DN Direct – Additional 84 billion in the 2025 budget

The Centre Party's economic policy spokesman, Martin Adal, criticizes the budget mainly on two points. Action against unemployment and climate change, which he believes the government is turning a blind eye to. According to Adal, only 80 million of the 60 billion goes to creating jobs.

He says: – It is rare that so many billions are used to solve so few problems.

He points out that unemployment rates in Sweden are among the highest in Europe, ranging between 8 and 8.5 percent.

– And it's going up under this government, rather than down. At that time, they were expected to invest in growing jobs, in small businesses.

He also criticised the government’s investment of SEK 2.4 billion for return migration grants, which he described as meaningless. Instead, the money should have been used to support businesses, create jobs and prevent layoffs in care, schools and daycare.

The government invests more in fossil fuels than it does in schools.

Climate goals have not been met either.

– The government has increased the gap very strongly. The one percent of the gap that the government has started to close, where is the other 99 percent? More investment is being made in measures to increase emissions than in measures to reduce emissions.

– Power outages in Sweden. They failed to give people the opportunity to change cars. He says the percentage of electric cars is decreasing, and claims that this affects Volvo and battery manufacturer Northvolt.

– They had 60 billion Swedish kronor. The obvious was missing. Jobs, school, climate, says Martin Adal.

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