Study allowance for further education and retraining

The plan stipulates that education shall not depend on wallet thickness and that study grants shall be raised, which speaks against the loan fund bearing the cost of a new adjustment support through increased interest. The election manifesto also binds the party to defending strong employment law legislation, which undermines the reason that loan-takers should pay for a settlement that worsens employment protection. The counter-proposal's requirement thus aligns with the plan's commitments.

• education independent of economicsdecisive»Det måste bli lättare att utbilda sig efter grundskolan oavsett vem du är, tjockleken på din plånbok eller var i landet du bor« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It must become easier to get educated after compulsory school regardless of who you are, the thickness of your wallet or where in the country you live”
• raised study support»Studiemedlen ska höjas« (party programme ↗)“Study grants shall be raised”
• strong employment protection»Vänsterpartiet kommer att fortsätta försvara förhandlingsrätten och en stark arbetsrättslagstiftning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party will continue to defend the right to bargain and strong employment law legislation”
• funded higher education»Vänsterpartiet vill värna universitetens oberoende och finansiering och höja studiestödet så att fler kan välja att vidareutbilda sig« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party wants to protect universities' independence and funding and raise study support so more can choose to pursue further education”

The plan's principle is that higher education in public administration shall be free and that the tax system, not individual borrowers, shall finance welfare and future investments. Letting the loan collective pay for transition study support through increased interest is in conflict with this, and study financing should instead be adapted to lifelong learning. However, the counter-proposal's simultaneous rejection of the parties' agreement is not in line with the plan's confidence in the multi-stakeholder model.

• free higher educationdecisive»ska vara avgiftsfria liksom högskoleutbildning i samhällelig regi.« (party programme ↗)“shall be free as well as higher education in public administration.”
• taxation finances welfare»Skattesystemets viktigaste uppgift är att finansiera vår välfärd och nödvändiga« (party programme ↗)“The most important role of the tax system is to finance our welfare and necessary”
• study support for lifelong learning»Utbildningssektorn och studiefinansieringssystemet måste avpassas för« (party programme ↗)“The education sector and study finance system must be adapted for”
• prioritize those with short education»Särskild uppmärksamhet ska ägnas de med kort grundutbildning.« (party programme ↗)“Special attention shall be paid to those with short basic education.”

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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's core commitment is that higher education should be free and that student support should be raised, not that students themselves should bear the cost of new support through higher interest rates. Allowing the loan collective to finance transition studies support contradicts the principle that those with the most resources should contribute more. Therefore the plan supports the requirement for a restored interest rate model and alternative financing.

• free higher educationdecisive»En grundläggande princip är att all högre utbildning ska vara« (party programme ↗)“A fundamental principle is that all higher education should be”
• strengthened student support»höja studiestödet och förbättra studenters a-kassa och sjukförsäkring« (2022 manifesto ↗)“raise student support and improve students' unemployment insurance and health insurance”
• sufficient student grants»annat ska studiemedlen vara tillräckligt höga, det« (party programme ↗)“otherwise student grants should be sufficiently high,”
• the strongest contribute more»att de med mest pengar, som också orsakar större utsläpp, ska bidra mer till omställningen och välfärden genom en progressiv beskattning av kapital« (2022 manifesto ↗)“that those with the most money, who also cause greater emissions, should contribute more to the transition and welfare through progressive taxation of capital”

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 defends the labour market reform that the counter-proposal describes as a deterioration of employment protection and highlights it as its own success. It also requires that it become cheaper and easier to hire and excludes tax increases that harm jobs, which speaks against financing transition study support through employers. The plan sees further training as something the state shall encourage, not as a requirement on companies.

• defended labour market reformdecisive»Den senaste mandatperioden drev Centerpartiet igenom en historisk arbetsmarknadsreform som innebär större flexibilitet för företagen och bättre omställningsmöjligheter för medarbetare.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“In the last term the Centre Party pushed through a historic labour market reform that means greater flexibility for companies and better transition opportunities for employees.”
• lower costs to hire»Det måste bli billigare och lättare att anställa, särskilt personer som står långt från arbetsmarknaden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It must become cheaper and easier to hire, especially people who are far from the labour market.”
• no job-harming charges»Vi kommer inte att medverka till några skattehöjningar som skadar jobben, det egna sparandet eller gör det dyrare att bo.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We will not participate in any tax increases that harm jobs, personal savings or make housing more expensive.”
• encouraged, not mandatory further training»Staten bör uppmuntra och gynna enskildas och arbetsgivares investeringar i, och sparande till, fortbildning och kompetensutveckling.« (party programme ↗)“The state should encourage and favour individuals' and employers' investments in, and saving for, further training and skills development.”

