Impact assessments on certain areas

The plan establishes that the transition shall be carried out fairly and that the state has a special responsibility to ensure that the country is sufficiently self-sufficient in foodstuffs. The counter-proposal's requirement for impact analyses of competitiveness for agriculture, forestry and fishing before the system comes into force follows from that: closures and increased food imports go against the plan's commitments regarding agriculture's long-term sustainability. The plan also requires a holistic view of the forest's role, which speaks for the effects to be illuminated in advance.

• self-sufficiency in foodstuffsdecisive»att landet är tillräckligt självförsörjande« (party programme ↗)“that the country is sufficiently self-sufficient”
• fair transition»ser till att omställningen genomförs rättvist och bygger upp ett starkt« (party programme ↗)“ensures that the transition is carried out fairly and builds up a strong”
• agriculture's long-term sustainability»Jordbrukets långsiktiga hållbarhet är viktig för både ekosystemen och« (party programme ↗)“Agriculture's long-term sustainability is important for both the ecosystems and”
• holistic view of forestry»Hur vi använder skogen har stora och komplexa konsekvenser, som« (party programme ↗)“How we use the forest has major and complex consequences, which”

The plan's climate line is that the transition should work for ordinary people and be conducted without damaging Swedish competitiveness, while pricing of emissions is welcomed. The counter-proposal retains joint pricing but wants the consequences for agriculture, forestry and fishing to be clarified before the system takes effect, which is close to the party programme's demands for sustainable agriculture and safe food. The plan therefore supports the demand for supplementary control measures and impact assessments.

• climate policy for ordinary peopledecisive»Sverige ska ha en klimatpolitik som fungerar för vanligt folk« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden shall have a climate policy that works for ordinary people”
• protect Swedish competitiveness»Inflationen och den ekonomiska osäkerheten riskerar att skada svensk konkurrenskraft.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Inflation and economic uncertainty risk damaging Swedish competitiveness.”
• sustainable agriculture and safe food»kraven på ekologisk uthålligt åkerbruk och säkra livsmedel.« (party programme ↗)“demands for ecologically sustainable agriculture and safe food.”
• climate framework fixed»Det klimatpolitiska ramverket ska ligga fast.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The climate policy framework shall remain fixed.”

The plan states that Swedish environmental and climate requirements shall not knock out Swedish agriculture and instead favor production with lower requirements, and that Sweden shall have a viable agriculture with good competitiveness. It is the same matter the counter-proposal raises: that the competitive effects of the emissions trading scheme for agriculture, forestry and fisheries shall be illuminated before the system begins to apply. The demand for a just transition with supplementary policy instruments aligns with the manifesto's heading on a fast and just climate transition. The plan therefore supports the counter-proposal.

• environmental requirements must not knock out agriculturedecisive»Det är inte rimligt att de svenska kraven för miljön, klimatet och god djurhållning slår ut svenskt jordbruk och i stället gynnar jordbruk där miljökraven är lägre och djuren behandlas sämre.« (party programme ↗)“It is not reasonable that Swedish requirements for the environment, climate and good animal husbandry knock out Swedish agriculture and instead favor agriculture where environmental requirements are lower and animals are treated worse.”
• viable agriculture with competitiveness»Sverige ska ha ett livskraftigt jordbruk i hela landet med god konkurrenskraft.« (party programme ↗)“Sweden shall have viable agriculture throughout the country with good competitiveness.”
• increased self-sufficiency in basic foodstuffs»stärka det svenska jordbruket för ökad självförsörjning med baslivsmedel, och stödja övergången till ett ekologiskt och hållbart jordbruk med fossiloberoende arbetsmaskiner.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“strengthen Swedish agriculture for increased self-sufficiency in basic foodstuffs, and support the transition to ecological and sustainable agriculture with fossil-free working machines.”
• just climate transition»En snabb och rättvis klimatomställning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“A fast and just climate transition”

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 puts the green industries' competitiveness at the center: agriculture's competitiveness should be strengthened both within the EU and against the rest of the world, food production should increase and forestry should have good conditions. Highlighting how the expanded emissions trading affects competitiveness in agriculture, forestry and fisheries before the system comes into effect follows from these commitments. However, the plan does not mention impact assessments as a tool, so the support is derived.

• green industries' competitivenessdecisive»Vi vill stärka de gröna näringarnas konkurrenskraft.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to strengthen the green industries' competitiveness.”
• agriculture's international competitiveness»Det svenska lantbrukets konkurrenskraft, både inom EU och gentemot övriga världen, ska förstärkas.« (party programme ↗)“Swedish agriculture's competitiveness, both within the EU and against the rest of the world, should be strengthened.”
• increased food production»En långsiktigt hållbar livsmedelsförsörjning med ökad försörjningstrygghet och ökad matproduktion kräver regelförenklingar och skattesänkningar« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Long-term sustainable food supply with increased supply security and increased food production requires regulatory simplification and tax cuts”
• good forestry conditions»Skogsbruket behöver goda förutsättningar grundade i en stark äganderätt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Forestry needs good conditions based on strong property rights.”

