Party financing

The plan means that capital's power must be broken for democracy to deepen and that the economic elite have gained too much influence over politics. Reviewing legislation on party financing, including shell arrangements, anonymous contributions and criminal liability, precisely limits money's hidden influence. The plan also raises scrutiny of those in power and public transparency as democracy's foundations, but does not mention party financing.

• break capital's powerdecisive»Kapitalets makt måste brytas för att demokratin ska kunna« (party programme ↗)“Capital's power must be broken for democracy to”
• economic elite has ruled»De som är ansvariga för att det ser ut så här är de politiker och den ekonomiska elit som styrt Sverige.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Those responsible for how things look are the politicians and the economic elite who have ruled Sweden.”
• scrutiny of those in power»delta i offentlig debatt, granska makthavarna och« (party programme ↗)“participate in public debate, scrutinize those in power and”
• public transparency as democracy's foundation»föreningsfriheten, yttrande- och tryckfriheten, offentlighetsprincipen« (party programme ↗)“freedom of association, freedom of expression and of the press, the principle of public access to official records”

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 tax principle is simplicity and clarity in the regulatory framework and broad tax bases, which speaks for a review that reduces arbitrary distinctions between VAT rates. At the same time, the plan wants to make culture accessible to all regardless of income, which supports retaining the reduced cultural VAT rate. The structure of the VAT rates is not explicitly addressed, so the support is derived.

• simple rules and broad tax basesdecisive»Partierna ska vara skyldiga att öppet redovisa de bidrag de erhåller från utomstående organisationer, intressen och företag.« (party programme ↗)“Simplicity and clarity in the regulatory framework, broad tax bases and that all earned income and compensation are taxed equally are fundamental principles.”
• culture accessible to all»Inget är så förödande för tilltron till det demokratiska styrelseskicket som förekomsten av bestickningar och mutor i syfte att påverka besluten eller genomförandet av dem.« (party programme ↗)“Cultural policy aims to make the various forms of artistic expression accessible to everyone, children and adults, throughout the country.”
• taxation finances welfare»De förtroendevalda politikerna ska vara skyldiga att redovisa sina övriga uppdrag.« (party programme ↗)“The most important role of the tax system is to finance our welfare and necessary future investments.”
• living cultural life»Den demokratiska processen och samhällsförvaltningen måste bygga på offentlighet och insyn.« (party programme ↗)“Sweden shall have a living, free and independent cultural life that both strengthens community and challenges.”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The party programme demands a law requiring parties and individual candidates to disclose their donors and states that all forms of corruption must be combated, especially in the political sphere. Information about front companies and anonymous donations directly address that commitment. A review of party financing legislation is therefore supported on substance.

• public party donorsdecisive»partier och enskilda kandidater ska offentliggöra« (party programme ↗)“parties and individual candidates should disclose”
• corruption combated in politics»måste motarbetas. Det gäller inte minst inom den« (party programme ↗)“must be combated. This especially applies to the”
• power of economic interests balanced»därför ska lobbyismen regleras och ekonomiska intressens makt balanseras av aktiva« (party programme ↗)“therefore lobbying should be regulated and the power of economic interests should be balanced by active”

The election manifesto explicitly states that rules for financing political parties should be tightened and that parties' resilience against external influence and infiltration should be strengthened. Reports of circumventing the rules through shell company arrangements and anonymous donations hit precisely this commitment. The plan also wants to tighten rules against corruption and increase transparency.

• tightened rules for party financingdecisive»Reglerna för finansiering av politiska partier bör skärpas och deras motståndskraft mot yttre påverkan och infiltration rustas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Rules for financing political parties should be tightened and their resilience against external influence and infiltration should be strengthened.”
• tightened anti-corruption rules»Sverige ska bli ännu mer transparent. Vi vill inrätta en antikorruptionsmyndighet, skärpa regler mot korruption och införa ett lobbyregister.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden should become even more transparent. We want to establish an anti-corruption authority, tighten rules against corruption and introduce a lobbying register.”
• transparency against corruption»Öppenhet och transparens är grundförutsättningar för frihet, demokrati och för att förhindra korruption och övergrepp.« (party programme ↗)“Openness and transparency are fundamental prerequisites for freedom, democracy and to prevent corruption and abuse.”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The party programme requires that parties' obligation to disclose sources of funding is regulated in law, which carries the requirement for a review of legislation on party finance with investigation of front-company arrangements and anonymous donations. The plan also requires that no tax funds go to activities that work against fundamental democratic values and wants to strengthen monitoring of donations. The question of criminal responsibility is not addressed, so the conclusion is partly derived.

