Government's bill proposals

The plan demands that society acts against crime in a collected, effective and lawful manner, and states that everyone has the right to protection of their personal integrity. A general duty to provide unspecified information to crime-fighting authorities gives, according to the plan's legal protection requirements, too weak integrity protection, particularly given the justice system's historical problems. The plan places emphasis on crime's deeper causes rather than expanded information gathering.

• lawful crime preventiondecisive»kunna agera samlat, effektivt och rättssäkert för att förhindra brott« (party programme ↗)“be able to act collectively, effectively and lawfully to prevent crime”
• protection for personal integrity»har rätt till skydd av sin personliga integritet.« (party programme ↗)“have the right to protection of their personal integrity.”
• vigilance against state power»Rättsväsendet har historiska problem som kommer ur klassamhället,« (party programme ↗)“The justice system has historical problems that come from class society,”
• cause-oriented criminal policy»men framför allt med en kamp mot kriminalitetens djupare orsaker« (2022 manifesto ↗)“but above all with a fight against crime's deeper causes”

The plan explicitly requires that secrecy barriers between authorities be removed so that police and other professions can do their job, and that cooperation between police, student health, social services and schools increase to stop recruitment into crime. Rejecting the general reporting obligation goes directly against this commitment. The plan acknowledges privacy protection, but prioritises an uncompromising fight against crime.

• remove secrecy barriersdecisive»Sekretesshinder mellan myndigheter ska rivas så att polisen och andra yrkesgrupper kan göra sitt jobb.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Secrecy barriers between authorities shall be removed so that police and other professions can do their job.”
• uncompromising crime prevention»Kampen mot kriminaliteten ska vara kompromisslös.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The fight against crime must be uncompromising.”
• authority cooperation»Det behövs mer samarbete mellan polis, elevhälsa, socialtjänst och skola.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“There is a need for more cooperation between police, student health, social services and schools.”
• personal integrity as a boundary»Det är samhällets absoluta skyldighet att skydda friheten och den personliga integriteten« (party programme ↗)“It is society's absolute duty to protect freedom and personal integrity”

The plan opposes all laws that mean disproportionate interference with privacy and states that crime-fighting is important but must not take place at the expense of human rights, and that people's right to privacy and privacy shall be protected. The election manifesto wants to ease secrecy in preventive work, but targeted between school, social services and police – not as a general obligation to provide unspecified information. To reject the general information obligation thus lies closest to the plan.

• no disproportionate privacy interferencedecisive»alla lagar som innebär oproportionerliga ingrepp i« (party programme ↗)“all laws that mean disproportionate interference with”
• rights before crime-fighting»viktigt men ska inte ske på bekostnad av mänskliga« (party programme ↗)“important but must not take place at the expense of human”
• right to privacy and privacy»Vi vill värna människors rätt till integritet och« (party programme ↗)“We want to protect people's right to privacy and”
• targeted secrecy relief»lätta på sekretessen mellan områdespoliser, skola, socialtjänst och stärka samarbetet med civilsamhälle så att inga barn faller mellan stolarna i det förebyggande arbetet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“ease secrecy between neighbourhood police, school, social services and strengthen cooperation with civil society so that no children fall through the cracks in preventive work.”

Worldstate weighed in: Explosions in residential buildings and police request for vigilance — Increases pressure for information-sharing, but the plan's proportionality requirement stands; School shooting in Örebro — Speaks for preventive initiatives rather than general information obligation

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 requires that all legislation be tested against its impact on personal integrity and that restrictions be proportionate to their purpose, and the election manifesto defends the rule of law and individual rights against the state with explicit noes to broad coercive measures. A general main rule about handing over unspecified information to crime-fighting agencies is precisely such a broad intervention. The plan simultaneously requires action against gangs, but the integrity principle bears the position.

• proportionality testingweak support»All lagstiftning bör prövas mot dess påverkan på människors personliga integritet. Det måste finnas en proportionalitet mellan lagstiftningens inskränkning av medborgarnas integritet och lagarnas syfte.« (party programme ↗)“All legislation should be tested against its impact on people's personal integrity. There must be proportionality between legislation's restriction of citizens' integrity and the laws' purpose.”
• no to general integrity violationsdecisive»Rättsstaten och individens rättigheter gentemot staten måste försvaras. Vi säger därför nej till visitationszoner, kollektiv bestraffning, omvänd bevisbörda, anonyma vittnen, preventiv avlyssning och inskränkningar av religionsfriheten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The rule of law and individual rights against the state must be defended. We therefore say no to stop-and-search zones, collective punishment, reversed burden of proof, anonymous witnesses, preventive surveillance and restrictions on religious freedom.”
• strong integrity protection»Ett starkt integritetsskydd är därför en omistlig del av ett öppet och demokratiskt samhälle.« (party programme ↗)“A strong integrity protection is therefore an indispensable part of an open and democratic society.”
• action against gang crime»Samhället ska inte vika sig för gängen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Society must not back down to gangs.”

