Objectives within the Common Agricultural Policy

The plan wants to see ambitious environmental goals followed up with strict legislation and a long-term shift toward more sustainable eating habits to manage the transition. The counter-proposal in turn demands that binding percentage targets for organic cultivation are not adopted and that organic production is instead guided by consumer demand. Letting demand guide instead of binding targets goes against the plan's commitment to strict environmental goals and agriculture's long-term sustainability.

• ambitious environmental goals, strict legislationdecisive»miljömål som följs upp med skarp lagstiftning och praktiskt arbete.« (party programme ↗)“environmental goals followed up with strict legislation and practical work.”
• shift toward sustainable eating habits»mer att behöva ett långsiktigt skifte mot mer hållbara matvanor för att« (party programme ↗)“need a long-term shift toward more sustainable eating habits to”
• agriculture's long-term sustainability»Jordbrukets långsiktiga hållbarhet är viktig för både ekosystemen och« (party programme ↗)“Agriculture's long-term sustainability is important for both ecosystems and”
• protect biodiversity»Ett ständigt överutnyttjande av naturens resurser leder till kraftig utarmning av den biologiska mångfalden och växthusgasutsläpp.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Constant overexploitation of nature's resources leads to severe depletion of biodiversity and greenhouse gas emissions.”

The counter-proposal wants EU targets for organic farming not to be made binding and that impact analyses always precede new targets. The party programme requires instead that EU environmental policy is further developed with tightened requirements and that member countries shall be able to go further on environmental issues, which speaks against holding back binding environmental targets. That the consumer perspective shall be the starting point partially supports the counter-proposal's demand-side guidance, but the main line carries more weight.

• skärpt EU-miljöpolitikdecisive»EU:s miljöpolitik ytterligare utvecklas« (party programme ↗)“EU environmental policy is further developed”
• gå före på miljöområdet»Medlemsländerna ska också kunna gå före« (party programme ↗)“Member countries shall also be able to go further”
• skydda biologisk mångfald»biologiska mångfalden måste skyddas.« (party programme ↗)“biological diversity must be protected.”
• konsumentperspektiv i livsmedelspolitiken»ska vara utgångspunkten för en politik där säkra livsmedel, miljöhänsyn« (party programme ↗)“shall be the starting point for a policy where safe food, environmental consideration”

The plan establishes that the transition to organic farming shall be supported through the design of agricultural support, procurement rules and legislation, thus through political guidance and not primarily by consumer demand. The counter-proposal wants instead that targets for organic farming not be made binding and are conditioned on preceding impact assessments. This speaks against the plan's commitment to more support for ecological transition and an EU agricultural policy directed at environmental considerations.

• legislatively-directed ecological transitiondecisive»Övergången till ekologisk odling ska stöttas genom jordbruksstödens utformning, regelverk för offentlig upphandling och genom lagstiftning.« (party programme ↗)“The transition to organic farming shall be supported through the design of agricultural support, regulations for public procurement and through legislation.”
• more support for organic farming»ge mer stöd till lantbruket för omställning till ekologisk odling, återskapande av naturbetesmarker och andra miljöinsatser.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“provide more support to agriculture for transition to organic farming, restoration of natural pasture land and other environmental measures.”
• green direction of the CAP»Miljöpartiet anser att EU:s gemensamma jordbrukspolitik ska inriktas på att skydda och främja småskalighet, biologisk mångfald och miljöhänsyn.« (party programme ↗)“The Green Party believes that the EU's common agricultural policy should be directed at protecting and promoting small-scale farming, biological diversity and environmental considerations.”
• right to go ahead»Medlemsländerna måste få rätt att gå före med hårdare lagstiftning till skydd för miljö och hälsa även om det strider mot EU:s inre marknad.« (party programme ↗)“Member states must be given the right to go ahead with stricter legislation for environmental and health protection even if it conflicts with the EU's internal market.”

The party programme requires a market economy free from command-economy finger-pointing and that the EU should become narrower but sharper, with decision-making close to citizens. To reject binding percentage targets for organic farming and require impact analyses before targets are adopted at EU level follows that line, as does the requirement for a more competitive agriculture. That production should be governed by consumer demand is in line with the plan's market view.

• narrower but sharper EUdecisive»EU måste bli smalare, men vassare, göra färre saker men göra dem bättre.« (party programme ↗)“The EU must become narrower, but sharper, do fewer things but do them better.”
• competitive agriculture»Sverige behöver ett ännu mer konkurrenskraftigt jordbruk.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden needs an even more competitive agriculture.”
• strengthened agricultural competitiveness»Det svenska lantbrukets konkurrenskraft, både inom EU och gentemot övriga världen, ska förstärkas.« (party programme ↗)“Swedish agriculture's competitiveness, both within the EU and against the rest of the world, should be strengthened.”

