National Audit Office Report on Land Division in Sweden

The counter-proposal's central demand is reform work so that tasks currently carried out by the public sector can be carried out by other actors—in other words, a privatisation of parts of the surveying authority's tasks. The election manifesto goes in the opposite direction and wants to take back publicly vital operations and infrastructure that have been privatised, and the party programme establishes that public ownership must be strong in key sectors and that steps that prepare for privatisations must not be taken. Property formation is moreover the core of the active property policy and the state building responsibility the plan demands. The sub-demands about fees and digitalisation do not change that assessment.

• take back privatised publicly vital operationsdecisive»Det är hög tid att agera och ta tillbaka den samhällsviktiga verksamhet och infrastruktur som har privatiserats.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It is high time to act and take back publicly vital operations and infrastructure that have been privatised.”
• no prepared privatisations»bolagisering får inte användas för att anpassa den offentliga sektorn till det privata näringslivet eller förbereda privatiseringar.« (party programme ↗)“corporatisation must not be used to adapt the public sector to the private business sector or prepare for privatisations.”
• public ownership in key sectors»samhällsägandet är starkt inom ekonomins nyckelsektorer« (party programme ↗)“public ownership is strong in the economy's key sectors”
• active public property policy»Vänsterpartiet vill se ett statligt byggbolag, investeringsstöd för ökat bostadsbyggande och en aktiv markpolitik.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party wants to see a state building company, investment support for increased housing construction and an active property policy.”

The counter-proposal requires a reform effort so that appropriate tasks in state property formation can be performed by other actors. The party's plan points in the opposite direction: democratic control should be taken back and privatisation stopped, and democracy takes precedence over the market. Property formation is exercise of authority requiring impartiality and fairness, which argues against placing tasks with other actors. The plan instead supports faster permit processes, but it does not bear the demand for a privatisation reform.

• stop dismantling through 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 stop the dismantling through privatisation.”
• democracy's precedence over the market»Demokratin har därför företräde före marknaden.« (party programme ↗)“Democracy therefore takes precedence over the market.”
• fair and impartial authority exercise»beakta allas likhet inför lagen och iaktta saklighet och opartiskhet.« (party programme ↗)“respect everyone's equality before the law and observe fairness and impartiality.”
• shorter handling times»Långsamma tillståndsprocesser ska snabbas på.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Slow permit processes shall be speeded up.”

The party programme wants to get commercial actors out of publicly financed activity and establishes that the public and private sectors have different roles. The counter-proposal's bearing demand — a reform effort so that tasks currently performed by the public can be performed by other actors — thereby goes against the plan. The sub-demands on municipal ownership, fees and digitalisation lie closer to the party's decentralist basic view and its will to avoid unnecessary bureaucracy, but they do not outweigh the reform's main direction. The plan does not directly address property formation, so the position is derived.

• out commercial actors from public activitydecisive»få bort de kommersiellt inriktade aktörerna och i stället främja idéburna verksamheter« (party programme ↗)“get commercial actors out and instead promote idea-driven activities”
• shared services are not a market»Välfärdens verksamheter får inte hanteras som vilken marknad som helst.« (party programme ↗)“Welfare activities must not be handled as any market.”
• decentralisation to municipalities»Beslut bör tas så nära medborgarna som möjligt.« (party programme ↗)“Decisions should be taken as close to citizens as possible.”
• rule simplification and efficiency»Onödig byråkrati ska undvikas genom ett aktivt« (party programme ↗)“Unnecessary bureaucracy shall be avoided through active”

The party programme establishes that public activity can advantageously be subject to competition, which is precisely what the counter-proposal requests when appropriate surveying tasks can be performed by other actors. The election manifesto moreover requires shorter lead times in the authorities' handling and less bureaucracy, which supports the demands for prioritised digitalisation and revised fee-setting. That the municipality's own community development should carry greater weight in the assessment of municipal surveying authority follows from the party's decentralisation principle that decisions should be made close to those affected.

• subject public activity to competitiondecisive»Offentlig verksamhet kan med fördel konkurrensutsättas« (party programme ↗)“Public activity can advantageously be subject to competition”
• shorter handling times at authorities»Ledtiderna för handläggning och myndighetsutövning i domstolar och myndigheter måste kortas« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Lead times for handling and exercise of authority in courts and authorities must be shortened”
• decentralised decision-making»Decentralisera mera. Människor ska få bestämma mer själva, och politiska beslut ska fattas nära dem som berörs.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Decentralise more. People should get to decide more themselves, and political decisions should be made close to those affected.”
• rule simplification and less bureaucracy»Vi ska rensa upp bland överflödiga regler och byråkrati.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We shall clean up unnecessary rules and bureaucracy.”