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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 requires that police and social services as a rule always shall exchange information and that school always makes police report and concern report upon suspected crime; the party programme wants to remove secrecy obstacles so information can more smoothly be shared between authorities. The counter-proposal's demand to reject reporting duty and settle for current secrecy rules goes directly against this. The plan's integrity review qualifies but does not outweigh, since the opposing interest – preventing children being drawn into serious crime – is central to the plan.

• information exchange as main ruledecisive»Polis och socialtjänst ska som huvudregel alltid kunna utbyta information sinsemellan och ska oftare dela lokaler.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Police and social services shall as a rule always be able to exchange information and shall more often share premises.”
• removed secrecy obstacles»Samarbetet mellan polis och socialtjänst behöver utvecklas, sekretesshinder undanröjas så att« (party programme ↗)“Cooperation between police and social services needs to be developed, secrecy obstacles removed so that”
• reporting obligation as main rule»ska huvudregeln bli att skolan alltid gör polisanmälan och orosanmälan vid misstänkt brottslighet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“the main rule shall be that school always makes police report and concern report upon suspected crime.”
• proportionality requirement»negativt är endast berättigade om ett motstående intresse väger uppenbart tyngre och åtgärden är« (party programme ↗)“negative is only justified if an opposing interest outweighs it significantly and the measure is”

The election manifesto explicitly requires a comprehensive review of confidentiality rules so that authorities can share information between themselves to prevent and solve crimes. The counter-proposal wishes to reject precisely such an obligation to provide information, citing that current confidentiality rules are sufficient, which is contrary to the plan's commitment. The party programme's requirement that all crimes shall be dealt with and cooperation across agency boundaries point in the same direction, while privacy protection constitutes a limit for the design rather than a reason to reject.

• review of confidentiality rulesdecisive»Total översyn av sekretessreglerna, så att myndigheter kan dela uppgifter mellan sig för att förebygga och klara upp brott.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Comprehensive review of confidentiality rules, so that authorities can share information between themselves to prevent and solve crimes.”
• all crimes shall be dealt with»Alla brott ska effektivt och utan undantag beivras« (party programme ↗)“All crimes shall be dealt with effectively and without exception”
• cooperation across agency boundaries»krävs ett väl fungerande samarbete över myndighetsgränser« (party programme ↗)“a well-functioning cooperation across agency boundaries is required”
• strong privacy protection»Den personliga integriteten ska ha ett starkt« (party programme ↗)“Personal integrity shall have a strong”

The plan explicitly commits to removing all secrecy barriers between social services and police, and to adapting the legislation so that more gang criminals are held accountable. To reject a general reporting duty by citing that today's secrecy rules are sufficient is precisely the opposite of this commitment. The plan's requirement that personal integrity be protected argues for limitations in the regulations, not for rejection.

• no secrecy barriersdecisive»Undanröja alla sekretesshinder mellan socialtjänst och polis« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove all secrecy barriers between social services and police”
• prevent young people from being drawn into criminality»Ta bort sekretesshindren mellan polis och socialtjänst samt inrätta ett nationellt no entry-program för unga i riskzonen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove the secrecy barriers between police and social services and establish a national no entry programme for young people at risk”
• legislation adapted against gangs»Gängen är Sveriges inhemska terrorister – och lagstiftningen måste anpassas därefter så att fler ställs till svars och försvinner från gatan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Gangs are Sweden's domestic terrorists – and the legislation must be adapted accordingly so that more are held accountable and disappear from the streets.”
• integrity protected»Den personliga integriteten ska värnas« (party programme ↗)“Personal integrity shall be protected”

The plan requires that the justice system's cooperation between authorities and tools to detect criminals is improved, that procedural obstacles are removed and that social services, schools and the justice system can intervene early. It moreover states that few measures are too far-reaching to push back gangs. The counter-proposal's requirement to reject the new reporting obligation conflicts with these commitments.

• strengthened inter-agency cooperationdecisive»Rättsväsendets samverkan mellan myndigheter och verktyg för att upptäcka och lagföra kriminella ska förbättras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The justice system's cooperation between authorities and tools to detect and prosecute criminals should be improved.”
• uncompromising against gangs»Sverigedemokraterna anser att få politiska åtgärder är för långtgående när det kommer till att pressa tillbaka både de kriminella gängen och den kultur som gör att de får fäste.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats believe that few political measures are too far-reaching when it comes to pushing back both criminal gangs and the culture that allows them to take hold.”
• early interventions»Ge socialtjänst, skola och rättsväsende möjlighet att ingripa med tuffare tag i ett tidigt skede« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Give social services, schools and the justice system the ability to intervene more firmly at an early stage”
• remove prosecution obstacles»Processuella hinder för att möjliggöra en ökad lagföring måste också undanröjas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Procedural obstacles to enable increased prosecution must also be removed.”