Overarching questions

The plan requires sharpened climate targets for all emissions that Swedish policy has influence over and that Sweden plays a driving role for far-reaching international climate agreements that set requirements on pace. A climate lock that conditions EU support with sufficient climate measures is precisely such a mechanism of requirements. That the party is otherwise EU-critical does not change that climate and environmental regulations within the EU shall be defended and built upon.

• driving in climate agreementsdecisive»Vi vill att Sverige ska spela en pådrivande roll« (party programme ↗)“We want Sweden to play a driving role”
• sharpened climate targets»ett program med utgångspunkt i uppdaterade klimatmål för alla utsläpp som svensk politik har inflytande över« (2022 manifesto ↗)“a programme based on updated climate targets for all emissions that Swedish policy has influence over”
• defend EU's climate regulations»utbyte mellan länder och vissa klimat- och miljöregleringar.« (party programme ↗)“exchange between countries and certain climate and environmental regulations.”
• climate emergency requires sharpening»Vi befinner oss i ett klimatnödläge.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We are in a climate emergency.”

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 Sweden to drive the issue in the EU and UN for countries in the world to increase their climate commitments and requires climate perspective at all levels of decision-making. A climate lock on the EU budget is the same kind of conditioning as the plan already accepts when it wants EU countries that have abandoned the rule of law principles not to remain as members. The requirement for ambitious emission reduction targets follows directly from the plan's leadership ambition in the climate transition.

• driving force in the EU and UNdecisive»Sverige ska vara en stark kraft i FN och EU för att världens länder ska öka sina åtaganden för att göra verklighet av Parisavtalets ambitioner.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden must be a strong force in the UN and EU for the world's countries to increase their commitments to make reality of the Paris Agreement's ambitions.”
• climate perspective in all decisions»Klimatperspektiv på alla nivåer av beslut och beslutsfattande.« (party programme ↗)“Climate perspective at all levels of decisions and decision-making.”
• conditional EU membership»EU-länder som övergett demokratin och rättsstatens principer tillåts inte vara kvar som« (party programme ↗)“EU countries that have abandoned democracy and the rule of law principles are not permitted to remain as”
• Swedish climate leadership»Svenskt ledarskap i klimatomställningen genom stark industri och innovationskraft.« (party programme ↗)“Swedish leadership in the climate transition through strong industry and innovation capacity.”

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 states that the EU should be the leading force in global climate action and that member states must lead by example, which is exactly what the counter-proposal requires. The plan also accepts that EU funding can be withdrawn as a pressure measure against member states that do not meet the union's requirements, which is the mechanism on which a climate lock is built. Stricter climate control measures in the EU are furthermore an explicit election promise.

• the EU should lead climate actiondecisive»EU ska vara den ledande kraften i det globala klimatarbetet och driva på för att minska« (party programme ↗)“The EU should be the leading force in global climate action and drive to reduce”
• withdrawn EU funding as a sanction»ska kunna få sanktioner riktade mot sig, exempelvis genom indragna EU-stöd, förlorad« (party programme ↗)“can be subject to sanctions, for example through withdrawn EU funding, lost”
• stricter EU climate control measures»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 ↗)“increase 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.”
• binding emissions budget»ta fram en svensk utsläppsbudget som gör att vi når klimatmålen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“develop a Swedish emission budget that ensures we meet the climate targets.”

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The plan puts climate first and requires leadership that is firmly resolved that Sweden shall go first and show the way, and that the EU's climate tools become even more ambitious. A climate lock that conditions EU support on actual climate action follows from the principle that common policy shall become more powerful precisely on climate and that weak requirements shall not prevent strengthened ambitions. The counter-proposal's requirements are thus in line with the plan.

• Sweden shall lead in climate policydecisive»Ett ledarskap som tar klimatfrågan på allvar och som är fast beslutet att Sverige ska gå före och visa vägen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Leadership that takes the climate question seriously and is firmly resolved that Sweden shall go first and show the way.”
• more ambitious EU climate policy»EU:s system för handel med utsläppsrätter är bland de mest effektiva verktyg vi har, och vi vill göra det ännu mer ambitiöst och öppna upp det för fler länder som vill ansluta sig.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The EU's system for trading in emission allowances is among the most effective tools we have, and we want to make it even more ambitious and open it up to more countries that want to join.”
• more powerful joint climate policy»På områden som klimatomställningen, frihandeln och den gränsöverskridande brottsligheten bör den gemensamma politiken bli kraftfullare« (party programme ↗)“In areas such as climate transition, free trade and cross-border crime the common policy should become more powerful”
• science-based climate goals»Klimatpolitiken ska utgå från vad vetenskapen visar är nödvändigt för att undvika farliga förändringar.« (party programme ↗)“Climate policy shall be based on what science shows is necessary to avoid dangerous changes.”

The plan makes the EU the most important instrument for climate work and requires that the union's ambitions be raised and regulations be tightened. It also accepts that EU support be withdrawn as a sanction when member states break common commitments, which is exactly the construction the counter-proposal's climate lock builds on. The requirement that Sweden and the EU lead with ambitious emission targets follows directly from the plan.

