Name: Patrick Ragnäs
Year of birth: 1966
Municipality: Kristinestad
Email: patrick.ragnas@gmail.com
Phone: 0405748919

Patrick
Ragnäs

Kristinestad

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Early childhood education should be free for everyone.

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Free early childhood education can contribute to a more just and sustainable societal development by promoting children\'s development, supporting parents\' participation in the labor market, and reducing financial barriers for families.

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Schools should prioritize traditional textbooks over digital learning materials.

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Traditional textbooks can provide a more stable and focused learning environment while promoting deeper learning and reducing potential distractions and technical issues. However, this does not mean that digital learning materials lack advantages – in many cases, a combination of both traditional and digital methods can be the best approach.

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One of the municipality’s most important tasks is to invest in sports facilities and opportunities for exercise and recreation.

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Sports facilities and recreational opportunities play a central role in improving public health, strengthening community cohesion, enhancing quality of life, and creating economic and sustainable benefits for the municipality.

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It is important to provide all residents with equal opportunities for cultural activities.

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Equal cultural opportunities contribute to a more inclusive, creative, and healthy societal development, where everyone has the right to benefit from the positive effects that culture can provide.

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The municipality should introduce or improve opportunities for residents to influence how municipal funds are used through participatory budgeting.

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The municipality should invest in public transportation.

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It should be possible to be a resident in more than one municipality, for example, through digital municipal citizenship.

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The municipality should better facilitate the expansion of renewable energy, such as solar and wind power.

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Municipalities can benefit from supporting the expansion of renewable energy through economic growth, reduced energy costs, improved environment, increased self-sufficiency, as well as enhanced attractiveness and innovation.

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The municipality should mix more housing types in planning than is currently the case.

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Municipalities can benefit from mixing housing types in planning by promoting social sustainability, efficient land use, improved quality of life, and creating a more dynamic and sustainable urban environment. This benefits both residents and the municipality as a whole in the long term.

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The municipality should introduce anonymous recruitment.

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Anonymous recruitment in small municipalities can lead to difficulties in finding the right candidate, missed opportunities to assess local cultural fit, and an increased administrative burden, which can make the process less efficient.

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If you could give a superpower to your future political leader, what would it be?

The ability to instantly purify the environment and stop climate change.
Invisibility to reveal and combat corruption at all levels.
Time travel to correct historical mistakes and improve the future.
Infinite wisdom to make perfect decisions on all political matters.

A political superpower could be the ability to build strong and sustainable collaborations between different societal actors.

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