Strengthening the Judicial System

The plan requires a massive investment programme for the green industry and that politics actively helps industry transition; then permit review must have resources to handle the matters. The programme furthermore establishes that democracy is undermined without a functioning legal system. Support applies to resource strengthening, not lower environmental requirements, because long-term environmental considerations are subordinate according to the plan.

• massive green industrial transitiondecisive»Vänsterpartiet föreslår ett massivt investeringsprogram för den gröna industrin.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party proposes a massive investment programme for the green industry.”
• active state transition policy»Politiken kan och måste ställa krav på att industrin ställer om och hjälpa företagen med ett massivt grönt investeringsprogram och satsningar på ny teknik« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Politics can and must demand that industry transitions and help companies with a massive green investment programme and investments in new technology”
• functioning legal system»Utan ett väl fungerande rättsväsende undergrävs demokratin och den starkares rätt blir lag.« (party programme ↗)“Without a functioning legal system, democracy is undermined and the law of the strongest prevails.”
• environmental considerations must not be lowered»de långsiktiga miljöhänsynen måste vara överordnade i den meningen att ett globalt ekologiskt sammanbrott aldrig kan vara ett pris värt att betala.« (party programme ↗)“the long-term environmental considerations must be subordinate in the sense that a global ecological collapse can never be a price worth paying.”

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 explicitly demands that bureaucratic barriers be torn down and that slow licensing processes be accelerated, because industry's green transition should proceed faster with state support. Strengthening the resources of courts and licensing authorities for environmental review is the direct means for this. The plan speaks of licensing processes in energy and industrial contexts, not specifically about court funding.

• faster licensing reviewdecisive»Riv de byråkratiska hindren för mer el. Långsamma tillståndsprocesser ska snabbas på.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Tear down the bureaucratic barriers for more electricity. Slow licensing processes should be accelerated.”
• increased pace of transition»Politiken måste ta ett större ansvar. Det klimatpolitiska ramverket ska ligga fast. Genom statliga investeringar kan vi öka takten i industrins omställning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Politics must take greater responsibility. The climate policy framework shall remain fixed. Through state investments we can increase the pace of industry's transition”
• industrial investments and jobs»Nu tillverkar vi fossilfritt stål i Sverige, vi bygger elbilar och vi ser hur nedlagda industrier blir till batterifabriker.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Now we manufacture fossil-free steel in Sweden, we build electric cars and we see how defunct industries become battery factories.”
• state's responsibility for growth conditions»ett nationellt ansvar att upprätthålla grundläggande förutsättningar för tillväxt genom en väl« (party programme ↗)“a national responsibility to maintain basic conditions for growth through a well”

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 make it easier for business to transition its production and invests a hundred billion per year in the transition, which requires that environmental assessment works. It also requires an efficient and well-functioning justice system. Strengthened resources to courts and licensing authorities thus support both the transition and careful assessment, where the precautionary principle shall continue to apply.

• green transition of industrydecisive»Vi vill underlätta för svenskt näringsliv att ställa om sin produktion till att bli långsiktigt hållbar och fortsatt konkurrenskraftig.« (party programme ↗)“We want to make it easier for Swedish business to transition its production to become long-term sustainable and remain competitive.”
• efficient justice system»Detta kräver transparens och öppenhet såväl som ett effektivt och välfungerande rättsväsen som har allmänhetens förtroende.« (party programme ↗)“This requires transparency and openness as well as an efficient and well-functioning justice system that has the public's confidence.”
• transition at record speed»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 the transition so that Sweden becomes a fossil-free welfare country by 2030.”
• retained environmental assessment»För att skydda miljön ska försiktighetsprincipen tillämpas så långt det är möjligt.« (party programme ↗)“To protect the environment, the precautionary principle shall be applied as far as possible.”

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 requires that the time to obtain permits for green investments be halved and that processing times in courts and agencies be shortened, and that the courts receive more resources. Strengthening the resources of courts and permit authorities to review environmentally harmful activities is precisely that commitment. Long processing times that hinder industrial investments are exactly the problem the plan identifies.

