Other business promotion measures

The election manifesto's entire starting point is that market ideology has shattered security and that blind faith in the market is yesterday's politics; the party wants to stand against neo-liberalism. The plan instead wants active state industrial policy and increased public ownership, not to leave the future to market forces' whims. An explicitly market-liberal industrial policy with reduced bureaucracy as the main track therefore conflicts with the plan.

• no to market faithdecisive»Den blinda tron på marknaden och att blunda för klimatkrisen är gårdagens politik.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Blind faith in the market and ignoring the climate crisis are yesterday's politics.”
• market ideology has caused harm»Vi är många som upplevt att delar av tryggheten försvunnit och att gemenskapen slagits sönder när marknadsideologin fått styra och politiken flytt ansvar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We are many who have experienced that parts of security have disappeared and that community has been shattered when market ideology has been allowed to dominate and politics has fled responsibility.”
• political control over market»Det går inte att överlåta framtiden till marknadskrafternas godtycke, framtiden tillhör oss alla.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We cannot leave the future to the whims of market forces, the future belongs to all of us.”
• active state industrial policy»mer aktiv statlig industri- och landsbygdspolitik« (party programme ↗)“more active state industrial and rural policy”

The counter-proposal demands an explicitly more market-liberal economic policy with general measures instead of state governance. The plan's line is the opposite: society shall move the positions, the state shall take risk through increased green investments, and the party programme describes the party as anti-capitalist because the market alone does not utilise society's productive assets. The plan thus rejects the demand's direction, even though individual parts like capital supply lie close.

• society moves the positionsdecisive»Samhället ska flytta fram positionerna för att ta tillbaka kontrollen över utvecklingen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Society shall move the positions to take back control of development.”
• anti-capitalist party»Därför är socialdemokratin ett antikapitalistiskt parti.« (party programme ↗)“Therefore social democracy is an anti-capitalist party.”
• active public investment policy»Öka de gröna statliga investeringarna.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase green public investments.”
• the market is not enough for jobs»Vinstintresset skapar inte alltid arbeten.« (party programme ↗)“Profit interest does not always create jobs.”

The party programme makes it the responsibility of policy to shape the market's conditions according to the requirements for a sustainable society and wants to use economic instruments and market regulations to meet environmental challenges. An explicitly market-liberal business policy with general and unconditional investments runs counter to that direction, where the future of business lies in the green transition. The plan, however, shares the counter-proposal's view on capital provision and support for small businesses.

• policy shapes the marketdecisive»Det är politikens ansvar att forma marknadens förutsättningar så att resurser används i överensstämmelse med villkoren för ett hållbart samhälle.« (party programme ↗)“It is the responsibility of policy to shape the market's conditions so that resources are used in accordance with the requirements for a sustainable society.”
• instruments before deregulation»Genom ekonomiska styrmedel och marknadsregleringar ska vi använda den ekonomiska utvecklingskraften för att möta miljö- och resursutmaningarna.« (party programme ↗)“Through economic instruments and market regulations we shall use economic development force to meet environmental and resource challenges.”
• green transition as business policy»En viktig del av framtiden för svenskt näringsliv ligger i den gröna omställningen« (party programme ↗)“An important part of the future of Swedish business lies in the green transition”
• capital provision to small businesses»Hjälp med rådgivning och kapitalförsörjning i tidigt skede i företagandet är jämte lägre arbetsgivaravgifter och slopat eller minskat sjuklöneansvar viktiga reformer för ökat företagande.« (party programme ↗)“Help with advice and capital provision in the early stage of business is, along with lower employer contributions and stopped or reduced sick-pay responsibility, important reforms for increased enterprise.”

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 is explicitly the small business agenda: clean up in the regulatory thicket, lower taxes on work and business and improve capital supply with more efficient state risk capital and a broadened investor deduction. It also establishes that Sweden cannot manage without free trade and needs more open markets. The counter-proposal's requirements for a more market-liberal and trade-oriented industrial policy with reduced regulation thicket and functioning capital supply are the same thing in substance.