The plan accepts pricing of emissions but simultaneously requires that increased environmental taxes and abolished subsidies be compensated so that business competitiveness is retained. To highlight competitiveness effects for agriculture, forestry and fishing before the system takes effect follows from that commitment, as does forest policy's two equal goals. That agriculture should bear its own climate costs remains however as a limit to how far compensation can go.

• retained competitivenessdecisive»Höjningar av miljöskatter och slopade subventioner ska kompenseras med skattesänkningar« (party programme ↗)“Increases in environmental taxes and abolished subsidies shall be compensated with tax cuts”
• production and environment equal»Den svenska skogspolitiken ska vila på två jämställda mål, produktionsmålet och miljömålet.« (party programme ↗)“Swedish forest policy shall rest on two equal goals, the production goal and the environmental goal.”
• agriculture bears its climate costs»Jordbruket ska i likhet med andra sektorer bära sina egna miljö- och klimatkostnader« (party programme ↗)“Agriculture should, like other sectors, bear its own environmental and climate costs”
• EU as climate arena»EU-samarbetet är vårt viktigaste instrument för att driva på miljöarbetet.« (party programme ↗)“EU cooperation is our most important instrument for driving environmental work.”

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 election manifesto commits to regulatory changes and cost reductions for Swedish agriculture to increase self-sufficiency and strengthen competitiveness. The party programme requires that agricultural industries are given equivalent competitive conditions against other countries and that energy taxes are designed so that business competitiveness is not hollowed out. To highlight the consequences for agriculture, forestry and fisheries before emissions trading is expanded thus follows from the plan.

• strengthened agriculture competitivenessdecisive»Regeländringar och kostnadslättnader för svenskt lantbruk för att öka Sveriges självförsörjning och stärka lantbrukets konkurrenskraft.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Regulatory changes and cost reductions for Swedish agriculture to increase Sweden's self-sufficiency and strengthen agriculture's competitiveness”
• equivalent competitive conditions»näringar ges likvärdiga konkurrensvillkor gentemot« (party programme ↗)“industries are given equivalent competitive conditions against”
• value competitiveness»hänsyn till förhållanden i omvärlden för att inte näringslivets konkurrenskraft ska urholkas.« (party programme ↗)“consideration of conditions in the world to prevent business competitiveness from being hollowed out”
• family farm as base»familjejordbruk bör även i fortsättningen vara basen i« (party programme ↗)“family farms should continue to be the base in”

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 establishes that agriculture's profitability is already heavily strained, that self-sufficiency must increase and that domestic food production shall be strengthened while the regulatory burden decreases. A requirement that competition effects for agriculture, forestry and fishing be highlighted before new costs are placed on aligns directly with this line, because the plan sees increased costs and closed farms as a vulnerability problem. Consequence analyses as an instrument are not mentioned, hence derived coverage.

• increased self-sufficiencydecisive»Det nya säkerhetsläget i Europa gör att vi som land måste minska vår sårbarhet och öka vår självförsörjningsgrad.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The new security situation in Europe means we as a country must reduce our vulnerability and increase our self-sufficiency.”
• agriculture's profitability»Samtidigt vittnar bönder om att det inte lönar sig att så inför sommarsäsongen. Det är ohållbart.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Farmers meanwhile report that it does not pay to sow before summer. This is unsustainable.”
• strengthened food production»Stärka jordbruket för att öka den inhemska produktionen av livsmedel« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen agriculture to increase domestic food production”
• reduced regulatory burden»Minska antalet regler för jordbruket och korta handläggningstider för miljötillstånd« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reduce the number of rules for agriculture and shorten processing times for environmental permits”

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 explicitly warns that stricter Swedish emission requirements than the rest of the world undermine Swedish industries and produce globally counterproductive results, and it wants to increase agriculture's competitiveness and self-sufficiency in food. The counter-proposal's demand that consequences for agriculture, forestry and fisheries be illuminated before the system takes effect follows directly from that prioritization. The plan therefore supports the demand.

• no special requirements that undermine industriesdecisive»Strängare miljö- och utsläppskrav i Sverige jämfört med i omvärlden riskerar ofta att slå ut svenska näringar och få globalt kontraproduktiva resultat när det kommer till de mål kraven syftar till att uppnå.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stricter environmental and emission requirements in Sweden compared to the rest of the world risk often undermining Swedish industries and producing globally counterproductive results when it comes to the goals the requirements aim to achieve.”
• agriculture's competitiveness»Öka det svenska jordbrukets konkurrenskraft och Sveriges självförsörjning av livsmedel« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase Swedish agriculture's competitiveness and Sweden's self-sufficiency in food”
• compensation for Swedish special requirements»Svenska särkrav för miljöskydd och djurvälfärd gör dessutom ofta inhemsk produktion dyrare än konkurrenternas utan att svenska lantbrukare kompenseras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Swedish special requirements for environmental protection and animal welfare also often make domestic production more expensive than competitors' without Swedish farmers being compensated.”
• stop industry-hostile symbolic politics»Stoppa symbolpolitik som går ut över möjligheten att bedriva industri och näring« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop symbolic politics that harms the ability to operate industry and business”

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.