Sample collection of information on household debt

The plan sees household indebtedness as something that weakens people's independence and requires harder regulation of banks' societal-impact activities. Better statistical data on household debts serves that ambition, and the plan therefore speaks against the counter-proposal's requirement that the change to the statistics law not be carried through. The plan's requirement to protect personal integrity does however provide a reservation that justifies low certainty.

• indebtedness weakens wage earnersdecisive»Skuldsättning försvagar många människors självständighet och« (party programme ↗)“Indebtedness weakens many people's independence and”
• harder regulation of banks»behövs en hårdare reglering av bankernas« (party programme ↗)“there needs to be harder regulation of banks'”
• the debt economy benefits capital»skulder är både lönsamt för bankerna« (party programme ↗)“debts are both profitable for banks”
• protection of personal integrity»har rätt till skydd av sin personliga integritet.« (party programme ↗)“have the right to protection of their personal integrity.”

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 does not address statistical collection on households' debts. The closest-lying principle is responsibility for a stable price level and a credible fiscal policy framework, which requires good statistical basis and speaks against stopping the change in the statistics act. Protection of personal integrity justifies limitations in collection but not stopping it entirely.

• stable price leveldecisive»Vi värnar Riksbankens oberoende och ansvar för att stabilisera den allmänna prisnivån« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We protect the Riksbank's independence and responsibility for stabilizing the general price level”
• responsible economic policy»Vi står upp för det finanspolitiska ramverket och vill utveckla det för att möta vår tids samhällsproblem.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We stand up for the fiscal policy framework and want to develop it to meet our time's societal problems.”
• personal integrity»Skydd för den personliga integriteten.« (party programme ↗)“Protection of personal integrity.”

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 does not address the statistics act or the collection of data on household debt. The closest related principle is that economic policy should be based on better measures and data and that the financial system should be stable rather than a source of instability, which speaks to the need for better knowledge of household indebtedness. The party explicitly requests systematic statistics as a basis in other areas. The counter-proposal's demand that the legislative change not be implemented is therefore rejected.

• stable financial systemdecisive»Det finansiella systemet ska vara en drivkraft för samhällsutveckling« (party programme ↗)“The financial system should be a driver of societal development”
• better data for economic policy»Sådana mått ska ges en framträdande roll när ekonomisk politik« (party programme ↗)“Such measures should be given a prominent role when economic policy”
• systematic statistics as a tool»ta fram systematisk statistik för att belysa diskriminering och rasism i samhället.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“develop systematic statistics to illuminate discrimination and racism in society.”

The plan says nothing about the Statistics Act, but requires that all legislation be tested against its impact on personal integrity and that the intrusion is proportionate to the purpose. When the collection of information on individuals' debts is questioned as insufficient for its purposes the proportionality argument falls away, and the plan's integrity principle then speaks against carrying out the change. The conclusion is derived from general principles.

• proportionality in integrity intrusionsdecisive»Det måste finnas en proportionalitet mellan lagstiftningens inskränkning av medborgarnas integritet och lagarnas syfte.« (party programme ↗)“There must be proportionality between legislation's restriction of citizens' integrity and the purpose of the laws.”
• integrity testing of legislationweak support»All lagstiftning bör prövas mot dess påverkan på människors personliga integritet.« (party programme ↗)“All legislation should be tested against its impact on people's personal integrity.”
• strong integrity protection»Ett starkt integritetsskydd är därför en omistlig del av ett öppet och demokratiskt samhälle.« (party programme ↗)“Strong integrity protection is therefore an indispensable part of an open and democratic society.”

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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 allows measures that affect personal privacy only if an opposing interest weighs clearly heavier and the measure is also effective. The counter-proposal maintains precisely that the proposed collection does not achieve its purposes; then the effectiveness requirement fails and the reason for registering household debts. However, the plan does not address debt statistics, so the conclusion rests on a general principle.

• effectiveness requirement for privacy intrusiondecisive»Åtgärder som påverkar den personliga integriteten negativt är endast berättigade om ett motstående intresse väger uppenbart tyngre och åtgärden är effektiv.« (party programme ↗)“Measures that negatively affect personal privacy are only justified if an opposing interest weighs clearly heavier and the measure is effective.”
• strengthened privacy protection»Skyddet för den enskildes integritet ska stärkas.« (party programme ↗)“Protection for the individual's privacy shall be strengthened.”
• scepticism towards increased power»en sund skepsis mot ökade offentliga maktanspråk« (party programme ↗)“a sound scepticism towards increased public power assertions”

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 does not address the statistics act, but it gives personal integrity strong constitutional protection and requires that public authorities show great caution in handling personal data. A new collection of data on individual households' debts is precisely such an intrusion that should be reviewed restrictively. The counter-proposal's requirement that the change not be implemented thus lies closest to the plan's integrity principle, even though the plan's interest in households' indebtedness pulls in the other direction.

• strong integrity with personal datadecisive»Den personliga integriteten ska ha ett starkt grundlagsskydd och det offentliga måste tillämpa stor försiktighet och respekt för den personliga integriteten vid hantering av personuppgifter.« (party programme ↗)“Personal integrity shall have strong constitutional protection and the public authorities must apply great caution and respect for personal integrity in the handling of personal data.”
• integrity as a fundamental right»Sådana rättigheter är framför allt rätten till liv, personlig frihet och integritet« (party programme ↗)“Such rights are above all the right to life, personal liberty and integrity”
• high household savings»Sparandet i den svenska ekonomin måste hållas högt genom hushållssparande och genom återhållsamhet i de offentliga utgifterna.« (party programme ↗)“Savings in the Swedish economy must be kept high through household savings and through restraint in public expenditure.”

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 does not address data collection on household debts. The closest principles point in different directions: personal integrity shall be protected, but the plan simultaneously accepts extensive data collection on the population when the purpose is for the state to have correct information. A sample-based collection for official statistics provides no support in the plan for stopping the legislative change.

• protected personal integritydecisive»Den personliga integriteten ska värnas, såväl från intrång« (party programme ↗)“Personal integrity shall be protected, both from intrusion”
• correct information on the population»Genomföra en nationell folkräkning för att stoppa bidragsbrotten« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Conduct a national census to stop benefit fraud”
• freedom and security in balance»Frihet och trygghet går hand i hand.« (party programme ↗)“Freedom and security go hand in hand.”

The plan does not address the statistics act, but it requires a minimum of bureaucracy in all public activities and wants to strengthen the constitution's protection of property rights. A new collection of information about individual households' debts is precisely the kind of expansion of the public's surveying that those principles call for caution about. The closest commitment therefore speaks in favor of the counter-proposal's requirement that the change not be implemented.

• minimum av byråkratidecisive»Centralt för partiet är att respekt för skattebetalarnas pengar och strävan efter ett minimum av byråkrati skall genomsyra all offentlig verksamhet.« (party programme ↗)“Central to the party is that respect for taxpayers' money and the pursuit of a minimum of bureaucracy shall permeate all public activities.”
• stärkt rättighetsskydd»Förstärka grundlagens rättighetsskydd vad gäller yttrandefrihet, äganderätt och frihet från religion« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen the constitution's protection of rights regarding freedom of expression, property rights and freedom from religion”
• skala bort onödiga utgifter»Skala bort onödiga utgifter i det offentliga« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Scale back unnecessary expenditures in the public sector”
• resultatkrav på satsningar»Begära tydliga resultat för varje offentlig satsning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Demand clear results for every public investment”

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.