Crisis support for households and businesses: fuel tax cut or targeted support
What's at stake: The choice of support form affects which households and businesses get help with increased costs, the state's revenue from fuel tax, and whether the transition to electrification and fossil-free fuels is promoted or slowed.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
Parliament decides whether crisis support for households and businesses affected by high fuel prices should take the form of a general temporary cut in petrol and diesel tax, or whether support should instead be targeted at the hardest-hit households and combined with support for electric vehicles, without increasing fossil-fuel dependency.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee shares the government's assessment that a temporary cut in petrol and diesel tax is the most effective measure that can be put in place fastest to counter rising fuel prices and support those dependent on fuel, while the transition to electrification and fossil-free fuels continues through, among other things, an EV premium, reduced public-transport prices, and support for the aviation and agriculture sectors. The committee recommends rejecting the motion.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 2 (V, MP)
The reservation (V, MP) shares the view that households and businesses may need support but argues that the decisive question is whether the state should use the crisis to make Sweden more dependent on fossil energy. It instead favours targeted transport support for lower-income people in sparsely populated and rural areas who are hit hardest by high petrol and diesel prices, plus support for purchasing and leasing electric vehicles, so as to avoid increasing fossil-fuel dependency.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
V–
S–
MP–
C–
L–
KD–
M–
SD–
YesNoAbstainAbsent
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 2 by V, MP.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
The plan's stance / Actual vote
AI
Vote
Confidence
Evidence
Vown reservation
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No 0/21/0/0
S
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Yes 105/0/0/1
MPown reservation
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No 0/18/0/0
C
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Yes 24/0/0/0
L
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Yes 16/0/0/0
KD
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Yes 19/0/0/0
M
–
Yes 66/0/0/0
SD
–
Yes 70/0/0/0
Committee proposal
Parliament rejects motion
2025/26:4199 by Janine Alm Ericson et al. (MP) claim 3.
Riksdag decision: Parliament agreed to the Government's proposal for a supplementary budget to provide support to Ukraine and support for households and other measures in connection with the war in the Middle East.
The proposal entails, among other things, that the Government, through so-called authorizations, shall obtain the right to decide to donate to Ukraine 16 Jas 39 Gripen C/D including qualified ammunition, as well as to enter into an agreement with Ukraine regarding the sale of Gripen E/F with associated air defense systems.
The Government also proposes further temporary reduced taxation on petrol and diesel during the period July 1–November 30, 2026, temporary support for reduced prices in public transport during the period July 1–December 31, 2026 and measures to support the aviation and agricultural sectors.
In addition to the Government's proposal, the Finance Committee on its own initiative presented a legislative proposal on tax exemption for jet fuel. The proposal entails that jet fuel is given the same energy tax conditions as aviation fuel. The legislative change takes effect on July 1, 2026. A committee initiative means that the committee has taken the initiative for the proposal. It is not based on a Government proposal or a parliamentary motion.
In total, the Government's proposal means that the general government's financial savings and the State's budget balance is estimated to improve by SEK 5.3 billion in 2026. Proposals for changes to procurement authorizations for 2026 entail that the Government estimates that appropriations need to increase by a total of SEK 22.6 billion for 2027–2034.
The Government may submit regular supplementary budgets twice a year. However, it may also submit supplementary budgets if it considers that there are special grounds for it. The situation in Ukraine and fuel and aviation fuel prices in connection with the war in the Middle East are, according to the Government, such grounds, and Parliament makes no other assessment.
Counter-proposals
The counter-proposal wants to reject additional temporary tax reduction on gasoline and diesel and instead provide targeted transport support and electric vehicle support. (V, MP) — Reservation 2
Motion 2025/26:4199 — med anledning av prop. 2025/26:275 Extra ändringsbudget för 2026 - Stöd till Ukraina samt stöd till hushåll och andra åtgärder med anledning av kriget i Mellanöstern av Janine Alm Ericson m.fl. (MP)
Motion 2025/26:4201 — med anledning av prop. 2025/26:275 Extra ändringsbudget för 2026 - Stöd till Ukraina samt stöd till hushåll och andra åtgärder med anledning av kriget i Mellanöstern av Nooshi Dadgostar m.fl. (V)
Proposition 2025/26:275 — Extra ändringsbudget för 2026 - Stöd till Ukraina samt stöd till hushåll och andra åtgärder med anledning av kriget i Mellanöstern