Stefan Löfven raises pensions: "70% of salary"

Social Democrats want to increase pensions, promised Prime Minister Stefan Löfven and Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson at a press conference in Rome for the elderly in Gotland

– For Magdalena Andersson , a retired average

Recently, S promised to reduce the tax for retirees.

In his first speech in May, he promised 600 more crowns in the portfolio for an average retiree.

And today, other proposals have been presented to give pensioners more money in the wallet

The Social Democrats promise to increase the so-called contributions pension in the parliamentary pension group consisting of S, the four bourgeois parties and the Environmental Party. ] The goal is that the total pension of "regular employees" in the long run is equal to 70% of the final salary

The increase is delayed to a few decades

According to the Social Democrats, the # The increase would eventually increase the general pension by 1,000 SEK per month for an average pensioner, with the reinforcements that the retired group of Parliament has already accepted.

But it will take several decades before the increase is reflected in the portfolio.

– It will be delayed until the youngest ones today The 20s and 30s come to retirement age, said Magdalena Andersson at the press conference

Cost 15 billion

Employers are forced to pay the 15 billion crowns that the increase in the tax on the age should cost.

– There is no room for Treasury money. We have to pay for schools and retirement homes, "says Magdalena Andersson, without answering the question of whether she anchored the employers' proposal

Excludes legislation against the Nazis

doing something of real, "says Stefan Löfven in response to the question of what he thinks the Nazis take participants in left-wing seminars at Almedalen

– This does not belong to our country. We must gather and ensure that these forces are countered.

Nor does it rule out a ban on Nazi organizations such as the NMR.

– We started a job at Government Offices to claim the use of symbols. I do not exclude anything (ban) but it's a tough question, we have the constitution to take into account, said Löfven.

5 July 2018 12:10