Business support

The plan's overarching commitment is a joint strategy for full employment and protecting jobs when operations are threatened. A more predictable and strengthened short-time work system with the parties' support aligns with that, as it keeps employees in jobs through economic downturns. The plan also sees good conditions for sound businesses as a political task, which includes cooperation programmes and support for small business development.

• joint strategy for full employmentdecisive»Vi vill se en samlad strategi för full sysselsättning« (party programme ↗)“We want to see a joint strategy for full employment”
• protect threatened jobs»Som ett skydd mot kortsiktig vinstjakt så vill Vänsterpartiet ge löntagare och samhällskooperativ laglig rätt och offentligt finansiellt stöd att ta över verksamheter och industrier som hotas stängas ner och flytta utomlands.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“As a protection against short-term profit-seeking the Left Party wants to give employees and social cooperatives legal rights and public financial support to take over operations and industries that are threatened with closure and relocation abroad.”
• good conditions for serious businesses»Vi vill se goda villkor för sunda företag« (party programme ↗)“We want to see good conditions for sound businesses”
• parties involved and collective agreements»Vänsterpartiet ställer krav på kollektivavtal vid offentliga upphandlingar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party demands collective agreements for public procurement.”

Worldstate weighed in: Unemployment 9.0 percent and a business cycle barometer below normal — Strengthens the reasons for a strengthened short-time work system that keeps employees in jobs

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.

Full employment is the plan's overarching goal, and the election manifesto wants to strengthen the long-term conditions for entrepreneurship and innovation. A predictable and reinforced short-time work system with support from labour market parties is consistent with the plan's confidence in the bipartite model and with the party programme's requirement for strategic cooperation between the state, business, unions and universities. Collaboration programmes and a platform for start-ups and scale-up companies follow from the same line.

• full employmentdecisive»Full sysselsättning är vårt övergripande mål« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Full employment is our overarching goal”
• long-term business conditions»Stärk de långsiktiga förutsättningarna för företagande och innovation« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen the long-term conditions for entrepreneurship and innovation”
• strategic cooperation»strategisk samverkan mellan den offentliga sektorn, det privata näringslivet, de fackliga« (party programme ↗)“strategic cooperation between the public sector, the private business sector, the unions”
• confidence in the bipartite model»tror på parternas förmåga att ta ansvar för lönebildningen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“believes in the parties' ability to take responsibility for wage formation”

The plan establishes that society should support the emergence of smaller businesses and that business should be given long-term and stable rules of the game, which argues for a more predictable short-time work system and coordinated initiatives for start-up and scale-up companies. The Greens additionally protect the Swedish model, and the counter-proposal's requirements are explicitly based on support from the social partners. Short-time work is not mentioned as such, so the position is derived from these commitments.

• support for smaller businessesdecisive»många nya jobb växa fram. Samhället bör stödja« (party programme ↗)“many new jobs emerge. Society should support”
• the Swedish model is protected»Vi värnar den svenska modellen där arbetsmarknadens parter gemensamt förhandlar fram vad som« (party programme ↗)“We protect the Swedish model where the social partners together negotiate what”
• long-term rules of the game»Näringslivet ska ges långsiktiga« (party programme ↗)“Business should be given long-term”
• faster commercialisation of innovations»Steget från idé och innovation till prototyp, produkt« (party programme ↗)“The step from idea and innovation to prototype, product”

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 promises a labour market with both more flexibility and better transition support, which is exactly what a predictable and simplified short-time work system aims at. The manifesto moreover wants to open more markets for Swedish goods and services, which speaks for export-promoting measures for growing companies. That the system shall have the parties' support is in line with the party's view that the rules of the game are first and foremost drawn up between the parties.

• flexibility and transition supportdecisive»Svensk arbetsmarknad behöver både mer flexibilitet och mer trygghet. Stödet vid omställning och vidareutbildning måste bli bättre.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Swedish labour market needs both more flexibility and more security. Support for transition and further training must become better.”
• export promotion and free trade»Sverige klarar sig inte utan frihandel. Öppna upp fler marknader för svenska varor och tjänster.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden cannot manage without free trade. Open up more markets for Swedish goods and services.”
• simplified regulations for businesses»Rensa upp i regelträsket för entreprenörer, stora som små.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Clean up in the regulatory thicket for entrepreneurs, large and small.”
• the parties' model carries the reform»arbetsmarknadens parter i stället för genom lagstiftning« (party programme ↗)“labour market parties instead of through legislation”

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 election manifesto explicitly promises that a startup commission shall be appointed and that business conditions shall be improved, which is close to the counter-proposal's demand for a unified national platform for start-up and scale-up companies. The plan also wants to strengthen trade and promotion policy, which carries the demand for a stronger export promotion actor. The party programme's requirement for reduced regulatory burden from a small business perspective supports a simplified and more predictable framework for short-term work.

