Measures against unscrupulous companies

The plan explicitly requires collective agreements in public procurement and points out wage dumping and economic crime as central threats. It notes that cheating wipes out honest businesses and wants greater public oversight to combat it. A common control system and a blacklist of dishonest businesses in procurement are tools that respond to the plan's requirements.

• requirement at public procurementdecisive»Vänsterpartiet ställer krav på kollektivavtal vid offentliga upphandlingar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party explicitly requires collective agreements in public procurement.”
• against wage dumping and economic crime»Lönedumpning, ekonomisk brottslighet och utnyttjande är centrala hot idag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Wage dumping, economic crime and exploitation are central threats today.”
• protect honest businesses»fifflet leder till att seriösa företag slås ut och skatteintäkter uteblir.« (party programme ↗)“cheating leads to honest businesses being wiped out and tax revenue being lost.”
• oversight of companies»Vi vill gå mot en större samhällelig insyn« (party programme ↗)“We want to move towards greater public oversight”

The plan makes clear that public procurers shall be exemplars in working for fair competition and that workplace crime shall not exist on the Swedish labour market, which directly bears the requirement for a common inspection system and a blacklist of unscrupulous companies. The plan explicitly states that it shall never pay to gain competitive advantages by neglecting employees' conditions. The requirement for national coordination follows from the commitment to combat criminality on the labour market.

• fair competition in procurementdecisive»Arbetslivs kriminalitet ska inte finnas på svensk arbetsmarknad och offentliga arbetsgivare och upphandlare ska vara föredömen i att verka för en sund konkurrens.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Workplace crime shall not exist on the Swedish labour market and public employers and procurers shall be exemplars in working for fair competition.”
• no competitive advantage from crime»Det ska aldrig löna sig att begå brott eller skaffa sig konkurrensfördelar genom att försumma de anställdas rätt till en trygg arbetsmiljö.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It shall never pay to commit crime or gain competitive advantage by neglecting employees' right to a safe working environment.”
• combat workplace crime»Bekämpande av kriminalitet på arbetsmarknaden.« (party programme ↗)“Combating criminality on the labour market.”
• stop economic crime»Skattefusk, välfärdsbrottslighet och penningtvätt ska stoppas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Tax fraud, welfare crime and money laundering shall be stopped.”

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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 plan's central commitment is to strengthen agency coordination so that the agencies can strike against organized crime's companies from several directions — a shared control system and a blacklist are precisely such tools. The plan also wants to set clearer requirements in public procurement and take strong measures against employers who exploit labor. Welfare crime shall be prioritized highly.

• agency coordination against criminal enterprisesdecisive»stoppa finansieringen av de kriminella gängen genom att stärka myndighetssamverkan« (2022 manifesto ↗)“stop the financing of criminal gangs by strengthening agency coordination”
• requirements in public procurement»ska det ställas tydligare hållbarhetskrav« (party programme ↗)“clearer sustainability requirements shall be set”
• against labor exploitation»Det krävs krafttag mot arbetsgivare som exploaterar utländsk« (party programme ↗)“Strong measures are required against employers who exploit foreign”
• welfare crime is prioritized»Välfärdsbrott – där gemensamma resurser utnyttjas och« (party programme ↗)“Welfare crime – where common resources are exploited and”

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 forceful action against crime affecting businesses and wants to investigate how the proceeds of the criminal economy can be cut off. It also builds on the idea that business shall take place on equal terms with sound competition, which unserious actors in public procurement put out of action. Investigating a joint control system and a blacklist is in line with this, even though the plan does not mention the measures.

• strypa kriminella inkomsterdecisive»Dessutom bör en utredning om gängens inkomster och hur dessa kan strypas genomföras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“In addition, an investigation into gang income and how this can be cut off should be conducted.”
• krafttag mot brott mot företag»För att Sveriges företag även fortsättningsvis ska kunna leverera produkter, tjänster och jobb i världsklass krävs en pålitlig infrastruktur i hela landet, satsningar på forskning och utveckling och krafttag mot brott emot företag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“For Sweden's businesses to continue to deliver world-class products, services and jobs requires a reliable infrastructure across the country, investments in research and development and forceful action against crime against businesses.”
• sund konkurrens»Konkurrens är en viktig drivkraft för utvecklingen av marknadsekonomin.« (party programme ↗)“Competition is an important driver for the development of the market economy.”

