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The plan wants the costs for emissions to increase long-term and environmental goals to be followed up with sharp legislation, and the election manifesto wants to steer heavy transport to rail and sustainable shipping. Increased penalty fees that are actually deterrent and drive shipping toward sustainable fuels align with both commitments. The plan also establishes that policy must impose requirements for industry to transition.

• rising emission costsdecisive»Kostnaderna för utsläpp behöver öka långsiktigt« (party programme ↗)“The costs for emissions need to increase long-term”
• sharp environmental legislation»miljömål som följs upp med skarp lagstiftning och praktiskt arbete.« (party programme ↗)“environmental goals that are followed up with sharp legislation and practical work.”
• sustainable shipping»Tunga transporter behöver styras till järnväg och hållbar sjöfart.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Heavy transport needs to be directed to rail and sustainable shipping.”
• requirements for business transition»Politiken kan och måste ställa krav på att industrin ställer om« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Politics can and must impose requirements for industry to transition”

The plan's decisive principle is that the polluter shall pay and that economic instruments and legislation are environmental policy's most important tools, with the goal that Sweden becomes the world's first fossil-free welfare nation. Higher sanction charges that make it more expensive to breach fuel regulations and steer shipping towards sustainable fuels are consistent with this. The level of charges is not addressed in the plan, so the conclusion is derived.

• the polluter paysdecisive»Vi ska verka för att ett globalt koldioxidpris införs med principen att förorenaren betalar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We shall work for a global carbon price to be introduced with the principle that the polluter pays.”
• economic instruments in environmental policy»forskningssatsningar, lagstiftning och olika ekonomiska styrmedel är de viktigaste« (party programme ↗)“research investments, legislation and various economic instruments are the most important”
• minimise emissions»miljöpåverkan i form av utsläpp och avfallsprodukter ska minimeras.« (party programme ↗)“environmental impacts in the form of emissions and waste products shall be minimised.”
• fossil-free welfare nation»Sverige ska bli världens första fossilfria välfärdsnation.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden shall become the world's first fossil-free welfare nation.”

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's guiding principle is that what is bad for people and the environment should be expensive and that laws and economic policy instruments should be used to promote fuels that meet climate goals. The election manifesto explicitly wants to price maritime transport emissions through emissions trading. Penalty charges that are high enough to deter and drive shipping towards sustainable fuels are precisely such a policy instrument, so the plan supports an increase.

• environmentally harmful should be expensivedecisive»ska vara billigt, det som är dåligt ska vara dyrt och« (party programme ↗)“should be cheap, what is bad should be expensive and”
• price shipping emissions»höja priset på utsläppsrätter i EU, inkludera utsläpp från flyg och sjöfart i systemet och införa klimattullar på varor från länder utanför EU.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“raise the price of emission allowances in the EU, include emissions from aviation and shipping in the system and introduce climate tariffs on goods from countries outside the EU.”
• policy instruments for climate goals»Lagar och ekonomiska styrmedel ska användas för« (party programme ↗)“Laws and economic policy instruments shall be used to”

The plan's climate strategy is based on economic instruments: it should cost more to pollute and be unprofitable to act in an environmentally damaging way, and more must be done for shipping to transition to renewable fuels. Higher penalty fees that make the regulatory framework deterrent and drive sustainable fuels in shipping is such an instrument. The plan, however, insists that measures should be effective rather than symbolic, which makes the support conditional.

• it should cost to pollutedecisive»Det ska kosta mer att smutsa ner.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It should cost more to pollute.”
• shipping's transition»Mer behöver göras för att flyget, sjöfarten och jordbruket ska kunna ställa om till förnybara drivmedel med stärkt konkurrenskraft.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“More must be done for aviation, shipping and agriculture to be able to transition to renewable fuels with strengthened competitiveness.”
• the polluter pays»Det ska alltid vara lönsamt att vara miljövårdande och olönsamt att agera miljöförstörande.« (party programme ↗)“It should always be profitable to be environmentally caring and unprofitable to act in an environmentally damaging way.”
• effective measures over symbolic politics»Ett ledarskap som prioriterar effektiva åtgärder framför symbolpolitik eller passivitet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“A leadership that prioritizes effective measures over symbolic politics or passivity.”

