Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

The decisive element in the counter-proposal is that lack of collective agreements shall not prevent smaller companies from participating in procurement. The plan demands, on the contrary, collective agreements in public procurement and establishes that tax revenues shall not go to employers lacking collective agreements. That dividing up large procurements and increasing transparency, the plan can accept, but the requirement condition is what carries the position.

• collective agreement requirement in procurementdecisive»Vänsterpartiet ställer krav på kollektivavtal vid offentliga upphandlingar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party demands collective agreements in public procurement.”
• no tax revenues without collective agreements»Skattepengar ska inte gå till arbetsgivare som saknar kollektivavtal.« (party programme ↗)“Tax revenues shall not go to employers lacking collective agreements.”
• strategic procurement for labour rights»Den offentliga upphandlingen omfattar mycket stora ekonomiska värden. Den måste användas strategiskt av upphandlare på olika nivåer för att garantera och stärka arbetsrätt och arbetsvillkor.« (party programme ↗)“Public procurement encompasses very large economic values. It must be used strategically by procurers at various levels to guarantee and strengthen labour rights and working conditions.”
• against wage dumping»Lönedumpning, ekonomisk brottslighet och utnyttjande är centrala hot idag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Wage dumping, economic crime and exploitation are central threats today.”

The counter-proposal's core requirement is that the absence of collective agreements should not prevent participation in public procurement and that the direct procurement threshold is raised. The plan makes collective agreements a necessary condition for the legitimacy of labour market rules and requires that public procurers are models for fair competition. That small business should be stimulated in itself does not outweigh that the requirement undermines the status of collective agreements.

• collective agreements as a basic requirementdecisive»Kollektivavtal är en nödvändig förutsättning för legitimiteten i arbetslivets spelregler och för arbetsfreden.« (party programme ↗)“Collective agreements are a necessary condition for the legitimacy of labour market rules and for labour peace.”
• procurers as models»Krafttag mot arbetslivskriminaliteten. Arbetslivs kriminalitet ska inte finnas på svensk arbetsmarknad och offentliga arbetsgivare och upphandlare ska vara föredömen i att verka för en sund konkurrens.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Action against labour crime. Labour crime should not exist on the Swedish labour market and public employers and procurers should be models in promoting fair competition.”
• stimulate small business»Nyföretagande, entreprenörskap och kooperativ och social företagsamhet ska stimuleras.« (party programme ↗)“New business ventures, entrepreneurship and cooperatives and social enterprises should be stimulated.”

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The counter-proposal's main demand is that procurement thresholds are lowered, including that absence of collective agreement shall not prevent smaller companies from participating and that the direct procurement threshold is raised. The plan instead values the Swedish model with collective agreements and requires that social conditions and working environment be set as requirements in procurement and that quality aspects be weighted more heavily. The plan does want to give smaller companies good conditions to participate, but not by lowering the requirement standards.

• collective agreement modeldecisive»Vi värnar den svenska modellen där arbetsmarknadens parter gemensamt förhandlar fram vad som ska gälla på arbetsmarknaden genom kollektivavtal.« (party programme ↗)“We value the Swedish model where labour market parties jointly negotiate what should apply on the labour market through collective agreements.”
• social requirements in procurement»I upphandlingar ska krav ställas vad gäller miljö, sociala villkor samt arbetsmiljö.« (party programme ↗)“In procurement, requirements shall be set regarding environment, social conditions and working environment.”
• quality heavier than price»Vid offentliga upphandlingar ska miljö- och kvalitetsaspekterna viktas betydligt tyngre än i dag.« (party programme ↗)“In public procurement, environment and quality aspects shall be weighted significantly more than today.”
• small companies shall be able to participate»Vi vill främja konkurrensen i byggsektorn genom att ge små och medelstora byggföretag goda förutsättningar att delta.« (party programme ↗)“We want to promote competition in the construction sector by giving small and medium-sized construction companies good conditions to participate.”

The plan wants to clean up the regulatory red tape for entrepreneurs, large and small, and describes small businesses as engines for jobs that must face lower barriers. The counter-proposal's demands for split procurement, higher direct procurement thresholds and that the absence of collective agreements should not exclude smaller businesses follow from that commitment. The demand for increased transparency to reduce corruption risk is supported by the promise of stricter anti-corruption rules.

• regulatory simplification for small businessesdecisive»Rensa upp i regelträsket för entreprenörer, stora som små. Vi vill införa en ny och förenklad företagsform för mikroföretag, så att fler ska våga testa att driva företag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Clean up the regulatory red tape for entrepreneurs, large and small. We want to introduce a new and simplified business form for microenterprises, so that more people dare to try running a business.”
• better conditions for small businesses»Småföretagen är motorer för jobb, integration och möjligheter. Vi ska skapa bättre förutsättningar för dem att lyckas, med lägre skatt, mindre regelkrångel och en starkare arbetslinje.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Small businesses are engines for jobs, integration and opportunities. We should create better conditions for them to succeed, with lower taxes, less regulatory red tape and a stronger work ethic.”
• stricter anti-corruption rules»Vi vill inrätta en antikorruptionsmyndighet, skärpa regler mot korruption och införa ett lobbyregister.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to establish an anti-corruption authority, strengthen rules against corruption and introduce a lobby register.”
• good conditions create new jobs»Goda villkor för entreprenörer, egenföretagare och små företag är därför avgörande för att skapa nya jobb.« (party programme ↗)“Good conditions for entrepreneurs, self-employed and small businesses are therefore crucial for creating new jobs.”

