Future design of legislation

The plan's decisive commitment is that social rights shall take precedence over capital's freedom and that it is wrong to view social security as a problem because it constrains businesses' freedom. The plan furthermore defends the right to go further than the EU's minimum levels. Lowering insurance obligations to the EU directive's minimum to keep down rental companies' costs provides weaker protection for individuals and is therefore rejected.

• social rights before capitaldecisive»demokratiska rättigheter ska överordnas kapitalets frihet.« (party programme ↗)“democratic rights shall take precedence over capital's freedom.”
• EU devalues social security»medan social trygghet, miljöskydd och arbetsrätt betraktas« (party programme ↗)“whereas social security, environmental protection and labour law are viewed”
• right to go further than EU»gå före med radikalare lagstiftning.« (party programme ↗)“proceed with more radical legislation.”
• strong security systems»Tryggheten i ett samhälle hänger ihop med hur våra trygghetssystem fungerar – a-kassan, sjukförsäkringen, LSS och pensionerna.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Security in a society depends on how our security systems work — unemployment insurance, sickness insurance, LSS and pensions.”

The plan does not address traffic insurance, but its principle is that Sweden and member states shall be able to go further than the EU's minimum levels and that companies' freedom on the internal market shall not take place at the expense of social sustainability. Good economic protection when income is lost is moreover fundamental in the party programme, which argues against scaling down insurance obligations to only liability insurance to keep down car rental companies' costs.

• right to go further than EUdecisive»Medlemsländerna ska också kunna gå före« (party programme ↗)“Member states shall also be able to go ahead”
• social sustainability before business freedom»likabehandling av arbetstagare och om ekonomisk, social och miljömässig hållbarhet« (party programme ↗)“equal treatment of workers and economic, social and environmental sustainability”
• protection when income is lost»Ett gott ekonomiskt skydd när den egna förvärvsinkomsten faller bort är grundläggande« (party programme ↗)“Good economic protection when own earnings are lost is fundamental”

The plan requires strong protection for consumers and explicitly states that member states must have the right to go ahead with stricter legislation even if it conflicts with the EU's internal market. Cutting the insurance requirement to the EU directive's minimum requirements to keep car rental companies' costs down goes against that line, because Swedish protection also covers the driver's own injuries. The counter-proposal's requirement is therefore rejected.

• strong consumer protectiondecisive»för konsumenterna genom god konsumentvägledning« (party programme ↗)“for consumers through good consumer guidance”
• right to go ahead of EU minimum»Medlemsländerna måste få rätt att gå före med« (party programme ↗)“Member states must have the right to go ahead with”
• protection level before internal market»även om det strider mot EU:s inre marknad« (party programme ↗)“even if it conflicts with the EU's internal market”

The plan's guiding commitment here is to clear up the regulatory thicket for entrepreneurs, large and small, and that unnecessary and cost-driving rules shall be removed. Limiting insurance requirements to the EU directive's minimum requirements rather than over-implementing follows from this, as does that good conditions for small businesses are crucial for jobs. The plan's EU line that the union and national legislation should not interfere more than necessary points in the same direction.

• remove regulatory red tapedecisive»Rensa upp i regelträsket för entreprenörer, stora som små.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Clear up the regulatory thicket for entrepreneurs, large and small.”
• no unnecessary rules»Dyra, krångliga och innovationshämmande regelverk ligger som en våt filt över delar av landsbygden. Vi ska rensa upp bland överflödiga regler och byråkrati.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Expensive, complicated and innovation-hampering regulations lie like a wet blanket over parts of the countryside. We shall clear up unnecessary rules and bureaucracy.”
• good conditions for business»Goda villkor för entreprenörer, egenföretagare och små företag är därför avgörande för att skapa nya jobb.« (party programme ↗)“Good conditions for entrepreneurs, self-employed and small businesses are therefore crucial for creating new jobs.”
• regulate only what is necessary»EU måste bli smalare, men vassare, göra färre saker men göra dem bättre.« (party programme ↗)“The EU must become narrower, but sharper, do fewer things but do them better.”

