Report by the Swedish National Audit Office on the application of the fiscal framework 2025
The National Audit Office's report on application of the fiscal policy framework
What's at stake: The National Audit Office's review concerns how well government budget policy follows the framework meant to secure sound public finances; the outcome affects trust in economic policy and the room for manoeuvre of future governments.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
The question is whether the government's report responding to the National Audit Office's review of the fiscal framework can simply be filed without further action, or whether the review's criticism of insufficient compliance and transparency in budget policy requires a change of course.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The Committee proposes that the motion be rejected and that the report responding to the National Audit Office's review be filed, without further action being considered necessary.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 5 (C)
C believes the National Audit Office's report shows that government policy is neither designed in accordance with the fiscal framework nor transparently reported, that the budget rests on overly optimistic forecasts and an inadequate plan for returning to the surplus target, and that the government does not listen to its expert authorities; an immediate return to the framework's principles is required.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
V–
S–
MP–
C–
L–
KD–
M–
SD–
YesNoAbstainAbsent
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: closing the file on the government's report (no further action) and rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 5 by C.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
The plan's stance / Actual vote
AI
Vote
Confidence
Evidence
V
–
Abstain 3/0/17/1
S
–
Yes 106/0/0/0
MP
–
Yes 18/0/0/0
Cown reservation
–
No 0/24/0/0
L
–
Yes 16/0/0/0
KD
–
Yes 19/0/0/0
M
–
Yes 66/0/0/0
SD
–
Yes 68/0/0/2
Broke with the party line
VCiczie Weidby(V, Jönköpings län)
Yes — party line: Abstain
VHåkan Svenneling(V, Värmlands län)
Yes — party line: Abstain
VLotta Johnsson Fornarve(V, Södermanlands län)
Yes — party line: Abstain
MPs whose vote differs from their party's majority position in this division. Marked with a dark ring in the chamber view.
Committee proposal
Parliament rejects motion
2025/26:4109 by Martin Ådahl (C) and
files document 2025/26:241.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motion
2025/26:4109 av Martin Ådahl (C) och
lägger skrivelse 2025/26:241 till handlingarna.
Riksdag decision: Parliament approved the government's proposal for guidelines on economic policy and budget policy in the spring budget bill.
Uncertainty and unpredictability regarding geopolitical and trade policy developments have led the government to revise forecasts for, among other things, GDP and unemployment compared to the spring budget bill. As a result, recovery in the Swedish economy is expected to continue at a slower pace than what was assessed in the spring budget bill.
Parliament agrees with the government that sustainable economic recovery must be ensured and that Sweden should continue to be built stronger to become more competitive and resilient. Parliament also shares the government's assessment that economic policy should focus on three areas: continuing to safeguard public finances, enabling more jobs in Sweden, and ensuring that effort is rewarded.
Parliament also decided to file the government's document in response to the Swedish National Audit Office's review report on the application of the fiscal framework 2025, that is, to close the matter. Parliament also rejected proposals in motions, of which twelve proposals are from the general motion period 2025/2026.
Counter-proposals
The counter-proposal wants to lower labor market thresholds and accelerate transition through tax reductions and investments. (C) — Reservation 5
Motion 2025/26:2496 — Utökad budgetgranskning av Jesper Skalberg Karlsson (M)
Motion 2025/26:3150 — Eurooption och färdplan inför 2029 av Malin Danielsson m.fl. (L)
Motion 2025/26:3421 — Klimatanpassning av Sverige 2026 av Katarina Luhr m.fl. (MP)
Motion 2025/26:3422 — En grön klimathandlingsplan 2026 av Katarina Luhr m.fl. (MP)
Motion 2025/26:4101 — med anledning av prop. 2025/26:100 2026 års ekonomiska vårproposition av Magdalena Andersson m.fl. (S)
Motion 2025/26:4108 — med anledning av prop. 2025/26:100 2026 års ekonomiska vårproposition av Nooshi Dadgostar m.fl. (V)
Motion 2025/26:4109 — med anledning av skr. 2025/26:241 Riksrevisionens rapport om tillämpningen av det finanspolitiska ramverket 2025 av Martin Ådahl (C)
Motion 2025/26:4110 — med anledning av prop. 2025/26:100 2026 års ekonomiska vårproposition av Martin Ådahl m.fl. (C)
Motion 2025/26:4118 — med anledning av prop. 2025/26:100 2026 års ekonomiska vårproposition av Daniel Helldén m.fl. (MP)
Motion 2025/26:617 — Finanspolitiskt ramverk för klimatomställningen av Markus Kallifatides (S)