Review of the state's corporate ownership

The plan requires that the share of collectively owned companies in the economy increases and that public ownership is strong especially in the key sectors of the economy, and that incorporation is not used to prepare for privatizations. A review of the portfolio of state-owned companies with the aim of identifying what can be divested goes directly against this. The plan therefore speaks against the counter-proposal's demands.

• increase collective ownershipdecisive»utnyttjas fullt ut. De gemensamt ägda företagens andel av ekonomin« (party programme ↗)“is fully utilized. The share of collectively owned companies in the economy”
• no to privatization preparations»marknad, men bolagisering får inte användas för att anpassa den offentliga sektorn till det privata näringslivet eller förbereda privatiseringar.« (party programme ↗)“market, but incorporation must not be used to adapt the public sector to the private business sector or prepare for privatizations.”
• public ownership in key sectors»transportsystem, kommunikationer och övrig infrastruktur, finansiell sektor, bostadsproduktion, energiförsörjning, strategiska naturtillgångar och så vidare. Samhällsägda företag ska vara föredömen« (party programme ↗)“transport systems, communications and other infrastructure, financial sector, housing production, energy supply, strategic natural resources and so on. Public companies shall be models”

The plan's line is to take back democratic control and stop privatisation, with democracy's precedence before the market. A review of the state-owned corporate portfolio with explicit divestment intent goes in the opposite direction to this commitment. The plan instead wants society to move forward its positions, which is why the counter-proposal's demand is rejected.

• stop to privatisationdecisive»Det är dags att ta tillbaka den demokratiska kontrollen över välfärden och att stoppa sönderprivatiseringen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It is time to take back democratic control over welfare and to stop privatisation.”
• democracy's precedence before the market»Demokratin har därför företräde före marknaden.« (party programme ↗)“Democracy therefore has precedence before the market.”
• society takes back control»Samhället ska flytta fram positionerna för att ta tillbaka kontrollen över utvecklingen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Society shall move forward its positions to take back control over development.”
• common rights outside the market»De sociala rättigheter, som ska komma alla till del« (party programme ↗)“The social rights, which shall be afforded to everyone”

The party programme wants public ownership to be active and used to promote sustainability, that long-termism is prioritized over short-term profit interests and that certain activities continue to be run in public administration. A review whose stated purpose is to identify companies that can be divested goes in the opposite direction from this active public ownership. The plan therefore does not support the counter-proposal's demand.

• active state ownershipdecisive»ska ägarskapet vara aktivt och inflytandet« (party programme ↗)“ownership should be active and the influence”
• long-termism over profit»ska prioriteras före kortsiktiga vinstintressen.« (party programme ↗)“should be prioritized over short-term profit interests.”
• public administration valued»Universitetssjukhus ska fortsatt drivas i offentlig regi.« (party programme ↗)“University hospitals should continue to be run in public administration.”
• common activity is not a market»Välfärdens verksamheter får inte hanteras som vilken marknad som helst.« (party programme ↗)“Welfare activities cannot be treated as any market.”

The party programme establishes that public activities can advantageously be exposed to competition to give the private business sector opportunity to create jobs and development, and that the market economy shall be free from planned-economy dictates. Tax funds shall be used sparingly and policy shall exercise restraint with taxpayers' money. A review of the business portfolio to identify what is better run by other actors therefore follows from the plan.

• expose public activities to competitiondecisive»Offentlig verksamhet kan med fördel konkurrensutsättas« (party programme ↗)“Public activities can advantageously be exposed to competition”
• restraint with tax funds»Beskattning begränsar dock människors självbestämmande, därför bör skattemedel användas sparsamt« (party programme ↗)“Taxation does, however, limit people's self-determination, therefore tax funds should be used sparingly”
• exercise restraint with funds»Politiken ska hushålla med skattebetalarnas pengar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Policy shall exercise restraint with taxpayers' money.”

