Review of the taxi industry

The plan identifies gig work as a central source of insecurity and wants to take back socially important activity that has been privatized, while condemning that work buyers are disclaiming employment responsibility. A broad review of a deregulated taxi sector where platform companies dump prices and conditions without employment responsibility thus directly follows from these commitments. The taxi sector is however not mentioned explicitly.

• against the gig economy's insecuritydecisive»Otryggheten skapas genom tillfälliga anställningar, sms-jobb, gig-jobb, deltidsjobb och bemanningsjobb.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Insecurity is created through temporary employment, text-message jobs, gig work, part-time jobs and staffing jobs.”
• against deregulation»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 activity and infrastructure that has been privatized.”
• against abdication of employer responsibility»Arbetsköpare friskriver sig från ansvar genom kedjor av kontrakt med underleverantörer.« (party programme ↗)“Work buyers disclaim responsibility through chains of contracts with subcontractors.”
• against price and condition dumping»Lönedumpning, ekonomisk brottslighet och utnyttjande är centrala hot idag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Wage dumping, economic crime and exploitation are central threats today.”

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 review a deregulated industry where platform companies dump prices and conditions by avoiding employer responsibility. The party programme requires strong labour law protection for employees and democratic counterweights that create stable rules for the market, and makes collective agreements a necessary precondition. A broad review of the taxi industry follows from these commitments.

• labour law protectiondecisive»En stark arbetsrättslig lagstiftning behövs som skydd för de anställda.« (party programme ↗)“Strong labour law protection is needed as protection for employees.”
• democratic counterweights against the market»Det krävs demokratiska motvikter för att skapa de stabila spelregler som behövs för att marknaden ska fungera väl.« (party programme ↗)“Democratic counterweights are needed to create the stable rules needed for the market to function well.”
• collective agreements as basic norm»Kollektivavtal är en nödvändig förutsättning för legitimiteten i arbetslivets spelregler och för arbetsfreden.« (party programme ↗)“Collective agreements are a necessary precondition for the legitimacy of working life's rules and for labour peace.”
• no competition through worse conditions»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 advantages by neglecting employees' right to a safe working environment.”

The plan points out that part of the labor market where workers have weak attachment and few rights and establishes that their working conditions must be improved, which is the heart of the counter-proposal's criticism of platform companies that avoid employer responsibility. The plan also values the Swedish model with collective agreements and establishes that the state through legislation and oversight shall ensure that sound conditions prevail in the market. A broad review of the taxi industry is thereby in line with the plan.

• better conditions for precarious jobsdecisive»Deras arbetsvillkor måste« (party programme ↗)“Their working conditions must”
• the Swedish model and collective agreements»Vi värnar den svenska modellen där arbetsmarknadens parter gemensamt förhandlar fram vad som« (party programme ↗)“We value the Swedish model where labor market parties jointly negotiate what”
• the state ensures sound market conditions»Staten ska genom lagstiftning och övervakning se« (party programme ↗)“The state shall through legislation and oversight see”

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's starting point is that deregulation of taxis has gone too far and the industry should be reviewed in that direction. The plan, by contrast, is based on a well-functioning market economy free from planned-economy intervention, on competition as a driving force and on making it easy to start and run a business. The plan therefore speaks against the demand, although it shares the concern about unscrupulous actors.

• competition as driving forcedecisive»Konkurrens är en viktig drivkraft för utvecklingen av marknadsekonomin.« (party programme ↗)“Competition is an important driving force for the development of the market economy.”
• easy to run a business»Det ska vara lätt att starta och driva företag; det ska löna sig att ta klivet och satsa.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It shall be easy to start and run a business; it shall pay to take the step and venture.”
• fewer regulations for business»Rensa upp i regelträsket för entreprenörer, stora som små.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Clear away the regulatory thicket for entrepreneurs, large and small.”