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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 requires that public procurement secures high quality and equal treatment and not only low costs, and that laws and regulations guard against competition on equal terms. A joint control system and an inspection of unscrupulous companies aims precisely at maintaining sound competition. That the question is investigated lies therefore in line with the plan.

• quality in public procurementdecisive»ske på sätt som ger skattebetalarna låga kostnader, hög kvalitet, säkrar likabehandling och« (party programme ↗)“occur in a way that gives taxpayers low costs, high quality, secures equal treatment and”
• competition on equal terms»regler ska slå vakt om äganderätt, konkurrens på lika villkor, rättssäkerhet« (party programme ↗)“rules shall guard against property rights, competition on equal terms, legal certainty”
• rules against abuse of power»Marknadsekonomin kräver spelregler för att« (party programme ↗)“The market economy requires rules in order to”
• coordinated crime-fighting»Sverige ska delta fullt ut i EU:s brottsbekämpning och den europeiska polismyndigheten Europol ska ges ett tydligare operativt mandat att bekämpa internationell brottslighet och terrorism.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden shall participate fully in the EU's crime-fighting efforts and the European police agency Europol shall be given a clearer operative mandate to combat international crime and terrorism.”

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 demands effective competition policy that counters disloyal competition, which is precisely the problem the counter-proposal points to when unscrupulous enterprises win procurements at the lowest price. It also establishes that all crimes shall be vigorously and without exception prosecuted and that integrity is a foundation for the market economy. To investigate a joint control system and a blacklist follows from these commitments, with the proviso that the plan at the same time wishes to counter bureaucracy.

• against disloyal competitiondecisive»konkurrenspolitik motverkar oligopol, monopol och illojal konkurrens.« (party programme ↗)“competition policy prevents oligopolies, monopolies and disloyal competition.”
• all crimes shall be prosecuted»Alla brott ska effektivt och utan undantag beivras« (party programme ↗)“All crimes shall be vigorously and without exception prosecuted”
• integrity in business»Hederlighet och personligt ansvarstagande är viktiga fundament.« (party programme ↗)“Integrity and personal responsibility are important foundations.”
• reduced regulatory burden»Byråkrati och krångliga regler ska motverkas.« (party programme ↗)“Bureaucracy and complex rules shall be countered.”

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 wants to stop tax money from ending up with criminals and payments going to actors who do not belong in the system. A common control system and an investigated blacklist in public procurement serves the same purpose and also protects honest businessmen from criminal competition. However, the plan does not speak about procurement as such, so the support is derived.

• tax money for the right purposedecisive»Moderaterna tänker ta kontroll över folkbokföringen för att stoppa bidragsbrotten och se till att de skattepengar du betalar in används till det de är avsedda för.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Moderate Party intends to take control of population registration to stop benefit fraud and ensure that the tax money you pay in is used for its intended purpose.”
• stop payments to disreputable actors»Stoppa utbetalningar av skattemedel till extremister« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop payments of tax money to extremists”
• protect honest businessmen»Det är ett grundläggande politiskt ansvar att rättsstaten finns där med sin fulla kraft när företagare blir utsatta för brott.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It is a fundamental political responsibility that the rule of law is there with its full force when businessmen are subjected to crime.”
• combat public waste»Offentligt slöseri i alla former ska bekämpas.« (party programme ↗)“Public waste in all forms should be combated.”

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 counter-proposal wants to investigate a joint control system and a blacklist against unscrupulous companies in public procurement. The plan points out the public sector's problem with procurement as a cost in the multi-billion class and requires that fraud and corruption-driving systems be countered as well as criminality that affects entrepreneurs being combated. The plan simultaneously warns against procurement conditions that exclude smaller actors.

• deficient public procurementdecisive»Den offentliga sektorn har dels problem med upphandlingar, ekonomistyrning och uppföljning, dels med bristande ledarskap och felaktiga prioriteringar som sammantaget leder till kostnader i multimiljardklass.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The public sector has both problems with procurement, financial management and follow-up, as well as with lacking leadership and wrong priorities which together lead to costs in the multi-billion class.”
• counter fraud and corruption»Både fusk och sådana system som tenderar att locka till fusk och korruption ska motverkas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Both fraud and such systems as tend to encourage fraud and corruption shall be countered.”
• protect serious entrepreneurs»Bekämpa brottslighet som drabbar företagare« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Combat criminality that affects entrepreneurs”
• procurement shall not exclude small enterprises»Onödigt stränga villkor i branschstandarder och i upphandlingar gör det ofta svårt för mindre aktörer att slå sig in på marknaden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Procurement must not exclude small businesses”

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.