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The plan establishes that the public shall only run business activities if there is a strong societal interest, that the state shall not own enterprises in ordinary sectors and that public activity shall not crowd out private alternatives. A review of the company portfolio to identify what can advantageously be run by other actors is exactly what these commitments lead to. The plan also wants the possibility to challenge publicly run activity.

• restrictive state enterprisedecisive»Det offentliga ska endast driva affärsverksamhet om det finns ett starkt samhällsintresse.« (party programme ↗)“The public shall only run business activity if there is a strong societal interest.”
• the state shall not own enterprises»Staten ska inte äga flygbolag, banker och telebolag.« (party programme ↗)“The state shall not own airlines, banks and telecommunications companies.”
• not crowd out private alternatives»offentliga ska inte driva verksamheter som tränger ut fungerande privata alternativ eller försvårar« (party programme ↗)“public shall not run activities that crowd out functioning private alternatives or make”
• challenger right against public operation»finnas möjlighet att utmana offentligt driven verksamhet.« (party programme ↗)“there shall be possibility to challenge publicly run activity.”

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 wants personal ownership to be encouraged at the expense of institutional ownership and that public activities as far as possible are built on the absence of monopolies, while the state's own role in business policy is limited to oversight and ethics. A review of the portfolio of public enterprises to identify what other actors can run better follows from this and from the plan's requirements for evaluation and cost tracking.

• personal before institutional ownershipdecisive»Det är också angeläget att det personliga ägandet uppmuntras på bekostnad av det institutionella ägandet.« (party programme ↗)“It is also important that personal ownership is encouraged at the expense of institutional ownership.”
• absence of monopolies»offentliga sektorns verksamhetsformer ska så långt möjligt bygga på frånvaro av monopol.« (party programme ↗)“public sector activities should as far as possible be built on the absence of monopolies.”
• limited state business role»Statens roll i näringspolitiken är att övervaka att« (party programme ↗)“The state's role in business policy is to oversee that”
• evaluation of shared assets»Utvärdering, kostnadsuppföljning och kvalitetskontroll är därför viktiga politiska« (party programme ↗)“Evaluation, cost monitoring and quality control are therefore important political”

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 states that what can be done equally well or better by someone else shall not be carried out by the public sector and that a large state produces a weaker society. It also commits concretely to selling off state ownership. A review of the company portfolio to identify what can be divested thus follows from the plan's line, although such a review is not mentioned as such.

• limited public responsibilitydecisive»Om något kan göras lika bra eller bättre av« (party programme ↗)“If something can be done equally well or better by”
• divest state ownership»Sälja av en större andel av statliga Sveaskogs innehav till personer med regional anknytning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sell off a larger share of state Sveaskog holdings to people with regional ties”
• smaller state»En stor stat leder till ett svagare samhälle.« (party programme ↗)“A large state leads to a weaker society.”
• market economy and private ownership»Grunden för Sveriges välstånd är en marknadsekonomi baserad« (party programme ↗)“The foundation for Sweden's prosperity is a market economy based”

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 establishes that what matters most is not who performs a task but that it is performed with maximum benefit at lowest cost, and takes a pragmatic and results-oriented approach to state ownership. It also requires clear results for every public investment. A review that identifies companies that could advantageously be operated by others therefore aligns with the plan, with the reservation that strategic functions should remain under state control.

• benefit before providerdecisive»Det viktigaste för oss är i de flesta fall inte vem som utför en specifik uppgift« (party programme ↗)“What is most important for us in most cases is not who performs a specific task”
• pragmatic state ownership»Sverigedemokraterna ett pragmatiskt och resultatinriktat förhållningssätt.« (party programme ↗)“The Sweden Democrats a pragmatic and results-oriented approach.”
• demand for clear results»Begära tydliga resultat för varje offentlig satsning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Demand clear results for every public investment”
• strategic functions state-controlled»försvar och väsentliga delar av vår infrastruktur bör stå under statlig kontroll« (party programme ↗)“defence and essential parts of our infrastructure should be under state control”