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: schools and the labor market.
Pehrson pointed out that his government has inherited a situation where one in seven students leaves primary school without eligibility for upper secondary school, but that they are now making the biggest investments in schools in over 30 years. A statement that Magdalena Andersson refutes:
"We have asked the Riksdag's investigation service to look into that and they have concluded that in real money it is a saving of two billion.
"So she sits and makes up her chamber"
The employment rate among foreign-born people was also a hot topic 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, something she believes the current government has cut. But according to Johan Pehrson, her claim is not true because she compares it with measures that have been in place during the pandemic:
"The pandemic measures lapsed. Now even the WHO has said that the pandemic is over, so the measures proposed by Magdalena Andersson in her last budget also fell. So she sits and makes up her chamber when she tries to pass a lie detector test, but it goes like that.