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's decisive principle in the environment area is that the one who pollutes – no one else – shall pay, and the party programme explicitly requires clear sanctions for violations of regulations on emissions and transport safety and tightened sanctions where supervision is lacking. The counter-proposal's demands for higher sanction fees so they become deterrent and drive shipping towards sustainable fuels follow from this, as does the principle that all forms of transport shall bear their own climate costs. The plan does not take a position on exact monetary amounts.

• the polluter paysdecisive»Det är den som förorenar – ingen annan – som ska betala.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It is the one who pollutes – no one else – who shall pay.”
• clear sanctions for emissions»sanktioner vid överträdelser av bestämmelser gällande utsläpp, vattenrening, transportsäkerhet« (party programme ↗)“sanctions for violations of regulations concerning emissions, water purification, transport safety”
• tightened sanctions»Tillsynen behöver förbättras och sanktionerna skärpas.« (party programme ↗)“Supervision needs to be improved and sanctions tightened.”
• transports bear their climate costs»Beroendet av fossila bränslen måste brytas och alla transportslag måste stå för sina« (party programme ↗)“Dependence on fossil fuels must be broken and all forms of transport must bear their”

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 wishes to lower fuel costs, mainly by reducing the proportion of expensive biofuel, and to drive climate transition in a way that is efficient; the party programme wishes to keep Swedish shipping strong through competitive conditions. Significantly increased sanctions fees for mainly administrative violations is a blunt policy instrument that goes against this. The plan's principle that the polluter pays ties the cost to actual environmental damage, not formalities.

• lower fuel costsdecisive»Sänk bensin- och dieselpriserna rejält för alla, främst genom minskad inblandningen av dyrt biobränsle.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Lower petrol and diesel prices significantly for everyone, mainly by reducing the addition of expensive biofuel.”
• competitive shipping»Sveriges ställning som sjöfartsnation bör« (party programme ↗)“Sweden's position as a shipping nation should”
• efficient climate transition»Sverige är världsledande i klimatomställningen och det ska vi fortsätta vara på ett sätt som både fungerar och är effektivt« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden is world-leading in climate transition and we shall continue to be in a way that both works and is efficient”
• the polluter pays»Miljöpolitiken ska bygga på principen att förorenaren ska betala« (party programme ↗)“Environmental policy shall be based on the principle that the polluter shall pay”

The plan's line is that EU rules shall be implemented at minimum level as a main rule and that businesses' administrative burden shall be greatly reduced. Significantly raised penalty fees for mainly administrative violations in maritime shipping is such a Swedish addition. The plan instead wants to drive the transition to sustainable fuels through production investments, not through raised fees, and rejects expensive symbolic politics in climate matters.

• EU-regler på miniminivådecisive»motverka överimplementering i Sverige av EU-beslut« (2022 manifesto ↗)“counteract over-implementation in Sweden of EU decisions”
• minskad administrativ börda»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”
• omställning genom satsningar»Satsa på tillverkning av biodrivmedel« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Invest in production of biofuels”
• ingen symbolpolitik i klimatfrågan»Klimatpolitiken får aldrig reduceras till dyrbar symbolpolitik« (party programme ↗)“Climate policy must never be reduced to expensive symbolic politics”

The plan warns that stricter Swedish environmental and emission requirements than the world's would knock out Swedish industries and wants to stop symbolic politics that harms the ability to conduct business. It also wants to strengthen Swedish shipping and keep climate policy ambitious without damaging competitiveness. Significantly raised sanction fees to drive fuel choice contradicts these commitments.

• no Swedish special requirementsdecisive»Strängare miljö- och utsläppskrav i Sverige jämfört med i omvärlden riskerar ofta att slå ut svenska näringar och få globalt kontraproduktiva resultat när det kommer till de mål kraven syftar till att uppnå.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stricter environmental and emission requirements in Sweden compared to the rest of the world often risk knocking out Swedish industries and achieving globally counterproductive results when it comes to the goals the requirements aim to achieve.”
• stop symbolic politics»Stoppa symbolpolitik som går ut över möjligheten att bedriva industri och näring« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop symbolic politics that harms the ability to conduct industry and business”
• strengthened Swedish shipping»Stärka svensk sjöfart« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen Swedish shipping”
• cost-effective regulations»Nya regler ska vara kostnadseffektiva och befintliga regler behöver ses över.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“New rules should be cost-effective and existing rules need to be reviewed.”