Industrial promotion measures

The plan requires that Sweden decisively implements industry's strategic technology shifts and gives the state a driving role in everything from electricity production and infrastructure to education and economic frameworks. Clear and long-term political leadership for industry's climate transition, with electricity, competence and permitting processes in focus, is precisely what the plan calls for. The plan also emphasizes fixed frameworks and large investments to take Sweden out of fossil dependency.

• state-driven technology shifts in industrydecisive»Vi vill att Sverige beslutsamt genomför de strategiska teknikskiften« (party programme ↗)“We want Sweden to decisively implement the strategic technology shifts.”
• green investment programme»Politiken kan och måste ställa krav på att industrin ställer om och hjälpa företagen med ett massivt grönt investeringsprogram« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Politics can and must set demands that industry switch and help companies with a massive green investment programme.”
• fixed frameworks for transition»Vi vill sätta fasta ramar för att ta Sverige ur fossilberoendet, med en« (party programme ↗)“We want to set fixed frameworks to take Sweden out of fossil dependency, with a”
• expanded renewable electricity production»En radikal utbyggnad av den förnybara elproduktionen är avgörande« (party programme ↗)“A radical expansion of renewable electricity production is crucial.”

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 election manifesto makes state investments the engine of industrial transformation, demands that slow permit processes be accelerated and that electricity production be expanded for cheap electricity. These are precisely the three components the counter-proposal seeks in long-term political leadership for the business sector's climate transformation. The plan therefore clearly supports the demand.

• state leadership in transformationdecisive»Genom statliga investeringar kan vi öka takten i industrins omställning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Through state investments we can increase the pace of industrial transformation”
• streamlined permit processes»Riv de byråkratiska hindren för mer el. Långsamma tillståndsprocesser ska snabbas på.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove the bureaucratic barriers to more electricity. Slow permit processes shall be accelerated.”
• cheap electricity quickly»Vi behöver bygga ut elproduktionen för att få mer billig el, snabbt, inte minst i södra Sverige.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We need to expand electricity production to get more cheap electricity, quickly, not least in southern Sweden.”
• right competence to industry»Vi vill satsa på grön teknik, digitalisering och utbildning så att företagsklimatet stärks och kompetensförsörjningen förbättras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We wish to invest in green technology, digitalisation and education so that the business climate is strengthened and competence supply is improved.”

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 demands a transition law that forces all industry to phase out fossil fuels by 2030 and very large annual transition investments, which presupposes exactly clear and long-term political leadership. It also states that business shall be given long-term rules that create stable conditions for investment, which is the counter-proposal's core argument against erratic steering. The plan therefore supports the demand.

• industry's fossil phase-outdecisive»införa en omställningslag så att all industri fasar ut kol, olja och fossilgas till senast 2030.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“introduce a transition law so that all industry phases out coal, oil and fossil gas by no later than 2030.”
• large-scale transition investments»investera minst 100 miljarder per år i att ställa om så att Sverige blir ett fossilfritt välfärdsland senast år 2030.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“invest at least 100 billion per year in transitioning so that Sweden becomes a fossil-free welfare state no later than 2030.”
• long-term rules»Näringslivet ska ges långsiktiga« (party programme ↗)“Business shall be given long-term”
• facilitate business transition»svenskt näringsliv att ställa om sin produktion till« (party programme ↗)“Swedish business to transition its production to”

The manifesto explicitly requires new leadership on climate issues and that the time for permission to green investments be halved, which is the core of the counter-proposal's demand for streamlined permission processes. The promise to double emissions-free electricity production responds to the demand for cheap electricity, and skills supply is pointed out as one of businesses' most important challenges. The plan sees the climate transition as a source of jobs and competitiveness, just as the counter-proposal does.

• snabbare tillståndsprocesserdecisive»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 cannot wait for expensive and complicated regulations. It is time to halve the time it takes to get permission for green investments and reform the Environmental Code so that a project's climate benefit is given greater weight in environmental assessment.”
• fördubblad utsläppsfri el»Vi vill fördubbla produktionen av utsläppsfri el, och rusta och bygga ut elnätet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to double emissions-free electricity production, and equip and expand the electricity grid.”
• politiskt klimatledarskap»Allt detta kräver ett nytt ledarskap i miljö- och klimatfrågor.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“All this requires new leadership in environmental and climate issues.”
• kompetensförsörjning till industrin»En av de viktigaste utmaningarna för företagen, och för hela Sveriges ekonomi, är den dåligt fungerande kompetensförsörjningen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“One of the most important challenges for businesses, and for all of Sweden's economy, is poorly functioning skills supply.”

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 election manifesto makes climate transition with cheap and reliable electricity throughout the country a main issue and states that climate goals shall be achieved within the framework of a growing economy. This is exactly the long-term political leadership for business transition that the counter-proposal demands. The plan also requires that policy quickly removes obstacles for business, which supports the requirement for smooth permit processes.

