Controls and supervision in the taxi industry

The plan identifies wage dumping, economic crime and exploitation as central threats and asserts that it is companies that are responsible for economic crimes, which justifies stronger control resources directed at disreputable companies. A special inspection authority for among other things taxis is a means for this, in line with the plan's requirements for strengthened labour rights and higher demands on working conditions. The form of authority is not addressed in the plan.

• against wage dumping and economic crimedecisive»Lönedumpning, ekonomisk brottslighet och utnyttjande är centrala hot idag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Wage dumping, economic crime and exploitation are central threats today.”
• control should be directed at companies»Det är företagen som överlägset står för de flesta ekobrotten, inte enskilda som fuskar med våra trygghetssystem.« (party programme ↗)“It is companies that overwhelmingly are responsible for most economic crimes, not individuals who cheat our security systems.”
• strengthened labour rights»Vänsterpartiet arbetar för en förstärkt arbetsrätt som innebär tryggare anställningar, högre krav på arbetsmiljön och en starkare ställning för kollektivavtalen.« (party programme ↗)“The Left Party works for strengthened labour rights which means safer employment, higher demands on working conditions and a stronger position for collective agreements.”

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 demands fair competition and action against workplace crime, and the party programme establishes that all employees shall have good working conditions and secure livelihood. A special inspection authority that makes it harder for unscrupulous taxi companies is a means for these commitments. The plan does not name any new authority, so support is derived from the purpose rather than the form.

• fair competition in the industrydecisive»Krafttag mot arbetslivskriminaliteten. Arbetslivs kriminalitet ska inte finnas på svensk arbetsmarknad och offentliga arbetsgivare och upphandlare ska vara föredömen i att verka för en sund konkurrens.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Action against workplace crime. Workplace crime shall not exist on the Swedish labour market and public employers and purchasers shall be the models in working for fair competition.”
• good working conditions for all»Alla anställda ska ha rätt till goda arbetsvillkor, trygg försörjning och inflytande över det egna arbetet.« (party programme ↗)“All employees shall have the right to good working conditions, secure livelihood and influence over their own work.”
• stable rules require oversight»Det krävs demokratiska motvikter för att skapa de stabila spelregler som behövs för att marknaden ska fungera väl.« (party programme ↗)“There is a need for democratic counterbalances to create the stable rules needed for the market to function well.”

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The plan states that the state through legislation and oversight shall ensure that fair conditions prevail on the market, which is the principle underlying the counter-proposal's demand for stricter inspections in the taxi industry. The plan also protects the collective bargaining model and requires that traffic safety is maintained, and it wants to make it difficult to profit from disreputable and criminal activity. However, the plan says nothing about establishing a new inspection authority specifically, which is why the confidence is low.

• state oversight of the marketdecisive»Staten ska genom lagstiftning och övervakning se« (party programme ↗)“The state shall through legislation and oversight”
• fair conditions through collective agreements»Vi värnar den svenska modellen där arbetsmarknadens parter gemensamt förhandlar fram vad som« (party programme ↗)“We protect the Swedish model where labour market parties jointly negotiate”
• maintained traffic safety»och trafiksäkerhet upprätthålls.« (party programme ↗)“and traffic safety is maintained.”
• difficult for disreputable actors»Det ska vara dyrt, jobbigt och svårt att vara kriminell.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It shall be expensive, difficult and hard to be criminal.”

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 wants to establish a new government inspection agency. The plan goes in the opposite direction: it wants to clean up redundant rules and bureaucracy, keep regulation away from businesses and build on a market economy free from command economy hints. The goal of fair conditions is shared, but the plan assigns fewer agency mandates rather than a new supervisory body.

• reduce bureaucracydecisive»Vi ska rensa upp bland överflödiga regler och byråkrati.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We shall clean up among redundant rules and bureaucracy.”
• regulatory simplification for business»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 business form for microenterprises, so that more dare to try running a business.”
• measures against unserious actors»krafttag mot brott emot företag« (2022 manifesto ↗)“measures against crimes against businesses”

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The plan explicitly wants an independent labour market inspection to be established and that supervision is conducted in state administration according to nationally established standards, which makes a special inspection agency for among other things taxi compatible with the plan's line. The purpose, fair competition and that unserious actors are shut out, is also the plan's. Taxi industry is not mentioned at all, however, and the plan wants to keep regulatory burden down.

