Gotland traffic

The plan establishes that it is high time to take back the socially important activities and infrastructure that have been privatised and that the state must increase its control over infrastructure. It counts infrastructure among the key sectors where collective ownership should be strengthened and wants to see long-term investment plans instead of recurring procurement. Treating ferry traffic like state infrastructure with state-owned vessels follows directly from this.

• take back privatised infrastructuredecisive»Det är hög tid att agera och ta tillbaka den samhällsviktiga verksamhet och infrastruktur som har privatiserats.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It is high time to act and take back the socially important activities and infrastructure that have been privatised.”
• state control of infrastructure»Staten måste öka sin kontroll över infrastruktur och resurser som behövs för att genomföra klimatomställningen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The state must increase its control over infrastructure and resources needed to carry out the climate transition.”
• collective ownership in key sectors»strategiska naturtillgångar, energiförsörjning, infrastruktur, bostadsproduktion och den finansiella sektorn.« (party programme ↗)“strategic natural resources, energy supply, infrastructure, housing production and the financial sector.”
• long-term transport planning»Det behövs en omfattande och långsiktig investeringsplan för det,« (party programme ↗)“A comprehensive and long-term investment plan is needed for this,”

The plan requires democratic control over societally critical functions and sees privatization of emergency-critical functions as a risk to the country's resilience, which bears the counter-proposal's requirement that Gotland traffic be equated with state infrastructure and run in state operation. The plan also wants the maintenance of transport infrastructure to mainly occur in state operation and travel throughout the country to be facilitated. Ferry traffic to Gotland is not mentioned, so the assessment is derived.

• democratic control over infrastructuredecisive»Demokratisk kontroll över välfärden och samhällsviktiga funktioner.« (party programme ↗)“Democratic control over welfare and societally critical functions.”
• infrastructure for total defence reasons»Stark infrastruktur för stärkt beredskap.« (party programme ↗)“Strong infrastructure for strengthened preparedness.”
• state operation in infrastructure»Förbättrat underhåll av vägar och järnvägar, huvudsakligen i statlig regi.« (party programme ↗)“Improved maintenance of roads and railways, mainly in state operation.”
• reasonable travel options throughout the country»Ökade möjligheter för människor att resa kollektivt i hela landet.« (party programme ↗)“Increased opportunities for people to travel collectively throughout the country.”

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's vision is sustainable and cheap travel across the country, from archipelago to inland, with equivalent welfare regardless of where one lives. A ferry connection that is the island's only link to the mainland falls under that principle, and the plan moreover requires that society secures control of critical infrastructure in crises. To equate the traffic with state infrastructure thus lies in the plan's line, even if precisely Gotland traffic is not mentioned.

• cheap travel across the countrydecisive»Miljöpartiets vision är hållbara och billiga resor i hela landet, med rätt lösning på rätt« (party programme ↗)“the Greens' vision is sustainable and cheap travel across the country, with the right solution for the right”
• all the country shall live»Hela Sverige ska leva – från glesbygd till storstad och från skärgård till inland.« (party programme ↗)“All of Sweden shall live – from countryside to city and from archipelago to inland.”
• equivalent welfare»Alla ska ha tillgång till likvärdig välfärd« (party programme ↗)“Everyone shall have access to equivalent welfare”
• control of critical infrastructure»kritisk infrastruktur och att välfärd, kommunikation, vatten, energiproduktion och elnät« (party programme ↗)“critical infrastructure and that welfare, communication, water, energy production and power grid”

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 addresses regional communications as something that holds the country together and requires reliable infrastructure everywhere and strengthened preparedness. A ferry connection that is Gotland's only land link falls under that principle, which speaks for a long-term solution and reasonable prices. That the vessels should be owned and operated in state control, however, lies far from the plan's market view, which lowers confidence.

• communications hold the country togetherdecisive»Det regionala flyget håller ihop Sverige. Flyginfrastrukturen ska fungera i hela landet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Regional aviation holds Sweden together. The aviation infrastructure shall function throughout the country.”
• reliable infrastructure throughout the country»Hela landet ska ha tillgång till en pålitlig infrastruktur, snabbt bredband och pålitlig mobiltäckning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The whole country shall have access to reliable infrastructure, fast broadband and reliable mobile coverage.”
• total defence needs»Även det civila försvaret är livsviktigt. Vi måste rusta civilförsvaret och samhällets beredskap inför krig och kris.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Civil defence too is vital. We must strengthen civil defence and society's preparedness for war and crisis.”

