Government legislative proposals

The plan establishes that all people have the right to protection of their personal integrity and that legal security should be maintained through citizen transparency and independent review. A broadly-stated secrecy-breaking provision that can lead to extensive exchange of personal data goes against that, especially in social services which the plan wants to strengthen and where trust is a prerequisite for the work. The counter-proposal's objections thus follow from the plan's rights commitments.

• personal integritydecisive»Alla människor har rätt till skydd av sin personliga integritet.« (party programme ↗)“All people have the right to protection of their personal integrity.”
• legal security and review»Rättssäkerheten behöver upprätthållas genom rättshjälp, medborgerlig insyn och oberoende granskning.« (party programme ↗)“Legal security needs to be maintained through legal aid, citizen transparency and independent review.”
• constitutional protection for rights»Grundlagarna ska värna demokratin och människors fri- och rättigheter.« (party programme ↗)“The constitutional laws should protect democracy and people's freedom and rights.”
• strengthened social services»förstärk socialtjänsten med tillräckliga resurser och kunskap för att arbeta både förebyggande och med barnskydd« (2022 manifesto ↗)“strengthen social services with sufficient resources and knowledge to work both preventively and with child protection”

The election manifesto explicitly requires that secrecy barriers between authorities be torn down so that the police and other professions can do their job, and that cooperation between police, school health, social services and schools increases. The counter-proposal instead wants to slow expanded information sharing for privacy reasons. The plan also wants to stop welfare crime and money laundering, which requires information exchange. The counter-proposal's demands are therefore rejected, even though privacy protection is a qualifying commitment.

• torn down secrecy barriersdecisive»Sekretesshinder mellan myndigheter ska rivas så att polisen och andra yrkesgrupper kan göra sitt jobb.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Secrecy barriers between authorities shall be torn down so that the police and other professions can do their job.”
• increased authority cooperation»Det behövs mer samarbete mellan polis, elevhälsa, socialtjänst och skola.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“More cooperation is needed between police, school health, social services and schools.”
• stopped welfare crime»Skattefusk, välfärdsbrottslighet och penningtvätt ska stoppas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Tax fraud, welfare crime and money laundering shall be stopped.”
• protection of personal privacy»Skydd för den personliga integriteten.« (party programme ↗)“Protection of personal privacy.”

The election manifesto wants to explicitly ease confidentiality between district police, schools and social services, and the party programme wants to strengthen information sharing between authorities against money laundering and welfare fraud. The counter-proposal instead wants to stop the proposed confidentiality-breaking provision, which contradicts these commitments. The plan's requirement that integrity be weighed in remains but does not change the direction, since the bill is based on exactly such a balancing of interests.

• eased confidentiality between authoritiesdecisive»lätta på sekretessen mellan områdespoliser, skola, socialtjänst« (2022 manifesto ↗)“ease confidentiality between district police, schools, social services”
• strengthened information sharing»informationsdelningen mellan myndigheter för att stoppa penningtvätt, välfärdsbrott och« (party programme ↗)“information sharing between authorities to stop money laundering, welfare fraud and”
• integrity weighed against crime prevention»Staten har ansvar både för att skydda människor från brott och för att respektera« (party programme ↗)“The state has responsibility both to protect people from crime and to respect”

The plan requires that all legislation is tested against its impact on personal integrity and that the restriction is proportional to the purpose, and characterizes strong integrity protection as indispensable. A broadly held secrecy-breaking provision without a clear seriousness threshold, which risks extensive exchange of personal data, is difficult to reconcile with that requirement. The plan's integrity line therefore supports the counter-proposal's objection.

• integrity test of all legislationweak support»All lagstiftning bör prövas mot dess påverkan på människors personliga integritet.« (party programme ↗)“All legislation should be tested against its impact on people's personal integrity.”
• personal integrity as cornerstonedecisive»Respekten för den enskildes personliga integritet är en grundsten i varje demokrati.« (party programme ↗)“Respect for the individual's personal integrity is a cornerstone of every democracy.”
• no to rights-restricting measures»Rättsstaten och individens rättigheter gentemot staten måste försvaras. Vi säger därför nej till visitationszoner, kollektiv bestraffning, omvänd bevisbörda, anonyma vittnen, preventiv avlyssning och inskränkningar av religionsfriheten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The rule of law and the individual's rights in relation to the state must be defended. We therefore say no to stop-and-search zones, collective punishment, reverse burden of proof, anonymous witnesses, preventive surveillance and restrictions on freedom of religion.”
• strong integrity protection»Ett starkt integritetsskydd är därför en omistlig del av ett öppet och demokratiskt samhälle.« (party programme ↗)“Strong integrity protection is therefore an indispensable part of an open and democratic society.”

