Supervision and Intervention

The plan wants stricter regulation of banks' socially impactful activities and for the state to secure socially important functions in the financial sector. An obligation to accept cash becomes ineffective without a supervision mechanism that ensures compliance. The plan therefore supports the counter-proposal's demand to develop such a mechanism promptly.

• stricter bank regulationdecisive»Tills dess behövs en hårdare reglering av bankernas« (party programme ↗)“Until then, stricter regulation of banks'”
• secure socially important services»ett starkare ägande i finanssektorn kan staten säkra samhällsviktiga« (party programme ↗)“stronger ownership in the financial sector, the state can secure socially important”
• services everywhere»Skola, vård, omsorg och annan service behöver fungera överallt.« (party programme ↗)“School, healthcare, care and other services need to work everywhere.”

The plan says nothing about oversight of a cash rule, but it requires ongoing democratic control over societally vital functions and wants to abolish systems that lead to lack of control. From that nearly adjacent principle follows that a new duty ought to be accompanied by an oversight mechanism. The conclusion is derived, not expressed.

• control over societally vital functionsdecisive»Demokratisk kontroll över välfärden och samhällsviktiga funktioner.« (party programme ↗)“Democratic control over welfare and societally vital functions.”
• no systems without control»Avskaffande av system som leder till bristande kontroll, läckage av skattemedel,« (party programme ↗)“Abolishment of systems that lead to lack of control, leakage of tax funds,”
• strengthened crisis preparedness»Arbetet att förstärka det civila försvaret och krisberedskapen måste fortsätta« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The work to strengthen civil defence and crisis preparedness must continue”

The plan does not address the oversight of the cash rule, but it establishes that effective oversight is needed for laws to be followed and that the state is responsible for markets functioning for ordinary households. A new obligation without an oversight mechanism thus becomes ineffective. The counter-proposal's requirement for a promptly prepared oversight aligns with that principle.

• effective oversight is neededdecisive»Tillsynen är också viktig för att skapa rättvisa mellan olika företag« (party programme ↗)“Oversight is also important for creating fairness between different companies”
• state market responsibility»Staten har ett ansvar att motverka en sådan utveckling.« (party programme ↗)“The state has a responsibility to counteract such a development.”
• preparedness requires functioning rules»satsa en större andel av försvarets pengar på det civila försvaret, och öka anslagen till krisberedskap.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“allocate a larger share of defense funds to civil defense, and increase appropriations for crisis preparedness.”

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 says nothing about oversight of an obligation to accept cash. Closest-lying is the party programme's requirement of a state that does what it is for as efficiently and lawfully as possible, and of a social contract with enforceable rights, which speaks for a new obligation also being followed by an oversight mechanism. At the same time the plan warns against superfluous rules, which is why the conclusion is weakly founded.

• efficient and lawful statedecisive»Centerpartiets uppgift är att se till att staten gör det den är till för, så effektivt och rättssäkert som möjligt, och« (party programme ↗)“Centerpartiet's task is to ensure that the state does what it is for, as efficiently and lawfully as possible, and”
• enforceable rights»Vi vill se en rättighetslagstiftning, ett tydligt samhällskontrakt med utkrävbara rättigheter.« (party programme ↗)“We want to see rights legislation, a clear social contract with enforceable rights.”
• avoid superfluous bureaucracy»Vi ska rensa upp bland överflödiga regler och byråkrati.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We shall clean up superfluous rules and bureaucracy.”

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 does not address the cash rule or its oversight. It is based, however, on the principle that a market must be regulated through political decisions and that rules should be such that it is easy to comply with, which presupposes that a new obligation is also followed up. The counter-proposal's demand for appropriate supervisory mechanism thus lies closest to the plan's principles.

• rules that are easy to followdecisive»Vi vill ha spelregler som gör det lätt att göra rätt och säkerställer konkurrens på rättvisa villkor även i digitaliseringens och delningsekonomins tid.« (party programme ↗)“We wish to have rules that make it easy to do right and ensure competition on fair terms also in the age of digitalization and the sharing economy.”
• market needs regulation»Marknaden fungerar bäst i samhällen som präglas av tillit, hederlighet och ansvarstagande, men också i sådana samhällen måste marknaden regleras genom politiska beslut.« (party programme ↗)“The market works best in societies characterized by trust, honesty and responsibility, but even in such societies the market must be regulated through political decisions.”
• improved supervision»Tillsynen behöver förbättras och sanktionerna skärpas.« (party programme ↗)“Supervision needs to be improved and sanctions tightened.”

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 gives the state the role of monitoring that legislation is upheld on the market and makes evaluation, cost monitoring and quality control into important political tasks. A new duty without oversight would thus be half a measure. The question of precisely how the oversight mechanism is designed is not addressed in the documents, which is why the position is inferred.

• state market oversightdecisive»Statens roll i näringspolitiken är att övervaka att lagstiftningen och en god etik upprätthålls på marknaden.« (party programme ↗)“The state's role in economic policy is to monitor that legislation and good ethics are upheld on the market.”
• monitoring and control»Utvärdering, kostnadsuppföljning och kvalitetskontroll är därför viktiga politiska uppgifter.« (party programme ↗)“Evaluation, cost monitoring and quality control are therefore important political tasks.”
• economic defence»Det ekonomiska försvaret är en viktig del av totalförsvaret.« (party programme ↗)“Economic defence is an important part of total defence.”

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 does not address oversight of a cash rule at all. The closest principle is that the state should be strong in its core mission but act with caution in other areas, and that regulatory red tape and administrative burden should be reduced. Based on that, the plan speaks against expanding yet another oversight mechanism.

• limited statedecisive»En stat som sträcker ut långtgående ambitioner över alla« (party programme ↗)“A state that stretches far-reaching ambitions over all”
• reduced regulatory red tape»Ta bort en tredjedel av företagens administrationskostnader och en tredjedel av regelkrånglet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove a third of businesses' administrative costs and a third of regulatory red tape”

The plan requires that the status of cash as a means of payment is defended; an obligation without oversight becomes in practice meaningless and does not reach that goal. The plan's general requirement for clear results for public spending also speaks for a new obligation being followed up. The requirement for a minimum of bureaucracy pulls in the other direction, which is why the assessment is uncertain.

• cash's positiondecisive»Försvara kontanternas ställning som betalmedel i Sverige« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Defend the status of cash as a means of payment in Sweden”
• results monitoring»Begära tydliga resultat för varje offentlig satsning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Demand clear results for every public spending initiative”
• minimum of bureaucracy»minimum av byråkrati skall genomsyra all offentlig verksamhet.« (party programme ↗)“a minimum of bureaucracy must 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.