• raised EU ambitionsdecisive»EU-samarbetet är vårt viktigaste instrument för att driva på miljöarbetet internationellt. EU:s ambitioner måste höjas och regelverken skärpas.« (party programme ↗)“EU cooperation is our most important tool to drive environmental work internationally. The union's ambitions must be raised and regulations must be tightened.”
• increased European climate ambitions»Inte minst vill vi öka de europeiska klimatambitionerna samt se en tätare samverkan mot inre och yttre hot.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Not least, we want to increase European climate ambitions and see closer cooperation against internal and external threats.”
• withdrawn EU support as sanction»Systematiska kränkningar av medborgarnas rättigheter eller diskriminering av minoriteter ska kunna leda till sanktioner i form av indragna EU-stöd efter beslut av EU-domstolen, eller i särskilt allvarliga fall suspenderad rösträtt i rådet.« (party programme ↗)“Systematic violations of citizens' rights or discrimination of minorities shall be able to result in sanctions in the form of withdrawn EU support after decision of the EU court, or in particularly serious cases suspended voting rights in the council.”
• European climate policy instruments»Det behövs en europeisk koldioxidskatt och klimattullar för att höja kostnaden för utsläpp, samtidigt som det europeiska klimatbiståndet ökar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“A European carbon tax and climate tariffs are needed to raise the cost of emissions, while European climate aid increases.”

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 environmental policy to be flexible enough that every country and region can adapt measures to their circumstances and that the EU's tasks are delimited to prevent unwelcome centralization. A climate lock that conditions payments from the EU budget pulls in the opposite direction and disturbs the subsidiarity principle's distribution of power. The plan agrees that the EU should work toward solving the climate problem, but not with this tool.

• flexible national environmental policydecisive»flexibel att varje land och region kan anpassa åtgärder efter sina unika förhållanden. På« (party programme ↗)“flexible so that every country and region can adapt measures to their unique circumstances. On”
• delimited EU competence»för att förhindra ovälkommen centralisering. En mekanism för tillämpning av« (party programme ↗)“to prevent unwelcome centralization. A mechanism for application of”
• subsidiarity»Rätt makt på rätt plats, det är den kristdemokratiska subsidiaritetsprincipens innebörd.« (party programme ↗)“Right power in the right place, that is the meaning of the Christian Democratic subsidiarity principle.”
• the EU should work for climate solution»global nivå måste EU verka för en lösning av klimatproblemet. Miniminivåer för miljöavgifter« (party programme ↗)“global level must the EU work toward solving the climate problem. Minimum levels for environmental charges”

The plan establishes that the EU shall neither do nor decide on everything and shall never develop at member states' expense. A climate lock conditioning EU support shifts power to the union level and binds the budget to new requirements. The plan moreover warns against costly symbolic politics and points out that emissions are often reduced more cheaply through international efforts than through raised domestic targets. The demand is rejected.

• limited EU mandatedecisive»Moderaternas syn på EU speglar vår syn på statens uppgifter: EU ska varken göra eller fatta beslut om allt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Moderate view of the EU reflects our view of the state's tasks: the EU shall neither do nor decide on everything.”
• member states' sovereignty»Men EU ska aldrig utvecklas på medlemsstaternas bekostnad.« (party programme ↗)“But the EU shall never develop at member states' expense.”
• effective climate policy without symbolic politics»Klimatpolitiken får aldrig reduceras till dyrbar symbolpolitik eller snäv klimatnationalism.« (party programme ↗)“Climate policy must never reduce to costly symbolic politics or narrow climate nationalism.”
• cost-effective emission reductions»Samtidigt är kostnaden för att minska utsläppen genom internationella klimatinsatser ofta mycket lägre än för att minska utsläppen i Sverige« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Meanwhile the cost of reducing emissions through international climate efforts is often much lower than the cost of reducing emissions in Sweden”

The plan states that Swedish climate targets should be adapted to the EU level and that Sweden should not do more than necessary at the expense of living standards and competitiveness. The counter-proposal's demand that Sweden and the EU lead with more ambitious emissions targets directly contradicts this. A climate lock on the EU budget also means a further shift of power to the EU, which the plan wants to stop.

• no climate targets beyond EUdecisive»De svenska klimatmålen bör anpassas till den klimatlagstiftning som finns på EU-nivå för att inte kraven på andra länder ska bli lägre som en konsekvens av att vi gör mer än nödvändigt på bekostnad av vår levnadsstandard och konkurrenskraft.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Swedish climate targets should be adapted to the climate legislation that exists at EU level so that requirements on other countries should not be lower as a consequence of us doing more than necessary at the expense of our standard of living and competitiveness.”
• not to lead the way»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 should guide the implementation of climate targets to a greater extent than politicians' desire to go first and furthest.”
• stop EU's increase in power»Stoppa maktöverföringar och EU-skatter« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop transfers of power and EU taxes”
• lower EU contribution»Kraftigt minska Sveriges EU-avgift« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Significantly reduce Sweden's EU contribution”