Exceptions for qualification and compensation to municipalities

The plan's core commitment is that welfare shall encompass everyone living in the country and that social insurance be universal and comprehensive; raised qualification requirements instead shift costs onto the outermost safety net. The plan also requires that income and costs be distributed solidarily across the country, which speaks to municipalities' increased costs being compensated. The plan therefore supports the counter-proposal's requirement for a wider exception and compensation.

• welfare for all living heredecisive»Att välfärden omfattar alla som bor i vårt land har länge varit en viktig del i det som gjort Sverige till ett tryggt och jämlikt land.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“That welfare encompasses everyone living in our country has long been an important part of what has made Sweden a safe and equitable country.”
• universal social insurance»Att socialförsäkringarna är allmänna och heltäckande gör dem« (party programme ↗)“That social insurance is universal and comprehensive makes them”
• solidary cost distribution»Inkomster och kostnader behöver fördelas solidariskt över landet.« (party programme ↗)“Income and costs need to be distributed solidarily across the country.”
• against conditional welfare»När högerpartier förespråkar låglönejobb och begränsad välfärd för de av oss som inte är födda i Sverige bygger det på ett cyniskt utnyttjande av människor« (2022 manifesto ↗)“When right-wing parties advocate low-wage jobs and limited welfare for those of us not born in Sweden it is built on cynical exploitation of people”

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 a social safety net throughout life and that no children grow up in poverty. An exception from the qualifying requirements triggered already by special circumstances keeps the safety net open for those who would otherwise fall through. The plan furthermore wants to continue increasing state contributions to municipalities and have an equalization system for national equivalence, which supports the demand for compensation for municipalities' increased costs.

• social safety net for lifedecisive»Socialt skyddsnät under hela livet, med robusta socialförsäkringar« (party programme ↗)“Social safety net throughout life, with robust social insurance”
• no child poverty»Ett samhälle där barn inte växer upp i fattigdom.« (party programme ↗)“A society where children do not grow up in poverty.”
• increased state contributions to municipalities»Vi vill fortsätta öka statens bidrag till kommuner och regioner.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to continue increasing state contributions to municipalities and regions.”
• municipal equalization»Kommunalt utjämningssystem för nationell likvärdighet.« (party programme ↗)“Municipal equalization system for national equivalence.”

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 security systems to cover everyone and that no child should grow up in poverty, and that solidarity is not conditional. Increased eligibility requirements with only exceptional grounds as an exception shift costs to municipalities' social assistance and risk exactly that poverty. The counter-proposal's demand for a broader exception and compensation to municipalities is therefore in line with the plan.

• no child in povertydecisive»I det nya gröna folkhemmet ska inte ett enda barn växa upp i fattigdom« (2022 manifesto ↗)“In the new green people's home not a single child should grow up in poverty”
• security system for all»Målet är att detta trygghetssystem ska omfatta alla« (party programme ↗)“The goal is that this security system should cover everyone”
• unconditional solidarity»Vår solidaritet är inte villkorad till att arbeta i sektorer med kollektivavtal.« (party programme ↗)“Our solidarity is not conditional on working in sectors with collective agreements.”
• support for establishment»förlänga etableringsprogrammet för nyanlända till minst fyra år« (2022 manifesto ↗)“extend the establishment programme for newly arrived to at least four years”

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 establishes that newly arrived immigrants should qualify into the safety-net systems and that more money should go to the core of welfare and less to benefits, which speaks against softening the exception to qualification requirements. However, the plan's commitment that costs should not burden municipalities pulls in the counter-proposal's direction in the compensation part. Overall, the qualification commitment weighs most, but the conclusion is uncertain because the counter-proposal is divided.

• qualification to safety-net systemsdecisive»Nyanlända bör kvalificera sig in i trygghetssystemen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Newly arrived immigrants should qualify into the safety-net systems.”
• less to benefits»Mer pengar ska läggas på välfärdens kärna, mindre på bidrag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“More money shall be put into the core of welfare, less into benefits.”
• incentives from benefits to work»Vi vill att det ska löna sig mer att gå från bidrag till arbete, och att fler med kortare utbildning och erfarenhet ska ha möjlighet att få enkla jobb.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want it to be more rewarding to go from benefits to work, and for more people with shorter education and experience to have the opportunity to get simple jobs.”
• municipalities shall not bear the cost»Vi vill göra förskola och fritidsverksamhet tillgänglig för alla, utan att dessa kostnader drabbar kommunerna« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to make preschool and after-school activities available to all, without these costs burdening the municipalities”

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 that more should contribute and fewer rely on grants, with a grant cap and clear requirements for reciprocal obligations for those who are able to work. The counter-proposal wants to expand the exception from qualification requirements from exceptional to special reasons, that is, make the requirements easier to avoid. This goes against the plan's stricter requirement line, although the plan's principle of equalization between municipalities gives some support for the compensation part.

