Questions about the European Union's budget

The party programme identifies climate, energy and transport as precisely the areas where European cooperation is particularly important, which speaks for prioritizing energy cooperation and electricity grid expansion in the EU budget. The election manifesto requires that the state increases its control over the infrastructure that the climate transition needs and that the public takes over the electricity grid. A radical expansion of renewable electricity is according to the plan crucial, although the party is otherwise critical of the EU's structure.

• European energy and climate cooperationdecisive»områden som klimat, miljö, energi, transporter och krishantering.« (party programme ↗)“areas such as climate, environment, energy, transport and crisis management.”
• expanded renewable electricity production»En radikal utbyggnad av den förnybara elproduktionen är avgörande« (party programme ↗)“A radical expansion of renewable electricity production is crucial”
• public control over infrastructure»Staten måste öka sin kontroll över infrastruktur och resurser som behövs för att genomföra klimatomställningen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The state must increase its control over infrastructure and resources needed to implement the climate transition.”
• publicly owned electricity grid»Det offentliga ska ta över ansvaret för elnätet, vilket kommer leda till minskade avgifter för hushållen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The public must take over responsibility for the electricity grid, which will lead to reduced fees for households.”

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 commits to at least doubling the pace of electricity grid expansion and for electrification to work for people, industry and society. It also sees EU cooperation as the basis for solving the climate issue. Prioritizing doubled EU funds for energy cooperation and electricity grid expansion therefore aligns with the plan's commitments, even though the plan does not address the shares of the EU budget.

• doubled electricity grid expansiondecisive»Vi vill minst fördubbla takten i utbyggnaden av elnätet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to at least double the pace of electricity grid expansion.”
• accelerated electrification»Elektrifiering som fungerar för människor, industri och samhälle.« (party programme ↗)“Electrification that works for people, industry and society.”
• EU as climate platform»Vi är övertygade om att EU-samarbetet är grunden för att lösa många av vår tids svåraste problem.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We are convinced that EU cooperation is the foundation for solving many of today's most difficult problems.”
• guaranteed fossil-free electricity supply»Stabil, tillförlitlig och fossilfri elproduktion som på lång sikt är förnybar.« (party programme ↗)“Stable, reliable and fossil-free electricity production that in the long term is renewable.”

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 to build and maintain electricity grids as a prerequisite for a renewable energy system and sees the EU as the leading force in climate work. Doubling the EU budget's share for energy cooperation and grid expansion is a direct application of these commitments. The plan does not express itself on budget shares, but the direction is clear.

• expanded electricity gridsdecisive»bygga ut elnäten, investera i energilager och satsa på ett smart energisystem.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“build electricity grids, invest in energy storage and focus on a smart energy system.”
• grids for renewable system»Miljöpartiet vill både underhålla och bygga ut dagens elnät, samtidigt som nätet anpassas till ett energisystem som utgörs av förnybart, lagring, smart styrning och flexibilitet.« (party programme ↗)“The Green Party wants both to maintain and expand today's electricity grid, while the grid is adapted to an energy system consisting of renewable, storage, smart control and flexibility.”
• EU leads climate work»EU ska vara den ledande kraften i det globala klimatarbetet och driva på för att minska såväl de egna som övriga delar av världens utsläpp.« (party programme ↗)“The EU should be the leading force in global climate work and push to reduce both its own and the rest of the world's emissions.”
• more European cooperation»Vi är övertygade om att det behövs mer samarbete mellan länder för att lösa gränsöverskridande problem.« (party programme ↗)“We are convinced that more cooperation between countries is needed to solve transnational problems.”

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 election manifesto's heaviest climate promise is to double production of emission-free electricity and to upgrade and expand the electricity grid, with Sweden as Europe's green battery exporting electricity to neighbouring countries. Such a commitment presupposes precisely the strengthened European energy cooperation and grid expansion that the counter-proposal wants to prioritize in the EU budget. The party programme furthermore states that joint policy should be more forceful precisely on climate matters.

• doubled electricity production and expanded griddecisive»Vi vill fördubbla produktionen av utsläppsfri el, och rusta och bygga ut elnätet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to double production of emission-free electricity, and upgrade and expand the electricity grid.”
• more forceful EU policy on climate»På områden som klimatomställningen, frihandeln och den gränsöverskridande brottsligheten bör den gemensamma politiken bli kraftfullare« (party programme ↗)“On areas such as climate transition, free trade and cross-border crime, joint policy should become more forceful”
• secured and fossil-free energy supply»Stryp Putins krigskassa nu. Vi vill stoppa all energihandel med Ryssland och fasa ut fossila bränslen. Sveriges energioberoende måste stärkas, bland annat genom att mångdubbla produktionen av biobränslen och biogas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strangle Putin's war chest now. We want to stop all energy trade with Russia and phase out fossil fuels. Sweden's energy independence must be strengthened, among other things by multiplying the production of biofuels and biogas.”
• narrower but sharper EU»EU måste bli smalare, men vassare, göra färre saker men göra dem bättre.« (party programme ↗)“The EU must become narrower, but sharper, do fewer things but do them better.”

