Gotland Traffic

The plan wants to take back socially important activities and infrastructure that have been privatised and for the state to increase its control over infrastructure, and for investments and prices in infrastructure to be based on socioeconomic objectives. The counter-proposal requires that the state owns and operates Gotland Traffic as its own operation as part of state infrastructure and that ticket and freight prices are reduced. The plan's criticism of procured, profit-driven monopolies points in the same direction.

• reclaim privatised infrastructuredecisive»Det är hög tid att agera och ta tillbaka den samhällsviktiga verksamhet och infrastruktur som har privatiserats.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It is high time to act and take back the socially important activities and infrastructure that have been privatised.”
• state control over infrastructure»Staten måste öka sin kontroll över infrastruktur och resurser som behövs för att genomföra klimatomställningen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The state must increase its control over infrastructure and resources needed to implement climate transition.”
• prices based on socioeconomic objectives»investeringar och priser behöver utgå från samhällsekonomiska mål.« (party programme ↗)“investments and prices need to be based on socioeconomic objectives.”
• cheaper traffic throughout the country»behöver även kollektivtrafiken byggas ut och göras billigare och mer tillgänglig i hela landet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“public transport also needs to be expanded and made cheaper and more accessible throughout the country”

The party programme gives democracy precedence before the market and makes it a national responsibility to maintain basic infrastructure, and the election manifesto states that the state shall be present throughout the country. Gotland traffic under state management, compared with a country road, is an application of precisely this principle against a tax-financed private monopoly. The plan therefore speaks in favour of the counter-proposal's demands for state ownership and lower prices.

• democracy's precedencedecisive»Demokratin har därför företräde före marknaden.« (party programme ↗)“Democracy therefore has precedence before the market.”
• state infrastructure responsibility»ett nationellt ansvar att upprätthålla grundläggande förutsättningar för tillväxt« (party programme ↗)“a national responsibility to maintain basic prerequisites for growth”
• state presence throughout the country»Staten ska finnas närvarande i hela landet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The state shall be present throughout the country.”
• functioning infrastructure»Ett framgångsrikt näringsliv kräver en väl fungerande infrastruktur.« (party programme ↗)“A successful economy requires well-functioning infrastructure.”

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 party programme establishes that in certain cases there may be reason for the state to own and operate business activities, that society itself must direct and be responsible for expanding infrastructure systems and that the transport system in certain parts needs to be re-regulated. The election manifesto also wants to make public transport cheaper. The counter-proposal's requirements for state operation of Gotland Traffic and lower prices follow from these commitments.

• state ownership possibledecisive»I vissa fall kan det dock finnas skäl för staten eller en kommun att äga och driva affärsverksamheter.« (party programme ↗)“In certain cases there may however be reason for the state or a municipality to own and operate business activities.”
• society responsible for infrastructure»Samhället måste själv styra och stå för utbyggnad av infrastruktursystemen.« (party programme ↗)“Society itself must direct and be responsible for expansion of infrastructure systems.”
• re-regulation of transport system»Järnvägssystemet behöver ses över och till vissa delar återregleras för att få ett optimalt och långsiktigt fungerande transportsystem.« (party programme ↗)“The railway system needs to be reviewed and in certain parts re-regulated to achieve an optimal and long-term functioning transport system.”
• cheaper public transport»bygga ut kollektivtrafiken i hela landet, och gör det billigare att åka buss och tåg, särskilt för unga och pensionärer.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“expand public transport throughout the country, and make it cheaper to travel by bus and train, especially for young people and pensioners.”

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 party programme requires a functioning market economy free from planned economy directives and sees competition as the driving force in the economy, while the manifesto wants to dampen prices through freer markets and better competition. For the state to take over and operate Gotlandstrafiken in its own hands goes in the opposite direction. The plan's promise of cheap and reliable communications throughout the country speaks for lower prices, but not for state operation as a method.

• competition dampens pricesdecisive»Genom att skapa friare marknader och förbättra konkurrensen kan vi dämpa priserna ytterligare.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“By creating freer markets and improving competition we can dampen prices further.”
• competition as driving force»Konkurrens är en viktig drivkraft för utvecklingen av marknadsekonomin.« (party programme ↗)“Competition is an important driving force for the development of the market economy.”
• cheap communications throughout the country»Skapa snabba, billiga och pålitliga kommunikationer i hela landet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Create fast, cheap and reliable communications throughout the country”

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The plan establishes that the public sector shall only conduct business activities when there is a strong public interest and shall not conduct activities that crowd out functioning private alternatives; the state shall not own airlines, banks and telecommunications companies. The counter-proposal's requirement that the state itself owns and operates Gotland traffic in its own right goes straight against that principle. The plan instead wants procurement to be used so that taxpayers get low costs and high quality.

