In an interview published today in Dagens Nyheter, Johan Forssell says his party wants to attract immigrant voters and plan to present a citizenship fast-track proposal in their up…

In an interview published today in Dagens Nyheter, Johan Forssell says his party wants to attract immigrant voters and plan to present a citizenship fast-track proposal in their upcoming election platform. According to Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter (DN), which published an interview with Migration Minister Johan Forssell on August 6th, the Moderate Party "want to attract voters among immigrants – and are now going to the election on a fast track to citizenship for those who are particularly well integrated." This fast-track proposal is, according to DN, part of the Moderate Party's election platform, which will be released closer to election day (September 13th), and is based on a German model. DN reports that their proposed fast-track would grant citizenship to "particularly well-integrated" foreigners in five years rather than eight. DN quotes Forssell as saying that an immigrant could qualify for the citizenship fast-track, "if you have made a particularly valuable contribution to Sweden." "If, for example, you start a company or perhaps learn the language very quickly. Or if you have made a particularly valuable contribution to Sweden, for example, started an organization against honour killings. Then it is reasonable that you should be able to become a citizen a little faster than others. Having said that, we will of course never compromise on security." This past April, Forssell and his colleagues in government successfully passed a citizenship bill which brought in a wide swath of stricter requirements, such as an eight-year residency requirement and Swedish language proficiency. The bill passed without transitional rules for the hundred thousand people in the Swedish Migration Agency's citizenship case backlog, meaning many now face having their applications rejected.