• reduced regulation thicketdecisive»Rensa upp i regelträsket för entreprenörer, stora som små. Vi vill införa en ny och förenklad företagsform för mikroföretag, så att fler ska våga testa att driva företag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Clean up in the regulatory thicket for entrepreneurs, large and small. We want to introduce a new and simplified company form for micro-enterprises, so that more shall dare to test running a business.”
• functioning capital supply»Kapitalförsörjning är avgörande för många småföretag. Vi vill att det statliga riskkapitalet blir mer effektivt och att investeraravdraget breddas och fördjupas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Capital supply is crucial for many small businesses. We want state risk capital to become more efficient and want the investor deduction to be broadened and deepened.”
• trade-oriented industrial policy»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.”
• lower taxes for small businesses»Sänk skatten på jobb och företagande, särskilt för småföretag och egenföretagare. Det ska löna sig att driva företag och skapa jobb.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Lower taxes on work and business, especially for small businesses and self-employed. It should pay to run a business and create jobs.”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The counter-proposal's direction – general initiatives for small and medium-sized companies, reduced regulatory red tape, functioning capital supply and arenas for startup companies – is in substance the plan's own business policy. The plan explicitly specifies that general measures for business climate are most important, that regulatory burden shall be reduced and that the tax system shall enable a vital market for private venture capital. The election manifesto also wants to appoint a startup commission.

• general business policy measuresdecisive»Viktigast är generella åtgärder för« (party programme ↗)“Most important are general measures for”
• functioning capital supply»möjliggöra en vital marknad för privat riskkapital.« (party programme ↗)“enable a vital market for private venture capital.”
• startup commission»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.”
• reduced red tape»Regelbördan för små företag ska minska, genom ansträngningar på både kommunal, statlig och« (party programme ↗)“Regulatory burden for small businesses shall be reduced through efforts at municipal, national 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 party programme establishes that business policy shall be conducted with general means that create good conditions for entrepreneurship throughout the country, that regulations shall be long-term and that bureaucracy shall be countered. It also wants public bodies to facilitate risk capital being available, not least for smaller businesses. The counter-proposal's demands for general initiatives, long-term rules and functioning capital provision directly correspond to these commitments.

• general business policydecisive»Näringspolitiken ska bedrivas med generella medel, det vill säga syfta till att skapa goda förutsättningar för företagande över hela landet.« (party programme ↗)“Business policy shall be conducted with general means, that is to say aim to create good conditions for entrepreneurship throughout the country.”
• capital provision for smaller businesses»De offentliga organen bör medverka till att nödvändigt riskkapital finns tillgängligt, inte minst för mindre företag« (party programme ↗)“Public bodies should facilitate that necessary risk capital is available, not least for smaller businesses”
• long-term rules»Det är viktigt att de regler staten ställer upp för företagen är långsiktiga.« (party programme ↗)“It is important that the regulations the state sets for businesses are long-term.”
• counter regulatory complexity»Byråkrati och krångliga regler ska motverkas.« (party programme ↗)“Bureaucracy and complex regulations shall be countered.”

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 business policy is in substance the plan's own: long-term rules, sharply reduced red tape, general measures for small and medium-sized enterprises and functioning capital supply. The plan explicitly promises to remove one-third of companies' administrative costs, strengthen the drivers for investment through lower taxes on business and make it possible for more companies to use employee stock options. The demand thus aligns entirely with the plan.

• reduced red tapedecisive»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 red tape”
• capital for business»Stärka drivkrafterna för investeringar, forskning och entreprenörskap, genom lägre skatter på företagande« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen the drivers for investment, research and entrepreneurship, through lower taxes on business”
• good conditions for growth»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 so that more dare leave secure and well-paid jobs to start companies.”
• employee stock options for growing companies»Möjliggöra för fler företag att kunna använda sig av reglerna för personaloptioner« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Enable more companies to make use of the rules for employee stock options”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The plan establishes that business needs good conditions and long-term prerequisites that are globally competitive and that the rules of the game shall not be disturbed by political obstacles and red tape. The counter-proposal's demand for clear and long-term rules of the game, reduced red tape, functioning capital supply and general investments in small and medium-sized enterprises aligns with this. The plan therefore supports the demand.

• long-term rules of the gamedecisive»Näringslivet behöver goda villkor och långsiktiga förutsättningar som är globalt konkurrenskraftiga.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Business needs good conditions and long-term prerequisites that are globally competitive.”
• rules of the game without red tape»Samhället måste erbjuda en pålitlig infrastruktur för industri och företag och långsiktiga spelregler för investeringar som inte störs av politiska hinder och regelkrångel.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Society must offer reliable infrastructure for industry and business and long-term rules of the game for investments that are not disrupted by political obstacles and red tape.”
• regulatory simplification»Verka för regelförenkling och avlasta småföretagens administrativa börda« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Advocate for regulatory simplification and reduce the administrative burden on small enterprises”
• promote new business ventures»Skapa förutsättningar för nyföretagande och entreprenörskap« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Create conditions for new business ventures and entrepreneurship”