• restrictive public enterprisedecisive»Det offentliga ska endast driva affärsverksamhet om det finns ett starkt samhällsintresse. Det« (party programme ↗)“The public sector shall only conduct business activities if there is a strong public interest. It”
• state shall not own companies»nyföretagande. Staten ska inte äga flygbolag, banker och telebolag.« (party programme ↗)“new enterprise. The state shall not own airlines, banks and telecommunications companies.”
• not crowd out private alternatives»offentliga ska inte driva verksamheter som tränger ut fungerande privata alternativ eller försvårar« (party programme ↗)“public sector shall not conduct activities that crowd out functioning private alternatives or complicate”
• procurement instead of in-house»som ger skattebetalarna låga kostnader, hög kvalitet, säkrar likabehandling och stimulerar« (party programme ↗)“that gives taxpayers low costs, high quality, ensures equal treatment and stimulates”

The plan divides responsibility: the public sector is responsible for infrastructure while the traffic itself should be conducted in competition, and public activity should as far as possible be based on the absence of monopoly. The counter-proposal wants the state to own and operate Gotland traffic in-house, which is the opposite of that commitment. Therefore the demand is rejected, even though the plan affirms public responsibility for infrastructure.

• traffic in competitiondecisive»Själva trafiken bör bedrivas i konkurrens.« (party programme ↗)“The traffic itself should be conducted in competition.”
• avoid public monopolies»offentliga sektorns verksamhetsformer ska så långt möjligt bygga på frånvaro av monopol.« (party programme ↗)“public sector activities should as far as possible be based on the absence of monopoly.”
• competition policy against monopoly»effektiv konkurrenspolitik motverkar oligopol, monopol och illojal konkurrens.« (party programme ↗)“effective competition policy prevents oligopoly, monopoly and unfair competition.”
• public responsibility for infrastructure»Det offentliga samhället har ansvar för trafiksystemens utveckling och dess infrastruktur.« (party programme ↗)“The public sector has responsibility for the development of transport systems and their infrastructure.”

The plan is built on a free business sector and a limited state: that which can be performed equally well by someone other than the public shall not be performed by the public, and the plan wishes rather to reduce than to increase state ownership. The counter-proposal requires that the state itself owns and operates Gotlandstrafiken directly with politically set prices. This goes against the plan's fundamental stance, which is why it rejects the demand.

• the public should not perform everythingdecisive»Om något kan göras lika bra eller bättre av« (party programme ↗)“If something can be done equally well or better by”
• free business sector»Moderaterna vill bygga ett land där ett fritt näringsliv skapar ett välstånd som kommer alla till del.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Moderate Party wishes to build a country where a free business sector creates prosperity that benefits everyone.”
• limited state»En stor stat leder till ett svagare samhälle.« (party programme ↗)“A large state leads to a weaker society.”
• reduced state ownership»Sälja av en större andel av statliga Sveaskogs innehav till personer med regional anknytning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sell off a larger share of state-owned Sveaskog holdings to people with regional connections”

The plan gives state and municipality significant influence over infrastructure and public transport and makes the principle that all of Sweden shall thrive foundational. The ferry is Gotland's land route, and the plan's pragmatic starting point is that the task be performed so that citizens receive greatest benefit at lowest cost. The counter-proposal's demands for state own operation with lower prices lie within that scope, but the plan does not point out the operational form.

• societal control over infrastructuredecisive»behålla ett betydande mått av inflytande över infrastruktur och kollektivtrafik« (party programme ↗)“retain significant influence over infrastructure and public transport.”
• all of Sweden shall thrive»Principen om att hela Sverige skall leva är mycket viktig för Sverigedemokraterna.« (party programme ↗)“The principle that all of Sweden shall thrive is very important for Sweden Democrats.”
• policy for all of the country»Bedriva en politik för hela Sverige« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Conduct a policy for all of Sweden.”
• benefit at lowest cost»uppgiften utförs på ett sätt som renderar medborgarna största möjliga nytta till lägsta« (party programme ↗)“the task is performed in a manner that renders citizens greatest possible benefit at lowest”

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.