• fewer on grantsdecisive»Fler måste bidra – färre måste gå på bidrag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“More must contribute – fewer must rely on grants.”
• grant cap»Därför vill vi modernisera bidragssystemet genom ett bidragstak – de samlade bidragen ska inte kunna vara högre än de lägsta kollektivavtalade lönerna.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Therefore we want to modernize the grant system through a grant cap – total grants cannot exceed the lowest collectively agreed wages.”
• requirement for reciprocal obligations»Vi vill införa en ny dagersättning för arbetsföra personer med ett tydligt krav på motprestation i form av anvisat arbete, språkutbildning eller annan kompetenshöjande verksamhet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to introduce a new daily allowance for people able to work with a clear requirement for reciprocal obligations in the form of assigned work, language training, or other competency-building activities.”
• equalization between municipalities»De ekonomiska villkoren för kommuner och regioner behöver därför utjämnas med avseende på faktorer som inte går att påverka.« (party programme ↗)“The economic conditions for municipalities and regions therefore need to be equalized with respect to factors beyond their control.”

The party programme explicitly establishes that the financing principle must be respected when the state assigns municipalities new tasks, and that the state should support municipalities with weak tax base. Raised qualification requirements shift costs to municipal social assistance without full coverage. Softening the exception and compensating municipalities thus lies close to the plan, even though its strict migration line pulls in the other direction.

• the financing principledecisive»Finansieringsprincipen måste respekteras när staten ålägger kommunerna nya uppgifter.« (party programme ↗)“The financing principle must be respected when the state assigns municipalities new tasks.”
• state support to weak municipalities»Det är en statlig uppgift att stödja kommuner som inte har ett tillräckligt skatteunderlag för att klara sina lagstadgade skyldigheter mot kommunens invånare.« (party programme ↗)“It is a state task to support municipalities that do not have a sufficient tax base for meeting their statutory obligations to the municipality's residents.”
• ultimate responsibility for a dignified life»Men det offentliga är ytterst ansvarigt för att alla ska kunna leva ett tryggt och värdigt liv.« (party programme ↗)“But the public is ultimately responsible that everyone shall be able to live a safe and dignified life.”
• strict migration policy»Stram migrationspolitik krävs för att ta itu med integrationsproblem och utanförskap.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strict migration policy is required to address integration problems and exclusion.”

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 wishes to introduce qualification for welfare for newcomers through work or permanent and lawful residence, and the party programme establishes that the path into the welfare system shall be based on qualification and be staged. Swapping particularly strong grounds for special grounds widens the exception and hollows out precisely the qualification the plan is built on. The plan therefore speaks against the counter-proposal's demand.

• welfare qualificationdecisive»Införa kvalificering till välfärden för nyanlända genom eget arbete eller genom permanent och laglig bosättning i landet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce qualification for welfare for newcomers through work or through permanent and lawful residence in the country”
• staged path into welfare»bygga på kvalificering och vara stegvis.« (party programme ↗)“be based on qualification and be staged.”
• benefits after work»Se till att den som invandrat kvalificerar sig till olika välfärdsförmåner genom arbete och utbildning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Ensure that anyone who has migrated qualifies for various welfare benefits through work and education”
• work shall pay»De samlade bidragen ska aldrig bli så höga att det inte lönar sig att jobba.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Total benefits shall never become so high that it does not pay to work.”

The plan requires that the threshold for accessing tax-financed welfare be raised and that benefit systems be reviewed to limit non-citizens' right to welfare. Softening the exception to qualification requirements from exceptional to special grounds goes in the opposite direction and makes it easier to qualify early. However, the plan's principle that the state should fully compensate municipalities for new commitments speaks for the counter-proposal's other part.

• raised threshold to welfaredecisive»Skärpa villkoren för medborgarskap och höja tröskeln för att ta del av skattefinansierad välfärd« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Tighten conditions for citizenship and raise the threshold for accessing tax-financed welfare”
• limited welfare for non-citizens»Sociala attraktionsfaktorer som exempelvis bidragssystem behöver ses över för att begränsa icke-medborgares rätt till välfärden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Social attraction factors such as benefit systems need to be reviewed to limit non-citizens' right to welfare.”
• harder to exploit welfare»Göra det svårare att exploatera den svenska välfärden« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Make it harder to exploit Swedish welfare”
• municipal funding principle»kostnadsdrivande åtaganden för kommunerna utan att fullt ut kompensera dem för« (party programme ↗)“cost-driving commitments for municipalities without fully compensating them for”