The party programme establishes that the public shall only operate activity where there is a strong public interest and that there shall normally be an opportunity to challenge publicly operated activity, which aligns with the counter-proposal's demand that appropriate tasks in property formation can be performed by other actors. The programme also makes it a central principle that public functions shall be made digitally accessible, which supports the demand for prioritised digitalisation of surveying operations. Additionally the plan wants to increase competition and simplify and shorten processes around building, which speaks for a review of fees and handling. Property formation is not mentioned explicitly, so the position is derived.

• limited public business activitydecisive»Det offentliga ska endast driva affärsverksamhet om det finns ett starkt samhällsintresse.« (party programme ↗)“The public shall only operate business activity if there is a strong public interest.”
• challenger rights against public operation»I alla kommuner och regioner ska det normalt finnas möjlighet att utmana« (party programme ↗)“In all municipalities and regions there shall normally be an opportunity to challenge”
• digitise public functions»En central princip är därför att alla offentliga funktioner som till en rimlig kostnad« (party programme ↗)“A central principle is therefore that all public functions that at reasonable cost”
• faster building processes for housing»korta överklagandeprocesserna och fortsätta förenkla byggreglerna« (2022 manifesto ↗)“shorten appeals processes and continue to simplify building regulations”

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 public activity that is not exercise of authority should be procured through competition and that the public sector's modes of activity to the extent possible should be built on absence of monopoly. This speaks directly for the counter-proposal's demand for a reform effort where appropriate tasks in property formation can be performed by other actors. The plan moreover requires that the planning process is characterised by efficiency and good service spirit toward those who want to build, and that new technology enabling decentralisation is utilised, which supports both prioritised digitalisation, revised fee-setting and greater municipal consideration.

• subject non-authority tasks to competitiondecisive»Övrig offentlig verksamhet, som inte är myndighetsutövning, bör« (party programme ↗)“Other public activity, which is not exercise of authority, should”
• monopolies only exceptionally»Monopol och konkurrensbegränsningar får endast förekomma undantagsvis« (party programme ↗)“Monopolies and competition restrictions shall only occur exceptionally”
• efficient community development process»Men planprocessen måste också präglas av effektivitet och god serviceanda« (party programme ↗)“But the planning process must also be characterised by efficiency and good service spirit”
• utilise new technology»Ny teknik som skapar stora möjligheter till decentralisering av produktion och beslutsfattande« (party programme ↗)“New technology that creates major opportunities for decentralisation of production and decision-making”

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 establishes that what can be done equally well or better by someone other than the public shall also not be performed by the public, which is precisely the reform effort the counter-proposal wants to initiate for surveying operations. The election manifesto moreover wants to shorten the authorities' handling times with an outer time limit and remove a third of red tape, which supports the demands for prioritised digitalisation and revised fee-setting. That property formation works is tied in the plan to more housing being built. The plan says however nothing about the committee's reasoning argument that ongoing considerations should not be pre-empted.

• public shall not do everythingdecisive»Om något kan göras lika bra eller bättre av« (party programme ↗)“If something can be done equally well or better by”
• shorter handling times»Korta myndigheternas handläggningstider genom en bortre tidsgräns« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Shorten the authorities' handling times through an outer time limit”
• reduced 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 red tape”
• more housing is built»En fungerande bostadsmarknad är en förutsättning för ökad tillväxt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“A functioning housing market is a prerequisite for increased growth.”

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 to streamline public operations, reduce bureaucracy and simplify and accelerate the decision-making processes governing construction, which aligns with the counter-proposal's demand for reform work so that suitable tasks can be carried out by other actors, revised fee-setting and prioritised digitalisation. The same line recurs in the demand for more efficient and more predictable permission processes. That the municipality's property development shall weigh more heavily in the assessment by the municipal surveying authority is supported by the party programme's view of local self-governance. Property formation as such is not addressed explicitly; this is inferred.

• streamlined public operationsdecisive»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 operations where possible.”
• faster decision-making processes for construction»Sverigedemokraterna vill underlätta bostadsbyggande genom att förenkla och snabba på beslutsprocesser och se över de omfattande regelverk och krav som styr bostadsbyggande.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats want to facilitate housing construction by simplifying and accelerating decision-making processes and reviewing the extensive regulations and requirements governing housing construction.”
• more efficient permission processes»Effektivisera och öka förutsägbarheten i tillståndsprocesserna för gruvnäring, elnätsutbyggnad och industri« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Improve efficiency and increase predictability in permission processes for mining, electricity grid expansion and industry”
• local self-governance»Vi betraktar det kommunala självbestämmandet som en central del av demokratin« (party programme ↗)“We view local self-governance as a central part of democracy”

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.