• climate goals with growthdecisive»Vi ska nå klimatmålen – inga nettoutsläpp av växthusgaser senast 2045 och därefter negativa utsläpp – inom ramen för en växande ekonomi.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We shall meet climate goals – no net greenhouse gas emissions by 2045 at the latest and thereafter negative emissions – within the framework of a growing economy.”
• cheap electricity throughout the country»Billig el och pålitlig el i hela landet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Cheap electricity and reliable electricity throughout the country.”
• remove obstacles for business»Politikens uppgift måste vara att snabbt undanröja hinder för att underlätta för företag och människor att ta vara på de möjligheter som den tekniska utvecklingen skapar.« (party programme ↗)“Policy's task must be to quickly remove obstacles to facilitate companies and individuals to take advantage of the opportunities that technological development creates.”
• increased electricity needs in transition»Klimatomställningen kräver dubbelt så mycket el som i dag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Climate transition requires twice as much electricity as today.”

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 requires a long-term energy policy with fixed rules of the game and that nuclear power be given long-term conditions to develop, and that the rules the state sets for business are long-term. The counter-proposal's demands for clear and long-term political leadership with cheap electricity, competence and streamlined permit processes answer exactly these commitments. The plan furthermore wants Sweden to continue to lead the climate transition in a way that works and is effective.

• long-term conditions for nuclear powerdecisive»Satsa på kärnkraften med långsiktiga villkor att utvecklas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Invest in nuclear power with long-term conditions to develop.”
• fixed rules in energy policy»Sveriges energiförsörjning ska tryggas genom en långsiktig energipolitik med fasta spelregler« (party programme ↗)“Sweden's energy supply shall be secured through a long-term energy policy with fixed rules of the game”
• long-term rules for business»Det är viktigt att de regler staten ställer upp för« (party programme ↗)“It is important that the rules the state sets for”
• effective climate transition»Sverige är världsledande i klimatomställningen och det ska vi fortsätta vara på ett sätt som både fungerar och är effektivt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden is world-leading in the climate transition and that is what we shall continue to be in a way that both works and is effective.”

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 builds its entire energy and industry policy on the fact that clean and stable electricity at a reasonable price is the condition for climate transition, and promises shortened approval processes for industries that transition and national coordination of study places for competence provision. The counter-proposal's demand for long-term political leadership focused on cheap electricity, right competence and smooth approvals coincides point for point with the plan's own commitments. Criticism of erratic governance lies close to the plan's criticism of poor policy decisions in energy policy.

• cheap electricity condition for transitiondecisive»Utan ren och stabil el till rimligt pris blir det ingen klimatomställning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Without clean and stable electricity at a reasonable price there will be no climate transition.”
• shortened approval processes»Utöver det vill vi förkorta och förenkla tillståndsprocesser för industrier som satsar på omställning och få på plats en storskalig satsning på tekniker för att fånga in och lagra koldioxid.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“In addition to that we want to shorten and simplify approval processes for industries that invest in transition and put in place a large-scale investment in techniques for capturing and storing carbon dioxide.”
• new nuclear power»I det läge Sverige har hamnat i på grund av dåliga politiska beslut kommer en utbyggnad av kärnkraften att vara helt central.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Given the situation Sweden has ended up in because of poor policy decisions, an expansion of nuclear power will be absolutely central.”
• competence provision to industry»Få på plats en nationell samordning över samhällets behov av antalet utbildningsplatser för att förbättra kompetensförsörjningen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Put in place national coordination of society's need for the number of study places to improve competence provision”

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 counter-proposal's three components – cheap electricity, right competence and smooth permitting processes – directly correspond to the plan's commitments to nuclear-based cheap electricity, more efficient permitting processes and a labour supply that meets the needs of the labour market. The plan moreover emphasises that profitable investments require a long-term and predictable policy, which is the same objection to erratic governance that the counter-proposal makes. The plan describes the goal as Swedish competitiveness rather than climate transition, but the requirement in substance is supported.

• faster permitting processesdecisive»Effektivisera och öka förutsägbarheten i tillståndsprocesserna för gruvnäring, elnätsutbyggnad och industri« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Streamline and increase predictability in permitting processes for mining, grid expansion and industry.”
• cheap and reliable electricity»Säkra tillgången till pålitlig och billig el genom satsningar på framtidens kärnkraft.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Secure access to reliable and cheap electricity through investments in future nuclear power.”
• long-term industrial policy»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 into account industry's need for a predictable process.”
• right skills provision»Verka för ett arbetskraftsutbud som bättre svarar mot behoven på arbetsmarknaden« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Work for a labour supply that better meets the needs of the labour market.”

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.