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The plan makes public procurement an important tool for climate transition and requires that public procurement prioritizes efficient energy use and sustainable solutions. A regional procurement and mobility coordination intended to reduce emissions from procurement and transport is an organizational application of that. The plan also wants to steer heavy transport to rail and shipping.

• procurement as a climate tooldecisive»Offentlig upphandling är ett viktigt verktyg för omställningen.« (party programme ↗)“Public procurement is an important tool for the transition.”
• sustainability requirements at procurement»tjänster ska premiera effektiv energianvändning och hållbara lösningar.« (party programme ↗)“services shall prioritize efficient energy use and sustainable solutions.”
• shifting freight transport»Tunga transporter behöver styras till järnväg och hållbar sjöfart.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Heavy transport needs to be steered to rail and sustainable shipping.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The party programme requires that transport systems be reorganized so that road transport is replaced by railway and sea freight, and that significant investments are made in regional labor markets. A regional procurement and mobility coordination is an organizational means for precisely this transition. The election manifesto also makes public procurers into leaders, which includes emissions in procured transport.

• reorganization of transport systemsdecisive»Transportsystemen ska läggas om för mer gång-, cykel- och kollektivtrafik och så att vägtransporter ersätts med järnvägstransporter och sjötrafik.« (party programme ↗)“Transport systems shall be reorganized for more walking, cycling and public transport and so that road transport is replaced by rail transport and sea freight.”
• procurers as leaders»Krafttag mot arbetslivskriminaliteten. Arbetslivs kriminalitet ska inte finnas på svensk arbetsmarknad och offentliga arbetsgivare och upphandlare ska vara föredömen i att verka för en sund konkurrens.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Action against labor crime. Labor crime shall not exist on the Swedish labor market and public employers and procurers shall be leaders in working for fair competition.”
• regional transport investments»Det behövs betydande satsningar på utbyggd kollektivtrafik, vägar och järnvägar, både för att gynna utvecklingen av regionala arbetsmarknader och för att underlätta näringslivets behov av snabba och säkra transporter.« (party programme ↗)“Significant investments are needed in expanded public transport, roads and railways, both to promote development of regional labor markets and to facilitate business's need for fast and safe transport.”

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The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan requires that environmental and quality aspects be weighed significantly more heavily in public procurement and that goods transport be conducted with environmentally adapted transport means to the greatest extent possible. Regional procurement coordination and a mobility-coordinating function intended to reduce emissions from procurement and transport serve that commitment and align with the plan's will to give regions increased responsibility. The plan therefore speaks for the requirement.

• environmental requirements in procurementdecisive»Vid offentliga upphandlingar ska miljö- och kvalitetsaspekterna viktas betydligt tyngre än i dag.« (party programme ↗)“In public procurement, environmental and quality aspects shall be weighted significantly more heavily than today.”
• environmentally adapted goods transport»Godstransporter ska så långt som möjligt utföras med miljöanpassade och energieffektiva transportmedel.« (party programme ↗)“Goods transport shall be conducted with environmentally adapted and energy-efficient transport means to the greatest extent possible.”
• regional responsibility»Miljöpartiet har en decentralistisk grundsyn som bland annat tar sig uttryck i att vi vill att regioner och kommuner ges ett ökat ansvar och inflytande över de politiska beslut som berör regionen och kommunen.« (party programme ↗)“The Greens have a decentralist outlook which is expressed, among other things, in that we want regions and municipalities to be given increased responsibility and influence over political decisions concerning the region and municipality.”
• expanded public transport»bygga ut kollektivtrafiken i hela landet, och gör det billigare att åka buss och tåg, särskilt för unga och pensionärer.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“expand public transport throughout the country, and make it cheaper to travel by bus and train, especially for young people and pensioners.”

The plan requires that transport emissions shall be gone and wants to decentralize infrastructure and growth policy so that inhabitants regionally get to determine important future issues. Regional coordination functions for procurement and mobility align with both these commitments. At the same time, the plan warns against measures that are not effective, so the support is weak and derived.

