Regulation and Control of Professional Traffic

The plan identifies wage dumping, economic crime and exploitation as central threats and wants to tackle disreputable companies so that everyone who works has real wages and conditions. A dedicated occupational traffic inspection with more controls is a direct tool for ensuring that laws and agreements are actually followed in the goods and bus sectors. The plan also requires regulations and structures that ensure serious workplace health and safety work.

• stop wage dumpingdecisive»Lönedumpning, ekonomisk brottslighet och utnyttjande är centrala hot idag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Wage dumping, economic crime and exploitation are central threats today.”
• tackle disreputable companies»Vi vill också stärka arbetsrätten och ta itu med oseriösa företag, för att gå mot ett Sverige där alla som arbetar har riktiga löner och« (party programme ↗)“We also want to strengthen labour law and tackle disreputable companies, to work towards a Sweden where everyone who works has real wages and”
• serious workplace health and safety»Det behövs regelverk och strukturer som säkrar ett seriöst arbetsmiljöarbete på alla arbetsplatser« (party programme ↗)“There is a need for regulations and structures that ensure serious workplace health and safety work at all workplaces”
• strengthened wage earner positions»Vi vill förändra konflikträtten och annan lagstiftning för att stärka löntagarnas positioner.« (party programme ↗)“We want to change conflict law and other legislation to strengthen the positions of wage earners.”

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 action against workplace crime and that it shall never be profitable to gain competitive advantages by neglecting the employees' conditions and work environment. More and sharper inspections of goods and bus traffic are a direct means for precisely that, as well as for fair competition. However, that control shall occur through a new special inspection authority is an organizational choice that the documents do not express an opinion on.

• action against workplace crimedecisive»Krafttag mot arbetslivskriminaliteten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Action against workplace crime.”
• no competition through rule-breaking»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 be profitable to commit crimes or gain competitive advantages by neglecting the employees' right to a safe work environment.”
• strong employment law»arbetsrättslig lagstiftning behövs som skydd för de anställda.« (party programme ↗)“employment law is needed as protection for employees.”
• prevent social dumping»förhindrar social dumping« (party programme ↗)“prevents social dumping”

The plan upholds the Swedish model and requires better working conditions for those with weak attachment and few rights in the labour market, while high traffic safety shall be maintained. A professional transport inspection with more inspections in the goods and bus sectors is a means for precisely this and to stop unfair competition. The plan does not mention any new authority, hence the derivation.

• better working conditionsdecisive»Deras arbetsvillkor måste« (party programme ↗)“Their working conditions must”
• uphold the Swedish model»Vi värnar den svenska modellen där arbetsmarknadens parter gemensamt förhandlar fram vad som« (party programme ↗)“We uphold the Swedish model where labour market parties jointly negotiate what”
• high traffic safety»miljöpåverkan samtidigt som en hög trafikstandard« (party programme ↗)“environmental impact while maintaining high traffic standards”
• hinder crime in working life»Det ska vara dyrt, jobbigt och svårt att vara kriminell.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It shall be expensive, tedious and difficult to be criminal.”

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 documents do not address control of commercial traffic or any commercial traffic inspection. The nearest principle is that the state shall do what it is for as efficiently as possible and avoid over-regulation, and that the regulatory thicket for businesses shall be cleared up rather than expanded with a new agency and more inspections. Based on that principle, the plan rejects the demand, though the purposes of traffic safety and fair competition lie close to the plan.

• efficient and restrained governmentdecisive»Centerpartiets uppgift är att se till att staten gör det den är till för, så effektivt och rättssäkert som möjligt« (party programme ↗)“The Centre Party's task is to see that the state does what it is for, as efficiently and fairly as possible”
• less regulatory red tape for businesses»Rensa upp i regelträsket för entreprenörer, stora som små.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Clear out the regulatory thicket for entrepreneurs, large and small.”
• bureaucracy burdens small businesses»Små och nystartade företag har svårare att få tillgång till kapital och att bära omfattande byråkrati« (party programme ↗)“Small and newly established firms have greater difficulty accessing capital and bearing extensive 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 party programme wants to establish an independent labour market inspection and requires rules of the game that ensure competition on fair terms, which speaks for tightened supervision of commercial traffic. Substantively the counter-proposal's purposes – traffic safety and fair competition – align with the plan. At the same time the plan wants to reduce regulatory burden, so support for precisely a new agency is weakly grounded.