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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 establishes that the public shall only run business operations when there is a strong public interest, that the state shall not own airlines and that public operations shall not crowd out functioning private alternatives. State-owned and operated ferries go against this. The plan instead favours fee-financing to raise the investment rate.

• restrictive state business ownershipdecisive»Det offentliga ska endast driva affärsverksamhet om det finns ett starkt samhällsintresse.« (party programme ↗)“The public shall only run business operations if there is a strong public interest.”
• the state shall not own transport companies»Staten ska inte äga flygbolag, banker och telebolag.« (party programme ↗)“The state shall not own airlines, banks and telephone companies.”
• do not crowd out private alternatives»offentliga ska inte driva verksamheter som tränger ut fungerande privata alternativ eller« (party programme ↗)“public shall not run operations that crowd out functioning private alternatives or”
• fee-financed infrastructure»För att höja investeringstakten ska fler nya projekt kunna avgiftsfinansieras.« (party programme ↗)“To raise the investment rate, more new projects should be able to be financed through fees.”

The plan divides responsibility: the public sector is responsible for transport system infrastructure, but the actual traffic should be conducted in competition. The requirement that vessels be owned and operated under state control thereby contradicts the plan's explicit line, which further is based on a well-functioning market economy presupposing effective competition. The plan's commitment regarding public responsibility for regionally significant traffic that does not come about on commercial grounds concerns maintaining the traffic, not public ownership of vessels.

• traffic in competitiondecisive»Själva trafiken bör bedrivas i konkurrens.« (party programme ↗)“The actual traffic should be conducted in competition.”
• public infrastructure responsibility»Det offentliga samhället har ansvar för trafiksystemens utveckling och dess infrastruktur.« (party programme ↗)“The public society has responsibility for the development of transport systems and their infrastructure.”
• effective competition»En väl fungerande marknadsekonomi förutsätter en effektiv konkurrens, stabila institutioner« (party programme ↗)“A well-functioning market economy presupposes effective competition, stable institutions”
• public responsibility for regional traffic»ansvar att upprätthålla ett system av nationella och regionala flygplatser liksom regionalt« (party programme ↗)“responsibility to maintain a system of national and regional airports as well as regionally”

The plan is based on market economy and private ownership and prefers to reduce rather than expand state ownership. That the state should own and operate the ferries to Gotland directly is therefore incompatible with the plan's view of the state's role. The plan acknowledges preparedness needs, but solves them through planning of civil defense rather than through state-owned shipping.

• market economy and private ownershipdecisive»Grunden för Sveriges välstånd är en marknadsekonomi baserad« (party programme ↗)“The foundation for Sweden's prosperity is a market economy based”
• limited state operations»En stor stat leder till ett svagare samhälle.« (party programme ↗)“A large state leads to a weaker society.”
• reduced state ownership»Sälja av en större andel av statliga Sveaskogs innehav till personer med regional anknytning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sell off a larger share of Sveaskog's state holdings to persons with regional connection”
• preparedness through civil defense»Säkra en långsiktig planering för det civila försvaret« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Ensure long-term planning for civil defense”

The counter-proposal wants the Gotland ferries put on equal footing with a fixed land connection and operated in state management for total defense reasons. The party programme states that state and municipality must retain significant influence over infrastructure and public transport to guarantee society services at reasonable cost throughout the country, and the election manifesto counts shipping as part of total defense. The demand follows from these commitments.

• society's control over infrastructuredecisive»behålla ett betydande mått av inflytande över infrastruktur och kollektivtrafik.« (party programme ↗)“maintain significant influence over infrastructure and public transport.”
• all of Sweden shall live»Principen om att hela Sverige skall leva är mycket viktig för Sverigedemokraterna.« (party programme ↗)“The principle that all of Sweden shall live is very important to Sweden Democrats.”
• shipping as part of total defense»Vi behöver även stärka den svenska sjöfarten för att säkra arbets- och utbildningstillfällen men inte minst för att sjöfarten är en del av totalförsvaret.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We also need to strengthen Swedish shipping to secure work and educational opportunities but not least because shipping is part of total defense.”
• policy for the whole country»Bedriva en politik för hela Sverige« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Pursue a policy for all of Sweden”

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.