• away with transport emissionsdecisive»Transporternas utsläpp ska bort och ny utsläppsfri infrastruktur ska komma på plats.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Transport emissions must be gone and new emission-free infrastructure shall come into place.”
• regional influence over infrastructure»Genom att decentralisera makt och inflytande i frågor som arbetsmarknads-, infrastruktur- och tillväxtpolitik kan invånarna regionalt få råda över viktiga framtidsfrågor.« (party programme ↗)“By decentralizing power and influence in matters such as labour market, infrastructure and growth policy, inhabitants regionally can get to determine important future issues.”
• emission-free transport»Sveriges städer ska bli grönare. Utsläppsfria transporter, cyklar, elbilar och kollektivtrafik ska bli smidigare och attraktivare.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden's cities shall become greener. Emission-free transport, bicycles, electric cars and public transport shall become smoother and more attractive.”
• effective measures over symbolism»Ett ledarskap som prioriterar effektiva åtgärder framför symbolpolitik eller passivitet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Leadership that prioritizes effective measures over symbolic politics or passivity.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan holds firm on the view that general and technology-neutral economic instruments are the most effective tool against emissions, and distances itself from symbol politics. New regional coordination functions for procurement and mobility are an administrative construction that the plan neither calls for nor sees as efficient. The plan instead wants clear environmental and climate requirements to be able to be set in procurement, which partly points in the other direction.

• general instruments most effectivedecisive»såsom koldioxidskatt och handel med utsläppsrätter, är det mest effektiva redskapet« (party programme ↗)“such as carbon tax and emissions trading, is the most effective tool”
• no to symbol politics»Liberal miljöpolitik tar avstånd från symbolpolitik« (party programme ↗)“Liberal environmental policy distances itself from symbol politics”
• environmental requirements in procurement»tydliga miljö-, klimat- och hälsoskyddskrav kunna ställas« (party programme ↗)“clear environmental, climate and health protection requirements can be set”

The plan wants business policy to be conducted with general measures and for bureaucracy to be countered, and for politicians to resist the temptation to needlessly interfere. To establish new regional coordination functions for procurement and mobility is such an administrative expansion. The plan does however give support for policy instruments that stimulate environmentally efficient transport systems, which makes the conclusion uncertain.

• general business policy measuresdecisive»Näringspolitiken ska bedrivas med generella medel,« (party programme ↗)“Business policy shall be conducted with general measures,”
• politics shall not interfere»Politiker måste motstå frestelsen att i onödan« (party programme ↗)“Politicians must resist the temptation to needlessly”
• regional self-governance»regional nivå själva ansvarar för utvecklingsplaneringen« (party programme ↗)“regional level themselves are responsible for development planning”
• efficient transport systems»ska utformas så att de samhällsekonomiskt och miljömässigt mest effektiva kommunikationssystemen stimuleras.« (party programme ↗)“shall be designed so that the most economically and environmentally efficient communication systems are stimulated.”

The plan's approach to reducing transport emissions is electrification and expanded charging infrastructure, not new public coordination functions. Meanwhile, the plan promises to remove one-third of bureaucratic red tape and the party programme warns that a large state leads to a weaker society. Establishing regional procurement and mobility coordination functions therefore contradicts the plan's direction.

• electrification reduces emissionsdecisive»Vår politik syftar därför till att ställa om transportsektorn genom elektrifiering.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Our policy therefore aims to transform the transport sector through electrification.”
• expanded charging infrastructure»Bygga ut laddstolpar och laddstationer i hela landet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Build out charging points and charging stations throughout the country”
• limited state apparatus»En stor stat leder till ett svagare samhälle.« (party programme ↗)“A large state leads to a weaker society.”
• reduced bureaucratic red tape»Ta bort en tredjedel av företagens administrationskostnader och en tredjedel av regelkrånglet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove one-third of companies' administrative costs and one-third of bureaucratic red tape”

The counter-proposal demands two new regional coordination functions to reduce emissions from procurement and transport. The plan instead wants to merge authorities, stop waste and let climate measures be guided by what delivers the most emissions reduction per kronor invested rather than by new administrative superstructures. The programme's requirement for a minimum of bureaucracy points in the same direction.

• fewer authority functionsdecisive»Stoppa slöseriet inom myndigheterna och slå samman myndigheter« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop waste within authorities and merge authorities”
• cost-effective climate policy»Satsa på åtgärder som minskar utsläppen mest per satsad krona som t ex internationella klimatinvesteringar« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Invest in measures that reduce emissions most per kronor invested such as international climate investments”
• criticism of authority growth»Antalet myndigheter blir ständigt fler och politiska prestigeprojekt, som höghastighetståg och EU-fonder, prioriteras före medborgarnyttan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The number of authorities constantly increases and political prestige projects, such as high-speed trains and EU funds, are prioritized before citizen benefit.”
• least possible bureaucracy»minimum av byråkrati skall genomsyra all offentlig verksamhet.« (party programme ↗)“minimum of bureaucracy shall permeate all public activities.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.