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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 agricultural and food policy to have a clear consumer perspective and distances itself from symbolic politics and detailed management that does not provide real environmental benefit. Binding percentage targets for organic farming without prior impact analysis is precisely such detailed management, while the counter-proposal's line on consumer-driven development and impact analysis follows the plan's demands for effective policy instruments.

• consumer perspective in agricultural policydecisive»ha ett tydligt konsument- och hållbarhetsperspektiv« (party programme ↗)“have a clear consumer and sustainability perspective”
• distance from symbolic politics»Liberal miljöpolitik tar avstånd från symbolpolitik« (party programme ↗)“Liberal environmental policy distances itself from symbolic politics”
• effective instruments instead of symbols»Därför är vi för riktiga klimatskatter i stället för att göra klimatpolitiken till en tävling i högst bidrag och flest symbolskatter.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Therefore we are for real climate taxes instead of making climate policy into a competition for highest subsidies and most symbolic taxes.”
• no detailed management of daily life»detaljstyrning av människors vardagsliv eller motverkande av den fria ekonomins förutsättningar.« (party programme ↗)“detailed management of people's daily life or counteracting the free economy's prerequisites.”

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 builds agricultural policy on competitiveness and equal competitive conditions and gives the consumer's conscious choice a guiding role, while the subsidiarity principle makes each level complementary to the lower one. Binding percentage targets for organic farming without impact analysis contradict this, while demand-driven development and requirements for impact analyses are in line with the plan. The demand is supported.

• competitiveness for agriculturedecisive»Regeländringar och kostnadslättnader för svenskt lantbruk för att öka Sveriges självförsörjning och stärka lantbrukets konkurrenskraft.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Regulatory changes and cost reductions for Swedish agriculture to increase Sweden's self-sufficiency and strengthen agriculture's competitiveness.”
• consumer power guides»Hon kan själv göra medvetna val och utnyttja sin makt« (party programme ↗)“She can make conscious choices herself and use her power”
• equivalent competitive conditions»näringar ges likvärdiga konkurrensvillkor gentemot« (party programme ↗)“industries are given equivalent competitive conditions against”
• the subsidiarity principle»Varje nivå är således i första hand kompletterande till de lägre« (party programme ↗)“Each level is thus primarily complementary to the lower ones”

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 line is to support, not control, agriculture and to counter overimplementation of EU decisions, where directives as a general rule should be implemented at minimum level. That science and facts should guide environmental policy also speaks directly for consequences being analyzed before binding goals are adopted. The counter-proposal's requirement that percentage targets for organic cultivation not be made binding without impact analysis is therefore supported by the plan.

• support not control agriculturedecisive»Vi ska stötta, inte styra, jord- och skogsbruket« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We shall support, not control, agriculture and forestry”
• EU rules at minimum level»Minska regelkrånglet och onödig byråkrati, bland annat genom att motverka överimplementering i Sverige av EU-beslut – som huvudregel ska EU-direktiv genomföras på miniminivå« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reduce regulatory burden and unnecessary bureaucracy, among other things by counteracting overimplementation in Sweden of EU decisions - as a general rule, EU directives should be implemented at minimum level”
• science guides environmental policyweak support»Vetenskap och fakta ska vara ledande i klimat- och miljöpolitiken.« (party programme ↗)“Science and facts shall guide climate and environmental policy.”
• decisions at the lowest level»Beslut ska fattas på lägsta möjliga nivå, så nära medborgarna som möjligt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Decisions shall be made at the lowest possible level, as close to citizens as possible.”

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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 is explicitly critical of EU regulations that burden agriculture and wants to protect Swedish self-determination, while evidence and competitiveness shall guide over the ambition to go first and furthest. The counter-proposal's requirement that percentage targets for organic cultivation are not made binding without prior impact assessment, and that production is driven by consumers' demand, follows from these commitments.

• criticism of EU regulationdecisive»EU:s jordbrukspolitik påverkar svenskt jordbruk mycket, begränsar ofta vad som är möjligt och orsakar en stor administrativ börda och omfattande regleringar som tynger lantbrukare och gör det svårt för småskaliga lantbruk att upprätthålla lönsamhet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The EU's agricultural policy affects Swedish agriculture greatly, often limits what is possible and causes a large administrative burden and extensive regulations that burden farmers and make it difficult for small-scale farms to maintain profitability.”
• evidence before ambition»Evidens, resultat och svensk konkurrenskraft ska styra genomförandet av klimatmål i högre utsträckning än politikers vilja att gå först och längst.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Evidence, results and Swedish competitiveness shall guide the implementation of climate goals to a greater extent than politicians' will to go first and furthest.”
• national self-determination»Värna Sveriges självbestämmande över skogen gentemot EU« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Protect Sweden's self-determination over the forest against the EU”
• agriculture's competitiveness»Öka det svenska jordbrukets konkurrenskraft och Sveriges självförsörjning av livsmedel« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase Swedish agriculture's competitiveness and Sweden's self-sufficiency in food”