• halved permit processing timesdecisive»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 ↗)“It is time to halve the time it takes to obtain permits for green investments and reform the Environmental Code so that a project's climate benefit is given greater weight in environmental review.”
• shortened processing times in court»Ledtiderna för handläggning och myndighetsutövning i domstolar och myndigheter måste kortas och tillgången till ombud förbättras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Processing times for case handling and agency administration in courts and agencies must be shortened and access to representation improved.”
• more resources for the courts»Samhället ska inte vika sig för gängen. För att besegra dem krävs bättre insatser som förebygger nyrekrytering, mer resurser till polis, åklagare, domstolar och kriminalvården och strängare straff.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Society must not yield to gangs. To defeat them requires better measures preventing recruitment, more resources for police, prosecutors, courts and prisons, and harsher penalties.”
• time limits in permit review»Det krävs en kriskommission för att snabbare öka Sveriges utsläppsfria elproduktion och tillstånd för vindkraft ska få ta max två år.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“A crisis commission is needed to more rapidly increase Sweden's emissions-free electricity production and permits for wind power should take a maximum of two years.”

The plan explicitly wants more judges and a faster justice system, and it requires that politics quickly remove obstacles to entrepreneurship. Long processing times in environmental review are such an obstacle that affects industrial investments. Strengthened resources for courts and permit authorities thus follow directly from the plan's commitments on shortened processes.

• more judges and prosecutorsdecisive»Samtidigt behöver vi fler domare och fler åklagare, och fler häkten och fängelser med fler kriminalvårdare.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“At the same time, we need more judges and more prosecutors, and more prisons and custody facilities with more correctional officers.”
• remove obstacles for business»Politikens uppgift måste vara att snabbt undanröja hinder för att underlätta för företag« (party programme ↗)“Politics' task must be to quickly remove obstacles to make it easier for businesses”
• shorter processes»korta överklagandeprocesserna« (2022 manifesto ↗)“shorten appeal processes”

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 requires that the entire justice system be expanded, with courts in more places in the country, and the plan requires that the court system be organized so that decisions can be given within a reasonable time and cases be handled justly and efficiently. Long processing times in environmental review contradict that. Reviewing the resources of courts and permit authorities therefore follows from the plan.

• expanded justice systemdecisive»Hela rättsväsendet behöver byggas ut. Fler poliser kräver fler åklagare, domstolar på fler platser i landet och en kraftigt utbyggd kriminalvård.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The entire justice system needs to be expanded. More prosecutors require more prosecutors, courts in more places in the country and a massively expanded criminal justice system.”
• decisions within reasonable time»vara organiserat så att domar och beslut kan ges inom« (party programme ↗)“be organised so that sentences and decisions can be given within”
• just and efficient review»rättssäkert och effektivt sätt.« (party programme ↗)“justly and efficiently handled.”
• efficient review processes»planprocessen måste också präglas av effektivitet och god serviceanda« (party programme ↗)“the planning process must also be characterized by efficiency and good service ethos”

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 government agencies' handling times shall be shortened with external time limits and that licensing processes for industry shall be shortened and simplified, because complicated processes hinder investments. To review the resources of courts and licensing authorities for examining environmentally hazardous activities serves precisely that purpose. Handling times for environmental permits are explicitly mentioned.

• external time limit for handlingdecisive»Korta myndigheternas handläggningstider genom en bortre tidsgräns« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Shorten government agencies' handling times through external time limits”
• faster licensing review»vi förkorta och förenkla tillståndsprocesser för industrier som satsar på omställning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“we shorten and simplify licensing processes for industries investing in transformation”
• shorter environmental review»Minska antalet regler för jordbruket och korta handläggningstider för miljötillstånd« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reduce the number of regulations for agriculture and shorten handling times for environmental permits”
• long processes hinder investments»Men höga skatter, krångliga tillståndsprocesser och byråkrati sätter käppar i hjulet för innovation och tillväxt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“But high taxes, complicated licensing processes and bureaucracy impede innovation and growth.”

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 that licence processes for industry be streamlined and made faster because long and unpredictable processes prevent profitable investments, and simultaneously wants to ensure funding for a substantially reinforced judiciary. The counter-proposal's requirement to review the capacity of courts and licensing authorities for review of environmentally hazardous activity responds to both commitments.

• faster licensing reviewdecisive»Tillståndsprocesser för gruvnäring, elnätsutbyggnad och industri behöver effektiviseras och göras snabbare.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Licence processes for mining, grid expansion, and industry need to be streamlined and made faster.”
• resources to the judiciary»Säkerställa satsningar för ett kraftigt upprustat rättsväsende« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Ensure funding for a substantially reinforced judiciary”
• predictable processes»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 precondition for profitable investments to be made is long-term policy that takes account of industry's need for a predictable process.”
• short processing times»Tillståndsprocesser är ofta långa och oförutsägbara« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Licence processes are often long and unpredictable”

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.