The plan wants to see massive expansion of power transmission capacity and the development of the EU's joint energy policy, partly to quickly phase out coal and gas in Europe. Prioritising more of the EU budget for energy cooperation and power grids is an application of that commitment. The plan is also prepared to redistribute the EU budget, for example by phasing out direct farm support.

• expanded power transmissiondecisive»en autobahn för all ny grön el som förbättrar överföringen i hela Sverige« (2022 manifesto ↗)“an autobahn for all new green electricity that improves transmission across Sweden”
• joint European energy policy»EU:s gemensamma energipolitik ska utvecklas.« (party programme ↗)“The EU's joint energy policy should be developed.”
• phased-out coal and gas in Europe»Det brådskar att få på plats en tidssatt plan för att fullt ut avveckla kol- och gasanvändningen i Europa.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It is urgent to put in place a time-bound plan to fully phase out coal and gas use in Europe.”
• reprioritised EU budget»Direktstöden till jordbruket ska avvecklas medan landsbygdsstödet behålls och satsningar på landskapsvård och miljö utvecklas.« (party programme ↗)“Direct support to agriculture should be phased out while rural development support is retained and investments in landscape conservation and environment are developed.”

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 increased coordination of energy policy at EU level and establishes that supply security is a cross-border challenge, and that a well-functioning energy system requires well-developed transmission capacity also to other countries. To prioritize EU funds for energy cooperation and expanded electricity networks follows from this. The plan's requirement for a limitation of the EU's tasks certainly pulls in another direction, but concerns the distribution of competence rather than the scope of energy cooperation.

• increased energy coordination in the EUdecisive»Det krävs en ökad samordning av energipolitiken på EU-nivå. EU-länderna måste samarbeta« (party programme ↗)“Increased coordination of energy policy at EU level is required. EU countries must cooperate”
• expanded transmission capacity»Ett väl fungerande energisystem kräver att överföringskapaciteten inom Sverige och till« (party programme ↗)“A well-functioning energy system requires that transmission capacity within Sweden and to”
• cross-border supply security»försörjningstryggheten utgör en gränsöverskridande utmaning.« (party programme ↗)“supply security is a cross-border challenge.”
• limited EU competence»En avgränsning av EU:s uppgifter är nödvändig« (party programme ↗)“A limitation of the EU's tasks is necessary”

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 certainly wants to invest in the electricity grid and shorten licensing processes, but does so as a national task and at the same time establishes that the EU should neither do nor make decisions about everything and shall never expand at the expense of member states. To double the EU budget's share for energy cooperation is an expansion at EU level that the plan does not commit to. The plan's answer to energy supply is instead new nuclear power in Sweden.

• limited EU competencedecisive»EU ska varken göra eller fatta beslut om allt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The EU shall neither do nor make decisions about everything.”
• member states' sovereignty»Men EU ska aldrig utvecklas på medlemsstaternas bekostnad.« (party programme ↗)“But the EU shall never expand at the expense of member states.”
• nuclear power as energy solution»I det läge Sverige har hamnat i på grund av dåliga politiska beslut kommer en utbyggnad av kärnkraften att vara helt central.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“In the situation Sweden has ended up in due to poor political decisions, an expansion of nuclear power will be absolutely central.”
• national grid expansion»Investera i det svenska elnätet och korta tillståndsprocesserna för elnätsutbyggnad« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Invest in the Swedish electricity grid and shorten licensing processes for grid expansion”

The plan requires that Sweden's EU fee is drastically reduced and costs for EU grants and climate measures are reduced, while power transfers to the EU should stop. The counter-proposal's demand to double the share of the EU budget for energy cooperation and electricity grid expansion with climate transition as the reason means the opposite: a larger and more climate-controlled EU budget. The plan instead wants to restore intergovernmentalism.

• reduced EU feedecisive»Kraftigt minska Sveriges EU-avgift« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Drastically reduce Sweden's EU fee”
• lower costs for EU grants»Minska kostnaderna för migrationspolitik, bistånd, EU-bidrag och klimatåtgärder som kan göras mer effektiva« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reduce costs for migration policy, development aid, EU grants and climate measures that can be made more efficient”
• no to power transfer to EU»Stoppa maktöverföringar och EU-skatter« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop power transfers and EU taxes”
• intergovernmentalism»Återupprätta mellanstatligheten och stärka väljarnas påverkansmöjligheter« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Restore intergovernmentalism and strengthen voters' influence opportunities”