The counter-proposal is based on the fact that the labor agreement worsens employment protection and that employers should therefore bear the financing. The plan wants instead to reform labor law so that seniority rules are based on competence, and that it becomes easier and cheaper to employ through lower employer fees. Restructuring should according to the plan be strengthened through the individual's own opportunities for skills development, not through new burdens on employers. The plan does, however, want to ease the burden on borrowers through a CSN pause.

• las based on competencedecisive»Turordningsreglerna i lagen om anställningsskydd (Las) ska utgå ifrån kompetens, inte« (party programme ↗)“Seniority rules in the Employment Protection Act (Las) should be based on competence, not”
• lower employer fees»Därför vill vi att det ska bli enklare och billigare att anställa genom att arbetsgivaravgifterna sänks för både småföretagare och för dem som vill anställa unga.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Therefore we want it to be easier and cheaper to hire through reducing employer fees for both small business owners and for those who want to hire young people.”
• individual's own restructuring»Anställda ska kunna gå ner i lön och arbetstid för att kompetensutveckla sig på deltid.« (party programme ↗)“Employees should be able to reduce wages and working hours to develop competence on a part-time basis.”
• relief for student loan borrowers»vill vi dessutom införa en femårig CSN-paus« (2022 manifesto ↗)“we also want to introduce a five-year CSN pause”

The plan requires a clear and long-term sustainable study support system and restraint in public expenditure. It places the setting of conditions on the labour market parties with a clear division of responsibility towards the state and wants employment protection to be reasonable without harming small companies. Placing the financing on employers instead and restoring the earlier interest model has no support in the plan.

• long-term sustainable study supportdecisive»Studiestödssystemet ska vara överblickbart och långsiktigt hållbart.« (party programme ↗)“Study support system shall be clear and long-term sustainable.”
• clear division of responsibility parties–state»En klar rollfördelning ska upprätthållas mellan dessa och staten.« (party programme ↗)“A clear division of responsibility shall be maintained between these and the state.”
• reasonable employment protection»Den arbetsrättsliga lagstiftningen ska ge ett rimligt anställningsskydd för arbetstagaren« (party programme ↗)“The employment law legislation shall provide reasonable employment protection for the employee”
• restraint in expenditure»Sparandet i den svenska ekonomin måste hållas högt genom hushållssparande och genom återhållsamhet i de offentliga utgifterna.« (party programme ↗)“Savings in the Swedish economy must be kept high through household savings and through restraint in public expenditure.”

The counter-proposal wants to shift financing of the transition study support to employers and restore the earlier interest model. The plan's crucial commitment goes in the opposite direction: employment costs should be sharply reduced and total taxes must not be raised, while all new reforms must be financed or fit within the surplus target. The plan therefore does not support the demand.

• lower employment costsdecisive»Kraftigt sänka anställningskostnaderna för den som anställer nyanlända och långtidsarbetslösa« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sharply reduce employment costs for those who hire newly arrived and long-term unemployed”
• tax-raise freeze»Införa ett skattehöjarstopp under den kommande mandatperioden som innebär att de samlade skatterna inte höjs« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce a tax-raise freeze during the coming term of office which means that total taxes will not be raised”
• financed reforms»Alla nya löften och reformer – som till exempel våra inkomstskattesänkningar – behöver finansieras eller rymmas inom överskottsmålet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“All new commitments and reforms – such as our income tax cuts – need to be financed or fit within the surplus target.”
• profitable to educate oneself»att investera i kunskap i vårt land« (party programme ↗)“to invest in knowledge in our country”

The plan sees further education and transition as a public commitment within labour market policy, not something employers should finance, and instead wants to lower employer contributions and other costs of hiring. The plan also defends the Swedish party model, which speaks against the counter-proposal's premise that the parties' agreement should be justified with new burdens on employers. The plan does not address the committee's reasons about the interest model and risk premium on student loans.

• public responsibility for transitiondecisive»Det offentliga bör som en del av arbetsmarknadspolitiken tillgodose behovet av vidareutbildning och omställning för den som behöver byta yrke under livets gång.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The public should, as part of labour market policy, meet the need for further education and transition for those who need to change occupation during their lifetime.”
• lowered employer costs»Vidare behöver kostnader för arbetsgivaravgift och sjuklöner sänkas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Further, the costs of employer contributions and sick pay need to be lowered.”
• easier to hire»Göra det lättare att anställa och skapa bästa förutsättningar för svensk industri« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Make it easier to hire and create the best conditions for Swedish industry”
• defend the party model»Försvara den svenska modellen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Defend the Swedish model”