More Efficient Permit Processes and Shorter Processing Times

The election manifesto establishes that the transition needs to happen immediately and that investments in green technology, industry and energy capacity are needed, which requires that climate investments do not get stuck in protracted processes. The counter-proposal requires faster and simpler permit processes with explicitly maintained high environmental requirements and legal security, which is compatible with the plan's requirement for powerful control and overriding environmental considerations. The plan also calls for a more active state policy for industrial development.

• the transition is urgentdecisive»Omställningen behöver ske omgående och alla politiska beslut behöver ta hänsyn till den akuta kris som vi befinner oss i.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The transition needs to happen immediately and all political decisions need to take into account the acute crisis we are in.”
• green investments are needed»Investeringar i grön teknik, industri och infrastruktur, utbyggd energikapacitet och stärkt styrning utifrån nya, skärpta klimatmål behövs.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Investments in green technology, industry and infrastructure, expanded energy capacity and strengthened control based on new, sharpened climate goals are needed.”
• environmental requirements must not be lowered»de långsiktiga miljöhänsynen måste vara överordnade« (party programme ↗)“long-term environmental considerations must take precedence”
• active industrial policy»mer aktiv statlig industri- och landsbygdspolitik.« (party programme ↗)“more active state industry and rural policy.”

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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 election manifesto explicitly establishes that bureaucratic obstacles shall be torn down and that slow permit processes shall be speeded up, and that public investment shall increase the pace of industry's transformation. The plan highlights fossil-free steel and battery factories as examples of climate investments that shall land in Sweden, and the party programme sees the transformation as a driving force for economic development. Continued streamlining of environmental review with maintained environmental requirements thus follows from the plan.

• snabbare tillståndsprocesserdecisive»Riv de byråkratiska hindren för mer el. Långsamma tillståndsprocesser ska snabbas på.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Tear down the bureaucratic obstacles for more electricity. Slow permit processes shall be speeded up.”
• ökad takt i omställningen»Genom statliga investeringar kan vi öka takten i industrins omställning och underlätta ett klimatsmart liv.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Through public investment we can increase the pace of industry's transformation and facilitate a climate-smart life.”
• klimatinvesteringar i Sverige»Nu tillverkar vi fossilfritt stål i Sverige, vi bygger elbilar och vi ser hur nedlagda industrier blir till batterifabriker.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Now we manufacture fossil-free steel in Sweden, we build electric cars and we see how closed industries become battery factories.”
• omställning ger tillväxt»Omställningen till en ekologiskt hållbar utveckling är en stark drivkraft för ekonomisk« (party programme ↗)“Transformation to ecologically sustainable development is a strong driving force for economic”

The party programme wants simplified regulations to promote renewable energy, long-term rules that provide stable conditions for investment and active regulatory simplification work, while also wanting to facilitate for business to transition its production. The counter-proposal requires faster permitting processes with explicitly maintained high environmental requirements and legal certainty, which falls within these commitments. The plan does not take a position on the design of environmental assessment in detail.

• simplified regulations for renewable energydecisive»både planeringsmål, förenklade regelverk och ekonomiskt stöd för att främja de förnybara energislagen« (party programme ↗)“both planning targets, simplified regulations and economic support to promote the renewable energy sources”
• long-term rules of the game»Näringslivet ska ges långsiktiga spelregler som skapar stabila förutsättningar för investeringar.« (party programme ↗)“Business shall be given long-term rules of the game that create stable conditions for investment.”
• facilitate transition»Vi vill underlätta för svenskt näringsliv att ställa om sin produktion till att bli långsiktigt hållbar och fortsatt konkurrenskraftig.« (party programme ↗)“We want to facilitate for Swedish business to transition its production to becoming long-term sustainable and remain competitive.”
• active regulatory simplification»Onödig byråkrati ska undvikas genom ett aktivt regelförenklingsarbete.« (party programme ↗)“Unnecessary bureaucracy shall be avoided through active regulatory simplification work.”

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 explicitly requires that the time to obtain permits for green investments be halved and that climate change not wait for expensive and complicated regulations, with maintained ambitions in the review process. It even sets a time limit for wind power permits. To continue streamlining environmental review promptly and seek broad consensus is thus the plan's own position.

• halved permit timesdecisive»Klimatet kan inte vänta på dyra och krångliga regelverk. Det är dags att halvera tiden det tar att få tillstånd för gröna investeringar och reformera miljöbalken så att ett projekts klimatnytta ges större vikt i miljöprövningen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Climate change cannot wait for expensive and complicated regulations. It is time to halve the time it takes to obtain permits for green investments and reform the Environmental Code so that a project's climate benefit is given greater weight in environmental review.”
• time limit for permits»Det krävs en kriskommission för att snabbare öka Sveriges utsläppsfria elproduktion och tillstånd för vindkraft ska få ta max två år.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“A crisis commission is required to faster increase Sweden's emissions-free electricity production and permits for wind power shall take a maximum of two years.”
• broad political consensus»Vi prioriterar långsiktiga, gemensamma lösningar med partier från både vänster och höger.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We prioritize long-term, shared solutions with parties from both left and right.”
• regulatory simplification for entrepreneurs»Rensa upp i regelträsket för entreprenörer, stora som små.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Clear away the regulatory jungle for entrepreneurs, large and small.”