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The plan embraces the sharing economy and wants rules that ensure competition on equal terms even in the age of digitalization, and that the tax system is adapted to the growing sharing economy. The counter-proposal's starting point that deregulation has gone too far is the opposite of the plan's line on reduced regulatory burden and expanded labour market. The plan therefore does not support a reconsideration of deregulation.

• embrace the sharing economydecisive»säkerställer konkurrens på rättvisa villkor även i digitaliseringens och delningsekonomins« (party programme ↗)“ensures competition on equal terms even in the age of digitalization and sharing economy”
• adaptation to the sharing economy»En startup-kommission ska tillsättas och skattesystemet anpassas bättre till den växande delningsekonomin.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“A startup commission shall be appointed and the tax system adapted better to the growing sharing economy.”
• decreased regulatory burden»Regelbördan för små företag ska minska« (party programme ↗)“The regulatory burden for small businesses shall decrease”
• livelihood business widens the labour market»vidgar arbetsmarknaden och ökar människors frihet« (party programme ↗)“widens the labour market and increases people's freedom”

The plan establishes that traffic itself should be conducted in competition and that competition restrictions may only occur exceptionally. A review that assumes deregulation of taxi has gone too far conflicts with this. The plan, however, wants to oppose unfair competition and requires well-developed consumer information, which partly addresses the counter-proposal's concerns.

• traffic is conducted in competitiondecisive»Det offentliga samhället har ansvar för trafiksystemens utveckling och dess infrastruktur. Själva trafiken bör bedrivas i konkurrens.« (party programme ↗)“The public society has responsibility for the development of traffic systems and their infrastructure. Traffic itself should be conducted in competition.”
• competition restrictions are exceptional»Monopol och konkurrensbegränsningar får endast förekomma undantagsvis« (party programme ↗)“Monopoly and competition restrictions may only occur exceptionally”
• oppose unfair competition»effektiv konkurrenspolitik motverkar oligopol, monopol och illojal konkurrens.« (party programme ↗)“effective competition policy opposes oligopoly, monopoly and unfair competition.”
• consumer information»En väl utbyggd konsumentinformation« (party programme ↗)“Well-developed consumer information”

The plan's business policy commitment is the opposite of re-regulation: a free business sector, a third less regulatory red tape and lower administrative costs. A counter-proposal that assumes that deregulation has gone too far and wants to review the entire taxi industry points towards more regulation and greater state control. The party programme furthermore warns that government interventions are far from always the solution.

• free enterprisedecisive»Moderaterna vill bygga ett land där ett fritt näringsliv skapar ett välstånd som kommer alla till del.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Moderates want to build a country where a free business sector creates prosperity that benefits everyone.”
• reduced regulatory 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 regulatory red tape”
• government intervention not always the solution»Statliga ingripanden är långt ifrån alltid« (party programme ↗)“Government interventions are far from always”
• market economy as foundation»Grunden för Sveriges välstånd är en marknadsekonomi baserad« (party programme ↗)“The foundation for Sweden's prosperity is a market economy based”

The counter-proposal wants to review the taxi industry because platform actors dump prices and conditions without employer responsibility. The plan defends the Swedish model and wants to increase security in working life, and the party programme is built on a responsibly regulated market economy rather than unregulated price pressure. At the same time the plan values market economy as such, which makes support for a broad review uncertain.

• defend the Swedish modeldecisive»Försvara den svenska modellen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Defend the Swedish model”
• security at work»Öka tryggheten och säkerheten i arbetslivet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase security and safety at work”
• responsibly regulated market»reglerad marknadsekonomi, byggd på långsiktigt tänkande, är för oss självklar.« (party programme ↗)“regulated market economy, built on long-term thinking, is for us self-evident.”
• market economy as counterweight»Sverigedemokraterna ser att marknadsekonomi, valfrihet inom välfärden och internationell handel gynnar samhället och är viktigt att försvara« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats see that market economy, freedom of choice in welfare and international trade benefit society and are important to defend”

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.