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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 police and social services as a main rule shall always be able to exchange information with each other and that confidentiality obstacles are removed so that authorities can efficiently share information. The counter-proposal instead wants to slow down the confidentiality-breaking provision by reference to integrity risks, especially within social services. The plan weighs integrity protection but concludes that information exchange between authorities shall be expanded, which is why it speaks against the counter-proposal's requirement.

• authorities' information exchangedecisive»Polis och socialtjänst ska som huvudregel alltid kunna utbyta information sinsemellan och ska oftare dela lokaler.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Police and social services shall as a main rule always be able to exchange information with each other and shall often share premises.”
• removed confidentiality obstacles»Samarbetet mellan polis och socialtjänst behöver utvecklas, sekretesshinder undanröjas så att« (party programme ↗)“Cooperation between police and social services needs to be developed, confidentiality obstacles removed so that”
• efficient information sharing»myndigheter effektivt kan dela information med varandra.« (party programme ↗)“authorities can efficiently share information with each other.”
• balancing of interests in integrity intrusions»negativt är endast berättigade om ett motstående intresse väger uppenbart tyngre och åtgärden är« (party programme ↗)“negative is only justified if an opposing interest weighs plainly heavier and the measure is”

The election manifesto explicitly requires a complete review of confidentiality rules so that authorities can share information with each other to prevent and solve crimes, and the party programme wants social services, police and schools to have close cooperation and that the option of confidentiality is used restrictively. The counter-proposal's requirement to stop the proposed confidentiality-breaking rule goes directly against this. The plan's privacy requirements are met through the balancing of interests.

• increased information sharing against crimedecisive»Total översyn av sekretessreglerna, så att myndigheter kan dela uppgifter mellan sig för att förebygga och klara upp brott.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Complete review of confidentiality rules, so that authorities can share information with each other to prevent and solve crimes.”
• close cooperation between authorities»Socialtjänsten, polisen och skolan har en stor uppgift i detta avseende och ska ha en nära samverkan med varandra för att på ett tidigt stadium förhindra kriminalitet hos barn och ungdomar.« (party programme ↗)“Social services, police and schools have an important task in this regard and shall have close cooperation with each other to at an early stage prevent crime among children and young people.”
• restrictive confidentiality»Offentlighetsprincipen, det vill säga tillgången till allmänna handlingar, är central för en öppen och vital demokrati. Sekretessmöjligheten ska nyttjas restriktivt.« (party programme ↗)“The principle of public access, that is access to public records, is central to an open and vital democracy. Confidentiality should be used restrictively.”
• caution with personal data»det offentliga måste tillämpa stor försiktighet och respekt för den personliga integriteten vid hantering av personuppgifter.« (party programme ↗)“the public must exercise great caution and respect for personal integrity when handling personal data.”

The plan explicitly commits to removing all confidentiality barriers between social services and police so that crimes can be prevented and investigated. A counter-proposal that wishes to stop the confidentiality-breaking provision by reference to privacy risks and social services' trust goes directly against that commitment. The plan sees freedom and security as compatible and prioritizes information sharing.

• removed confidentiality barriersdecisive»Undanröja alla sekretesshinder mellan socialtjänst och polis« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove all confidentiality barriers between social services and police”
• information sharing about young people»Ta bort sekretesshindren mellan polis och socialtjänst samt inrätta ett nationellt no entry-program för unga i riskzonen i syfte att snabbt stoppa en påbörjad kriminell karriär« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove confidentiality barriers between police and social services and establish a national no entry programme for young people at risk in order to quickly stop a budding criminal career”
• combat irregularities»Inrätta en bidragsbrottsenhet på Försäkringskassan« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Establish a benefit fraud unit at the Swedish Social Insurance Agency”
• security as a condition for freedom»Frihet och trygghet går hand i hand.« (party programme ↗)“Freedom and security go hand in hand.”

The plan demands that the justice system's cooperation between authorities and the tools to detect and prosecute criminals are improved, and that welfare fraud and cheating are stopped. The counter-proposal wishes to brake the expanded information exchange citing integrity risks and insufficient evaluation. This conflicts with the plan's stated demands for better information sharing between authorities.

• inter-agency cooperation against crimedecisive»Rättsväsendets samverkan mellan myndigheter och verktyg för att upptäcka och lagföra kriminella ska förbättras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The justice system's cooperation between authorities and tools to detect and prosecute criminals shall be improved.”
• stop welfare crime»Stoppa välfärdsbrottsligheten inom socialförsäkringen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop welfare crime within social security”
• combat fraud and corruption»Både fusk och sådana system som tenderar att locka till fusk och korruption ska motverkas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Both fraud and systems that tend to tempt fraud and corruption shall be countered.”
• information gathering against gangs»Åtgärder ska vidtas för att bättre kunna kartlägga gängaktiva genom t.ex. underrättelsearbete och informationsinhämtning, spaning, kameraövervakning och avlyssning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Measures shall be taken to better map gang-active individuals through, for example, intelligence work and information gathering, surveillance, camera surveillance and wiretapping.”