Contacts between businesses and authorities

The plan wants to see good conditions for sound enterprises and particularly highlights the independent small enterprise in competition with large corporations, and that authorities have a special responsibility to meet all people with the same respect. A mandate for good treatment, reasonable handling times and better digital service for smaller enterprises points in that direction. The question is not dealt with explicitly, and the plan makes no demands for deregulation.

• good conditions for sound enterprisesdecisive»Vi vill se goda villkor för sunda företag« (party programme ↗)“We want to see good conditions for sound enterprises”
• small enterprises' conditions»Du som arbetar hårt inom ditt eget småföretag, i konkurrens med storbolag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“You who work hard in your own small enterprise, in competition with large corporations.”
• authorities' treatment»Myndigheter har ett särskilt ansvar att möta alla människor« (party programme ↗)“Authorities have a special responsibility to meet all people”
• prerequisites for serious enterprise»förutsättningar att starta nya, seriösa arbetsplatser.« (party programme ↗)“prerequisites for starting new, serious workplaces.”

The election manifesto promises to strengthen the long-term conditions for enterprise and to invest in digitalisation so that the business climate is strengthened, and the party programme that rules for enterprise shall be clear and authority exercise objective. That the state be tasked with facilitating small businesses' contacts with authorities, with good service and reasonable processing times, is in line with this. Authority services are however not addressed explicitly in the plan.

• better conditions for enterprisedecisive»Stärk de långsiktiga förutsättningarna för företagande och innovation.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen the long-term conditions for enterprise and innovation.”
• digitalisation for better business climate»Vi vill satsa på grön teknik, digitalisering och utbildning så att företagsklimatet stärks och kompetensförsörjningen förbättras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to invest in green technology, digitalisation and education so that the business climate is strengthened and skills supply improved.”
• clear business regulations»Reglerna för företagsamheten ska vara« (party programme ↗)“Rules for enterprise shall be”
• objective authority exercise»beakta allas likhet inför lagen och iaktta saklighet och opartiskhet.« (party programme ↗)“regard everyone's equality before the law and observe objectivity and impartiality.”

The party programme wants to strengthen opportunities for people to start and run businesses, that society supports the emergence of smaller businesses, that unnecessary bureaucracy is avoided through active rule-simplification work and that businesses have stable and long-term rules. An assignment on good service, reasonable processing times and better digital service for smaller businesses follows from this.

• active rule-simplificationdecisive»Onödig byråkrati ska undvikas genom ett aktivt regelförenklingsarbete.« (party programme ↗)“Unnecessary bureaucracy shall be avoided through active rule-simplification work.”
• support for smaller businesses»Samhället bör stödja framväxten och utvecklingen av dessa mindre företag.« (party programme ↗)“Society should support the emergence and development of these smaller businesses.”
• easier to run a business»Vi vill stärka möjligheterna för människor med goda idéer att starta och driva företag.« (party programme ↗)“We want to strengthen opportunities for people with good ideas to start and run businesses.”
• foreseeable rules»Vi vill se stabila och långsiktiga spelregler för företag och hushåll för att underlätta detta.« (party programme ↗)“We want to see stable and long-term rules for businesses and households to facilitate this.”

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 processing times for handling and public administration be shortened, that the regulatory maze for entrepreneurs be cleared and that permit times be halved. The counter-proposal's requirement for better treatment, high quality in regulation-making and reasonable processing times for small businesses directly addresses this. The party programme also highlights digitalization on equal terms as a prerequisite for equal access.

• shorter processing timesdecisive»Ledtiderna för handläggning och myndighetsutövning i domstolar och myndigheter måste kortas och tillgången till ombud förbättras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Processing times for handling and public administration in courts and agencies must be shortened and access to legal representation improved.”
• regulatory simplification for businesses»Rensa upp i regelträsket för entreprenörer, stora som små.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Clear away the regulatory maze for entrepreneurs, large and small.”
• halved permit times»Det är dags att halvera tiden det tar att få tillstånd för gröna investeringar« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It is time to halve the time it takes to get permits for green investments”
• digitalization on equal terms»Digitalisering på lika villkor, oavsett var man bor, är en förutsättning för demokrati och möjliggör decentralisering.« (party programme ↗)“Digitalization on equal terms, regardless of where one lives, is a prerequisite for democracy and enables decentralization.”