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 the regulatory burden for small businesses shall decrease and that policy shall quickly remove obstacles to business, which bears the counter-proposal's requirement for fewer thresholds in procurement. That lack of collective agreement shall not exclude small businesses follows from conditions being mainly determined by agreement and not by law according to the plan. Division of contracts and raised direct procurement threshold are however not mentioned explicitly.

• reduced regulatory burden for small businessesdecisive»Regelbördan för små företag ska minska« (party programme ↗)“The regulatory burden for small businesses shall decrease”
• remove obstacles for business»Politikens uppgift måste vara att snabbt undanröja hinder« (party programme ↗)“Politics' task must be to quickly remove obstacles”
• good conditions for entrepreneurs»Fler företagare och entreprenörer skapar fler jobb och mer välstånd.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“More business owners and entrepreneurs create more jobs and more prosperity.”
• agreements before legal regulation»Den svenska arbetsmarknadsmodellen, där villkoren i huvudsak bestäms genom« (party programme ↗)“The Swedish labor market model, where conditions are mainly determined by”

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 puts small and medium-sized enterprises at the centre of business policy and requires that new rules be tested from a small-business perspective and that bureaucracy be counteracted. The state must also see to it that conditions are equal and do not disadvantage smaller businesses. To lower thresholds in procurement is therefore in line with the plan.

• small businesses at centredecisive»De små och medelstora företagen, som ofta är familjeföretag« (party programme ↗)“Small and medium-sized enterprises, which are often family businesses”
• small-business perspective on rules»Direkta företagssubventioner avvisas. Tillkommande lagar bör prövas ur ett småföretagarperspektiv.« (party programme ↗)“Direct company subsidies are rejected. New laws should be tested from a small-business perspective.”
• equal conditions for companies»övergripande ansvaret för att likvärdiga villkor ska gälla« (party programme ↗)“overarching responsibility that equal conditions shall apply”
• procurement in competition»Övrig offentlig verksamhet, som inte är myndighetsutövning, bör« (party programme ↗)“Other public operations, which are not authority exercise, should”

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 core business promise is to remove one third of red tape and administration costs, and it points out complicated permit processes and bureaucracy as obstacles to innovation and growth. The counter-proposal's demand for lower thresholds, divided procurement and higher direct procurement threshold is exactly the kind of simplification that favours smaller companies. The plan does not mention public procurement as such, which is why the position is derived.

• reduced red tape for companiesdecisive»Ta bort en tredjedel av företagens administrationskostnader och en tredjedel av regelkrånglet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove one third of companies' administration costs and one third of red tape”
• bureaucracy hinders growth»Men höga skatter, krångliga tillståndsprocesser och byråkrati sätter käppar i hjulet för innovation och tillväxt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“But high taxes, complicated permit processes and bureaucracy put obstacles in the way of innovation and growth.”
• good conditions for growing companies»Villkoren för att starta, växa och expandera behöver vara goda för att fler ska våga lämna trygga och välbetalda jobb för att starta företag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Conditions for starting, growing and expanding need to be good so that more dare to leave secure and well-paid jobs to start companies.”
• respect for taxpayers' money»Offentligt slöseri i alla former ska bekämpas.« (party programme ↗)“Public waste in all forms must be combatted.”

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 explicitly notes that unnecessarily strict conditions in procurements make it difficult for smaller players to enter the market, and wants to ease small businesses' administrative burden and remove rules whose costs do not justify the benefit. The counter-proposal's demands for lower barriers, split procurements, and higher direct procurement limits follow from this. Increased transparency against corruption also aligns with the plan.

• procurement excludes small businessesdecisive»Onödigt stränga villkor i branschstandarder och i upphandlingar gör det ofta svårt för mindre aktörer att slå sig in på marknaden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Unnecessarily strict conditions in industry standards and in procurements often make it difficult for smaller players to enter the market.”
• regulatory simplification for small businesses»Verka för regelförenkling och avlasta småföretagens administrativa börda« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Work for regulatory simplification and ease small businesses' administrative burden”
• remove unnecessary rules»För att få fler och växande företag är det viktigt att ta bort onödiga regler där kostnaderna för företagen inte motsvarar nyttan för samhället.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“To get more and growing companies it is important to remove unnecessary rules where the costs to companies do not justify the benefit to society.”
• counter corruption»Både fusk och sådana system som tenderar att locka till fusk och korruption ska motverkas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Both fraud and systems that tend to invite fraud and corruption should be countered.”