The election manifesto demands modernized regulations and shorter appeal processes, and the party programme that policy's task is to quickly remove obstacles for companies and people to take advantage of technology development's opportunities. The counter-proposal's demand for faster and simpler permit processes with maintained high environmental requirements and legal security follows directly from this. The plan also sees new technology as central to solving environmental problems.

• modernize regulationsdecisive»I stället vill vi möjliggöra fler nya reaktorer på fler ställen, möjliggöra återstart av Ringhals 1 och 2, se till att statliga lånegarantier omfattar kärnkraften, modernisera regelverken och ge kärnkraften betalt för att den alltid finns tillgänglig.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Instead we want to enable more new reactors in more places, enable restart of Ringhals 1 and 2, ensure that state loan guarantees cover nuclear power, modernize regulations and pay nuclear power for always being available.”
• remove obstacles quickly»Politikens uppgift måste vara att snabbt undanröja hinder« (party programme ↗)“Policy's task must be to quickly remove obstacles”
• shorten appeal processes»Vi vill införa en stimulans för att spara ihop till den första insatsen, slopa det förhöjda amorteringskravet, korta överklagandeprocesserna och fortsätta förenkla byggreglerna.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to introduce a stimulus to save up for the first deposit, stop the raised amortization requirement, shorten appeal processes and continue to simplify building regulations.”
• technical development as solution»Teknisk utveckling är en central del av lösningen på dagens miljöproblem. Därför behövs fortsatt höga« (party programme ↗)“Technical development is a central part of the solution to today's environmental problems. Therefore there is a need for continued high”

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 requires that bureaucracy and complicated rules be countered, that new laws be tested from a small business perspective and that long-term predictable rules apply so that business and households shall invest in new facilities. Faster and simpler permit processes with retained environmental requirements are exactly this. The plan further requires that examination processes be characterized by efficiency and good service spirit towards those who wish to build and develop.

• predictable rules for investmentsdecisive»spelregler och villkor måste gälla för att näringsliv och« (party programme ↗)“rules and conditions must apply so that business and”
• counter complexity and bureaucracy»regler ska motverkas. Direkta företagssubventioner avvisas. Tillkommande lagar bör prövas ur ett småföretagarperspektiv.« (party programme ↗)“rules shall be countered. Direct company subsidies are rejected. New laws should be tested from a small business perspective.”
• efficient examination process»Men planprocessen måste också präglas av effektivitet och god serviceanda« (party programme ↗)“But the planning process must also be characterized by efficiency and good service spirit”
• worthwhile to invest in new technology»Det måste löna sig att investera i produktion och« (party programme ↗)“It must be worthwhile to invest in production and”

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 promises an outer time limit for agencies' processing times and to shorten and simplify permit procedures for industries that are transforming, as well as shortened processing times for environmental permits and grid expansion. This is precisely the counter-proposal's demand for faster and simpler review while maintaining environmental requirements so that climate investments land in Sweden. The plan names red tape and long processes as an obstacle to innovation and growth.

• outer time limitdecisive»Korta myndigheternas handläggningstider genom en bortre tidsgräns« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Shorten agencies' processing times through an outer time limit”
• faster review for transformation»Utöver det vill vi förkorta och förenkla tillståndsprocesser för industrier som satsar på omställning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Beyond that we want to shorten and simplify permit procedures for industries that invest in transformation”
• shortened permit procedures»Investera i det svenska elnätet och korta tillståndsprocesserna för elnätsutbyggnad« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Invest in the Swedish electricity grid and shorten permit procedures for grid expansion”
• fewer regulations in review»Minska antalet regler för jordbruket och korta handläggningstider för miljötillstånd« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reduce the number of regulations for agriculture and shorten processing times for environmental permits”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The plan establishes that approval processes for business and industry need to be streamlined and made faster and that predictability shall increase, since profitable investments require a predictable process. The counter-proposal's demand for continued streamlining of environmental review with maintained environmental requirements and legal security is the same commitment. The plan also wants to simplify the regulatory frameworks and improve legal security.

• faster approval processesdecisive»Tillståndsprocesser för gruvnäring, elnätsutbyggnad och industri behöver effektiviseras och göras snabbare.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Approval processes for mining, power grid expansion and industry need to be streamlined and made faster.”
• predictability for investments»En förutsättning för att lönsamma investeringar ska kunna göras är en långsiktig politik som tar hänsyn till industrins behov av en förutsägbar process.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“A prerequisite for profitable investments to be made is a long-term policy that takes account of industry's need for a predictable process.”
• more efficient review»Effektivisera och öka förutsägbarheten i tillståndsprocesserna för gruvnäring, elnätsutbyggnad och industri« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Streamline and increase predictability in approval processes for mining, power grid expansion and industry”
• simplification with legal security»Förenkla regelverken och förbättra rättssäkerheten« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Simplify the regulatory frameworks and improve legal security”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.