• independent inspection agencydecisive»fristående arbetsmarknadsinspektion bör inrättas.« (party programme ↗)“independent labour market inspection should be established.”
• fair rules of the game»rätt och säkerställer konkurrens på rättvisa villkor även i digitaliseringens och delningsekonomins« (party programme ↗)“right and ensures competition on fair terms also in the digitalisation and sharing economy”
• competition on equal terms»slå vakt om äganderätt, konkurrens på lika villkor, rättssäkerhet och att enskilda människor har« (party programme ↗)“protect property rights, competition on equal terms, rule of law and that individual people have”
• reduced regulatory burden»Regelbördan för små företag ska minska, genom ansträngningar på både kommunal, statlig och« (party programme ↗)“Regulatory burden on small businesses shall decrease, through efforts at both municipal, state 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 holds to a zero vision for deaths and serious injuries in traffic, wants to counter unfair competition and requires that all crimes be prosecuted without exception. More inspections in freight and bus operations serve these goals. Establishing a new agency is however something the plan does not take a position on, and the requirement for restraint with public spending pulls in the opposite direction, which is why confidence is low.

• zero vision in trafficdecisive»Det är viktigt med en nollvision för dödsfall och svåra« (party programme ↗)“It is important with a zero vision for deaths and serious”
• against unfair competition»effektiv konkurrenspolitik motverkar oligopol, monopol och illojal konkurrens« (party programme ↗)“effective competition policy prevents oligopoly, monopoly and unfair competition”
• all crimes shall be prosecuted»Alla brott ska effektivt och utan undantag beivras« (party programme ↗)“All crimes shall be effectively and without exception be prosecuted”
• restrained public spending»återhållsamhet i de offentliga utgifterna.« (party programme ↗)“restraint in public spending.”

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 requires a new authority, a professional traffic inspection, with more inspections and requirements for wages and conditions. The plan points in the opposite direction: the finances of authorities should be examined by an efficiency office to free up resources for prioritized tasks, bureaucratic red tape for companies should be significantly reduced, and a large state is seen as giving a weaker society. The plan therefore rejects the requirement for a new inspection authority.

• streamline authoritiesdecisive»Inrätta ett effektiviseringskansli som ska gå inom alla myndigheters ekonomi för att frigöra resurser till försvaret« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Establish an efficiency office that shall go through all authorities' finances to free up resources for defence”
• reduced bureaucratic red tape»Ta bort en tredjedel av företagens administrationskostnader och en tredjedel av regelkrånglet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove one-third of companies' administrative costs and one-third of bureaucratic red tape”
• limited state apparatus»En stor stat leder till ett svagare samhälle.« (party programme ↗)“A large state leads to a weaker society.”
• prioritize the state's core tasks»Politiken har en viktig uppgift att prioritera och välja bort,« (party programme ↗)“Policy has an important task to prioritize and exclude,”

The plan wishes to reduce the number of authorities, merge and streamline public operations and stop waste within authorities; establishing a new occupational traffic inspection goes in the opposite direction. The plan views explicitly critically at the number of authorities constantly growing. The substantive issues the counter-proposal points to are handled in the plan through zero tolerance for crime and stricter prosecution, not through a new authority.

• fewer authoritiesdecisive»Stoppa slöseriet inom myndigheterna och slå samman myndigheter« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop waste within authorities and merge authorities”
• criticism of authority growth»Antalet myndigheter blir ständigt fler och politiska prestigeprojekt, som höghastighetståg och EU-fonder, prioriteras före medborgarnyttan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The number of authorities constantly grows and political prestige projects, such as high-speed rail and EU funds, are prioritized before citizen benefit.”
• streamlined public operations»Sverigedemokraterna vill också slå samman myndigheter och renodla offentliga verksamheter där det är möjligt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats also wish to merge authorities and streamline public operations where possible.”
• zero tolerance for crime»Införa nolltolerans mot brott så att även mindre allvarliga brott utreds och lagförs« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce zero tolerance for crime so that even less serious crimes are investigated and prosecuted”

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.