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 reduced regulatory burden and harmonised regulatory frameworks on the internal market, which points toward not going further than the EU directive's minimum requirements. An insurance duty limited to liability insurance keeps down costs for rental enterprises and customers in line with the requirement for a deepened internal market and mutual recognition of other countries' rules. The plan says nothing about traffic insurance's scope and the strong consumer position pulls partly the other way, so the uncertainty is large.

• reduced regulatory burdendecisive»Regelbördan för små företag ska minska« (party programme ↗)“The regulatory burden for small enterprises shall decrease”
• harmonised EU rules»Den inre marknaden ska utvecklas, regelverk ska harmoniseras« (party programme ↗)“The internal market shall develop, regulatory frameworks shall be harmonised”
• deepened internal market»Vi ska stärka EU som frihandelsunion med en fördjupad inre marknad« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We shall strengthen the EU as a free-trade union with a deepened internal market”
• strong consumer position»I en fungerande marknadsekonomi har konsumenten kunskap och makt att fatta välinformerade beslut.« (party programme ↗)“In a functioning market economy, the consumer has knowledge and power to make well-informed decisions.”

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 scope of motor vehicle insurance, but requires that social insurance provides reasonable security in case of workplace injury and that a zero vision applies for deaths and serious injuries in traffic, which speaks against reducing protection to the EU's minimum requirements. The plan's requirement for regulatory simplification and that new laws are tested from a small business perspective pulls in the opposite direction but applies mainly to bureaucracy, not protection levels.

• security in case of injurydecisive»en rimlig trygghet vid sjukdom, arbetslöshet, arbetsskada och pension.« (party programme ↗)“reasonable security in case of illness, unemployment, workplace injury and pension.”
• zero vision in traffic»Det är viktigt med en nollvision för dödsfall och svåra« (party programme ↗)“It is important with a zero vision for deaths and serious”
• small business perspective on new rules»Tillkommande lagar bör prövas ur ett småföretagarperspektiv.« (party programme ↗)“Incoming laws should be tested from a small business perspective.”

The plan explicitly establishes that overimplementation of EU decisions shall be counteracted and that EU directives as a main rule shall be implemented at minimum level. The counter-proposal calls for exactly this: that the insurance obligation is limited to the directive's minimum requirement on liability insurance. The plan's commitments on reduced red tape and lower administrative costs for businesses point in the same direction.

• EU directives at minimum leveldecisive»Minska regelkrånglet och onödig byråkrati, bland annat genom att motverka överimplementering i Sverige av EU-beslut – som huvudregel ska EU-direktiv genomföras på miniminivå« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reduce red tape and unnecessary bureaucracy, among other things by counteracting overimplementation in Sweden of EU decisions - as a main rule, EU directives shall be implemented at minimum level”
• reduced red tape»Ta bort en tredjedel av företagens administrationskostnader och en tredjedel av regelkrånglet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove a third of companies' administrative costs and a third of red tape”
• good conditions for business»Villkoren för att starta, växa och expandera behöver vara goda för att fler ska våga lämna trygga och välbetalda jobb för att starta företag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The conditions for starting, growing and expanding need to be good so more dare to leave secure and well-paid jobs to start a business.”
• overregulation hampers growth»Alltför höga skatter och en överreglerad ekonomi har hämmat tillväxt och jobbskapande« (party programme ↗)“Too high taxes and an overregulated economy have hampered growth and job creation”

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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 requires that unnecessary rules be removed where the costs to companies do not match societal benefit and that rules should be cost-effective; it is also explicitly critical of how EU directives are overimplemented in Sweden. Limiting the insurance requirement to the directive's minimum requirements and thereby keeping costs down for rental companies and customers aligns with this. However, the plan says nothing about the scope of traffic insurance, so the position is derived.

• remove unnecessary rulesdecisive»För att få fler och växande företag är det viktigt att ta bort onödiga regler där kostnaderna för företagen inte motsvarar nyttan för samhället.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“In order to get more and growing businesses, it is important to remove unnecessary rules where the costs to companies do not match the benefit to society.”
• cost-effective rules»Nya regler ska vara kostnadseffektiva och befintliga regler behöver ses över.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“New rules should be cost-effective and existing rules need to be reviewed.”
• criticism of overimplementation»Sverigedemokraterna är mycket kritiska till implementeringen av EU:s vapendirektiv.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats are very critical of the implementation of the EU weapons directive.”