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 requires that regulatory burden for small businesses decreases at both municipal and state level and that public decisions are analyzed from a small business perspective, with general measures for better business climate and functioning public service. It also establishes that all public functions that reasonably can be digitized shall be made digitally available. The counter-proposal's demands for better treatment, shorter processing times, and more digitalization thus follow from the plan.

• reduced regulatory burdendecisive»Regelbördan för små företag ska minska« (party programme ↗)“Regulatory burden for small businesses shall decrease”
• digitally available administration»som till en rimlig kostnad kan göras digitalt tillgängliga också ska göras digitalt tillgängliga.« (party programme ↗)“that at reasonable cost can be made digitally available shall also be made digitally available.”
• functioning public service»att förbättra företagsklimatet och infrastrukturen, samt en fungerande offentlig service.« (party programme ↗)“to improve business climate and infrastructure, as well as functioning public service.”
• small business perspective in decisions»offentliga beslut analyseras ur småföretagarperspektiv.« (party programme ↗)“public decisions are analyzed from a small business perspective.”

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 places small and medium-sized family businesses at the centre of business policy, requires that new laws be tested from a small business perspective, that the state's rules are long-term and that administrative processes are characterized by efficiency and good service spirit towards those who want to build and develop. For the state to be tasked with facilitating smaller businesses' contacts with authorities with reasonable processing times is thus the plan's own approach.

• small businesses at the centredecisive»De små och medelstora företagen, som ofta är familjeföretag« (party programme ↗)“Small and medium-sized businesses, which are often family businesses”
• efficiency and good service spirit»planprocessen måste också präglas av effektivitet och god serviceanda« (party programme ↗)“the planning process must also be characterized by efficiency and good service spirit”
• rules tested for small businesses»Tillkommande lagar bör prövas ur ett småföretagarperspektiv.« (party programme ↗)“New laws should be tested from a small business perspective.”
• long-term rules for businesses»Det är viktigt att de regler staten ställer upp för« (party programme ↗)“It is important that the rules the state sets up for”

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 commits to shortening the authorities' processing times through a maximum time limit and to removing one-third of companies' administrative costs and red tape, with the aim of making it easy to do the right thing. Complicated processes and bureaucracy are identified as obstacles to growth. The counter-proposal's demands for better service, reasonable processing times and more digitalisation thus align with the plan's own line.

• maximum time limit for processingdecisive»Korta myndigheternas handläggningstider genom en bortre tidsgräns« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Shorten the authorities' processing times through a maximum time limit”
• reduced red tape»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”
• bureaucracy hinders growth»Men höga skatter, krångliga tillståndsprocesser och byråkrati sätter käppar i hjulet för innovation och tillväxt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“But high taxes, complicated licensing processes and bureaucracy put obstacles in the way of innovation and growth.”
• the state's role is good conditions»Statens roll i ekonomin är att värna dess grundläggande« (party programme ↗)“The state's role in the economy is to safeguard its fundamental”

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 election manifesto establishes that authorities must not become the enemies of businesses but must take on a more supportive function, and that the administrative burden on small businesses should be reduced. The counter-proposal's demands for good treatment, reasonable processing times and better digital service for smaller businesses are precisely that commitment. The plan points particularly to how bureaucracy and administrative costs divert focus from businesses' core activities and that permit processes are often long and unpredictable.

• supportive authoritiesdecisive»Myndigheterna får inte bli företagens fiender som sätter käppar i hjulen utan måste få en mer stödjande funktion.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Authorities must not become the enemies of businesses that get in the way but must take on a more supportive function.”
• reduced administrative burden»Verka för regelförenkling och avlasta småföretagens administrativa börda« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Work for regulatory simplification and reduce the administrative burden on small businesses”
• less bureaucracy»Byråkrati, regelbörda, skatter och administrativa kostnader riskerar att ta fokus från kärnverksamheten och ta udden av en entreprenörs drivkraft.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Bureaucracy, regulatory burden, taxes and administrative costs risk diverting focus from core activities and blunting an entrepreneur's drive.”
• shorter processing times»Tillståndsprocesser är ofta långa och oförutsägbara« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Permit processes are often long and unpredictable”

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.