• support for startup companiesdecisive»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 shall be adapted better to the growing sharing economy.”
• strengthened export promotion»Handels- och främjandepolitiken ska stärka Sverige som aktör för en friare värld och dra nytta av frihandelns fördelar utan den naivitet som alltför länge uppvisats för kinesisk och rysk maktpolitik.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Trade and promotion policy shall strengthen Sweden as an actor for a freer world and take advantage of the benefits of free trade without the naiveté that has long been displayed toward Chinese and Russian power politics.”
• reduced regulatory burden»Regelbördan för små företag ska minska, genom ansträngningar på både kommunal, statlig och europeisk nivå, och offentliga beslut analyseras ur småföretagarperspektiv.« (party programme ↗)“Regulatory burden for small businesses shall be reduced through efforts at municipal, national and European levels, and public decisions shall be analyzed from a small business perspective.”
• the parties model in the labour market»Den svenska arbetsmarknadsmodellen, där villkoren i huvudsak bestäms genom avtal och inte i lag, bidrar till ansvarstagande på arbetsmarknaden.« (party programme ↗)“The Swedish labour market model, where conditions are mainly determined through agreements and not by law, contributes to responsibility in the labour market.”

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's business policy line is that the state shall create generally good conditions for entrepreneurship, not build new targeted support structures. The counter-proposal wants to establish new collaboration programmes and a national platform for start-up and scale-up enterprises, which are targeted measures of the kind the plan explicitly rejects. The plan's own business proposals are instead about facilitating ownership transfers and reducing regulatory red tape. Uncertainty is large since the short-time work system as such is not addressed in the documents.

• general business policydecisive»Näringspolitiken ska bedrivas med generella medel« (party programme ↗)“Business policy shall be conducted with general means”
• no to business support»Direkta företagssubventioner avvisas.« (party programme ↗)“Direct business subsidies are rejected.”
• facilitate ownership transfers»Underlätta personalägande och generationsskifte av företag« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Facilitate employee ownership and generational transfer of businesses”
• small business perspective in regulation»Tillkommande lagar bör prövas ur ett småföretagarperspektiv.« (party programme ↗)“Forthcoming laws should be tested from a small business perspective.”

The plan establishes that conditions for starting, growing and expanding must be good and that one third of companies' red tape and administrative costs must be removed. The counter-proposal's requirement for a more predictable and simplified temporary work system and for better support for start-ups and scale-ups' expansion aligns with that. That the plan is simultaneously restrained about new state programmes makes the support uncertain.

• good conditions for growing companiesdecisive»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 ↗)“Conditions for starting, growing and expanding need to be good for more to dare leave secure and well-paid jobs to start businesses.”
• simplification for companies»Ta bort en tredjedel av företagens administrationskostnader och en tredjedel av regelkrånglet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Eliminate one third of companies' administrative costs and one third of red tape”
• conditions for growth companies»Möjliggöra för fler företag att kunna använda sig av reglerna för personaloptioner« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Enable more companies to be able to use the rules for employee stock options”
• national coordination»Få på plats en nationell samordning över samhällets behov av antalet utbildningsplatser för att förbättra kompetensförsörjningen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Put in place national coordination over society's needs for the number of education places to improve skills supply”

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 sets long-term and predictable rules for business above all and wants to relieve small businesses of their administrative burden. A simplified and more predictable short-time work system and measures to strengthen companies' international expansion align with these commitments. The plan does not explicitly mention short-time work, but the direction is clear: simpler rules and better conditions for growing companies.

• regulatory simplification for small businessesdecisive»Verka för regelförenkling och avlasta småföretagens administrativa börda« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Work for regulatory simplification and relieve small businesses of their administrative burden”
• predictable rules»långsiktiga spelregler för investeringar som inte störs av politiska hinder och regelkrångel« (2022 manifesto ↗)“long-term rules for investments that are not disrupted by political obstacles and regulatory red tape”
• support for new entrepreneurship»Skapa förutsättningar för nyföretagande och entreprenörskap« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Create conditions for new entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial activities”
• strengthened Swedish exports»Förbättra Sveriges ställning på den internationella marknaden och i handel« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Improve Sweden's position in the international market and in trade”

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.