• legally regulated party financedecisive»Partiernas skyldighet att redovisa källorna för sin« (party programme ↗)“Parties' obligation to disclose the sources of their”
• no funds for anti-democrats»Inga skattemedel ska gå till verksamheter som vill förändra det demokratiska samhället med våld« (party programme ↗)“No tax funds shall go to activities that want to change the democratic society with violence”
• stop hidden financing»Vi vill både stärka uppföljningen av bidragsgivning och stoppa dold finansiering« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want both to strengthen monitoring of donations and stop hidden financing”
• protect democracy»Grundlagsskyddet för demokratin och de individuella fri- och rättigheterna ska vara starkt.« (party programme ↗)“Constitutional protection of democracy and individual civil liberties and rights shall be strong.”

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 makes honesty one of the values politics should promote, and the plan holds the principle of openness central to an open democracy with the opportunity to demand accountability. Reports of parties trying to circumvent the rules on party financing hit exactly this, and the plan requires that decided rules are upheld and crimes prosecuted. A review with investigation of straw-man arrangements and anonymous donations thus follows from the plan.

• honesty as a political valuedecisive»främja goda värden som medmänsklighet ansvarstagande, förvaltarskap, hederlighet, måttfullhet och jämställdhet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“promote good values such as compassion, responsibility, stewardship, honesty, moderation and equality”
• principle of openness»Offentlighetsprincipen, det vill säga tillgången till« (party programme ↗)“The principle of openness, that is, access to”
• rules must be upheld»Alla brott ska effektivt och utan undantag beivras« (party programme ↗)“All crimes shall be actively and without exception prosecuted”
• guard against abuse of power»för maktmissbruk, elitism och i förlängningen någon« (party programme ↗)“for abuse of power, elitism and ultimately some”

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 foundations of democracy need to be strengthened and that all exercise of public power should be governed by law and united with responsibility. Reviewing the legislation on party financing when rules are circumvented through shell arrangements and anonymous contributions, with criminal liability considered, is in line with that stance. However, the plan does not directly address party financing.

• strengthened democratic foundationsdecisive»Demokratins grundvalar behöver stärkas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The foundations of democracy need to be strengthened.”
• responsibility can be demanded»Skärpa tjänstemannaansvaret så att du som skattebetalare vet att med all offentlig maktutövning följer ett ansvar för de beslut som fattas« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Tighten civil service responsibility so you as a taxpayer know that responsibility follows with all exercise of public power for the decisions made”
• exercise of power governed by law»All offentlig maktutövning ska vara lagstyrd och vägledas av« (party programme ↗)“All exercise of public power should be governed by law and guided by”

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 both fraud and systems that encourage fraud and corruption be counteracted and that transparency and the possibility of accountability increase. A review of party financing legislation with investigation of shell arrangements and anonymous donations is an application of this, in line with the requirement to stop hidden foreign funding of organisations. The committee's reasoning that work is already underway is not addressed.

• counteract fraud and corruptiondecisive»Både fusk och sådana system som tenderar att locka till fusk och korruption ska motverkas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Both fraud and systems that tend to encourage fraud and corruption shall be counteracted.”
• transparency and accountability»Tjänstemannaansvar ska införas och åtgärder ska genomföras för att öka transparensen och möjligheten att utkräva politiskt ansvarsutkrävande.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Civil servant liability shall be introduced and measures shall be implemented to increase transparency and the possibility of political accountability.”
• strengthened accountability»Sverigedemokraterna vill stärka möjligheter för ansvarsutkrävande när hanteringen av de offentliga resurserna brister.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Sweden Democrats wish to strengthen opportunities for accountability when the management of public resources falls short.”
• stopped foreign funding»Hindra utländsk finansiering av extremistiska trossamfund och organisationer« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Prevent foreign funding of extremist religious communities and organisations”

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.