• independent inspection agencydecisive»fristående arbetsmarknadsinspektion bör inrättas« (party programme ↗)“independent labour market inspection should be established”
• competition on fair terms»säkerställer konkurrens på rättvisa villkor« (party programme ↗)“ensures competition on fair terms”
• state supervision»Tillsynen ska ske i statlig regi utifrån nationellt fastställda kvalitetsnormer.« (party programme ↗)“Supervision shall be conducted in state administration according to nationally established quality standards.”
• reduced regulatory burden»Regelbördan för små företag ska minska« (party programme ↗)“Regulatory burden for small businesses shall decrease”

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 assigns the state the role of overseeing that legislation and good ethics are upheld on the market and wishes to counter unfair competition, which is the purpose of intensified inspections in the taxi industry. The zero vision points in the same direction. The plan at the same time demands restraint with public expenditure and says nothing about establishing new authorities.

• the state oversees the market's ethicsdecisive»lagstiftningen och en god etik upprätthålls på marknaden.« (party programme ↗)“legislation and good ethics are upheld on the market.”
• counter unfair competition»effektiv konkurrenspolitik motverkar oligopol, monopol och illojal konkurrens.« (party programme ↗)“effective competition policy counters oligopolies, monopolies and unfair competition.”
• zero vision in traffic»Det är viktigt med en nollvision för dödsfall och svåra« (party programme ↗)“It is important to have a zero vision for deaths and serious”
• restraint with public expenditure»återhållsamhet i de offentliga utgifterna.« (party programme ↗)“restraint in public expenditure.”

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.

Establishing a new inspection authority goes against the plan's line to slim and streamline the government apparatus – an efficiency office should review all government agencies' finances and a third of businesses' regulatory red tape should be removed. The party programme establishes that a large state gives a weaker society and that government interventions are far from always the solution. However, the plan does not directly address taxi regulation.

• limited state apparatusdecisive»En stor stat leder till ett svagare samhälle.« (party programme ↗)“A large state leads to a weaker society.”
• streamline government agencies»Inrätta ett effektiviseringskansli som ska gå inom alla myndigheters ekonomi för att frigöra resurser till försvaret« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Establish an efficiency office that should review all government agencies' finances to free up resources for defence”
• reduced regulatory red tape»Ta bort en tredjedel av företagens administrationskostnader och en tredjedel av regelkrånglet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove a third of businesses' administrative costs and a third of regulatory red tape”
• government interventions not always the solution»Statliga ingripanden är långt ifrån alltid« (party programme ↗)“Government interventions are far from always”

The counter-proposal's demand is that a new special inspection authority be established. The plan instead wants to stop government agency waste, merge agencies and streamline public activities, and explicitly criticizes that the number of agencies constantly grows. The party programme's demand for a minimum of bureaucracy in all public activities points in the same direction, although the plan shares the goal of order in the sector.

• no new agenciesdecisive»Stoppa slöseriet inom myndigheterna och slå samman myndigheter« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop waste in government agencies and merge agencies”
• streamline public activity»Sverigedemokraterna vill också slå samman myndigheter och renodla offentliga verksamheter där det är möjligt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats also want to merge agencies and streamline public activities where possible.”
• criticism of agency growth»Antalet myndigheter blir ständigt fler och politiska prestigeprojekt, som höghastighetståg och EU-fonder, prioriteras före medborgarnyttan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The number of agencies constantly grows and political prestige projects, such as high-speed rail and EU funds, are prioritized before citizen benefit.”
• least possible bureaucracy»minimum av byråkrati skall genomsyra all offentlig verksamhet.« (party programme ↗)“a minimum of bureaucracy should permeate all public activity.”