Contacts Between Companies and Authorities

The plan wants to see good conditions for sound businesses and opposes administration and control systems that steal time from actual operations. A goal of increased digitalisation in government agencies that shortens processing time and reporting for small businesses goes in that direction. However, the plan does not address the issue directly; its digitalisation section deals mainly with open standards and independence from tech giants.

• good conditions for reputable businessesdecisive»Vi vill se goda villkor för sunda företag« (party programme ↗)“We want to see good conditions for sound businesses”
• less unnecessary bureaucracy»Det är resurser som främst behövs, inte formulär för kvalitetssäkring, nya bokningssystem för sjukhussängar eller ännu en managementkonsult som inte kan något om verksamheten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It is resources that are primarily needed, not forms for quality assurance, new booking systems for hospital beds or another management consultant who knows nothing about the business.”
• small business conditions»Du som arbetar hårt inom ditt eget småföretag, i konkurrens med storbolag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“You who work hard in your own small business, in competition with large companies.”
• open standards in the public sector»Det handlar bland annat om att använda öppna standarder« (party programme ↗)“It is about, among other things, using open standards”

The plan wants to invest in digitalization so that the business climate is strengthened and highlights security for small businesses as a separate goal. A clear goal for increased digitalization among authorities, with faster feedback in tax and permit matters, is a means for exactly that. However, the plan does not set any goal for authorities' digitalization.

• digitalization for better business climatedecisive»Vi vill satsa på grön teknik, digitalisering och utbildning så att företagsklimatet stärks och kompetensförsörjningen förbättras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to invest in green technology, digitalization and education so that the business climate is strengthened and competence supply is improved.”
• security for small businesses»Trygghet för småföretagare.« (party programme ↗)“Security for small businesses.”
• good business climate»Innovationskraft, gott företagsklimat och stark konkurrenskraft för ökad tillväxt.« (party programme ↗)“Innovative capacity, good business climate and strong competitiveness for increased growth.”

The plan wants it to be easy to start and run a business and highlights that digitalization frees up time and enables more efficient working methods. A clear goal for increased digitalization in public agencies, with faster feedback on taxes and permits, is therefore consistent with the plan's ambition to facilitate small businesses. The plan, however, states no specific digitalization goal, so the position is inferred.

• easy to run a businessdecisive»vara enkelt att starta företag, växa och anställa sina första medarbetare.« (party programme ↗)“be easy to start a business, grow and hire your first employees.”
• support for small enterprise»Miljöpartiet vill stärka möjligheterna för människor med goda idéer att starta och driva« (party programme ↗)“The Green Party wants to strengthen the opportunities for people with good ideas to start and run”
• digitalization frees up time»Digitalisering och automatisering möjliggör nya effektiva arbetssätt« (party programme ↗)“Digitalization and automation enable new efficient working methods”

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 makes reducing red tape and the administrative burden for small businesses a main priority, and it sees equal access digitalization as a prerequisite for both democracy and decentralization. A clear target for increased digitalization in public authorities, which gives entrepreneurs faster feedback on taxes and permits, is a means for precisely that commitment. However, the plan does not mention any digitalization target in itself.

• simplify for entrepreneursdecisive»Rensa upp i regelträsket för entreprenörer, stora som små.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Clean up the regulatory thicket for entrepreneurs, large and small.”
• lower administrative burden»minska den administrativa bördan för små och nystartade företag.« (party programme ↗)“reduce the administrative burden for small and newly started companies.”
• small businesses' conditions prioritized»Vi ska skapa bättre förutsättningar för dem att lyckas, med lägre skatt, mindre regelkrångel och en starkare arbetslinje.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We shall create better conditions for them to succeed, with lower taxes, less red tape and a stronger work line.”
• digitalization on equal terms»Digitalisering på lika villkor, oavsett var man bor, är en förutsättning för demokrati och möjliggör decentralisering.« (party programme ↗)“Digitalization on equal terms, regardless of where one lives, is a prerequisite for democracy and enables decentralization.”

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 party programme wants to reduce the regulatory burden for small businesses and establishes that automated processing of permits should be used to simplify for business owners. There is also an explicit principle that all public functions that can be made digitally accessible shall also be made so. The counter-proposal's requirement for a clear target for increased digitalization in authorities thus aligns with the plan.

• digital permit processingdecisive»Automatiserad handläggning av olika slags tillstånd skulle förenkla för företagare och bör användas under förutsättning att rättssäkerheten alltid upprätthålls.« (party programme ↗)“Automated processing of various types of permits would simplify for business owners and should be used provided that legal certainty is always maintained.”
• reduced regulatory burden for small businesses»Regelbördan för små företag ska minska, genom ansträngningar på både kommunal, statlig och europeisk nivå, och offentliga beslut analyseras ur småföretagarperspektiv.« (party programme ↗)“The regulatory burden for small businesses shall decrease, through efforts at municipal, state, and European levels, and public decisions are analyzed from a small-business perspective.”
• digitally accessible administration»En central princip är därför att alla offentliga funktioner som till en rimlig kostnad kan göras digitalt tillgängliga också ska göras digitalt tillgängliga.« (party programme ↗)“A central principle is therefore that all public functions that can be made digitally accessible at reasonable cost shall also be made digitally accessible.”
• remove obstacles for technological development»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 ↗)“Politics' task must be to quickly remove obstacles to make it easier for businesses and people to take advantage of the opportunities that technological development creates.”

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 places small and medium-sized enterprises at the centre of business policy and demands that forthcoming laws be tested from a small business perspective. A clear goal for authorities' digitalization, with faster feedback and simpler contact, is a direct means for that commitment. The plan moreover sees reliable electronic communications as a prerequisite for economic development.

• small enterprises at centredecisive»familjeföretag, ska stå i centrum för utformningen av näringslivspolitiken.« (party programme ↗)“family enterprises, shall be at the centre of designing business policy.”
• small business perspective on rules»Tillkommande lagar bör prövas ur ett« (party programme ↗)“Forthcoming laws should be tested from a”
• digital infrastructure»tillförlitliga elektroniska kommunikationer med hög prestanda« (party programme ↗)“reliable electronic communications with high performance”
• conditions that do not disadvantage small enterprises»olika företagsformer och företagande i alla delar av landet och inte missgynnar små och« (party programme ↗)“different business forms and business in all parts of the country and does not disadvantage small and”

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 sets a quantified goal for simplification: one third of companies' administration costs and one third of red tape should be removed, and government agencies' processing times should be shortened with an outside deadline. Requiring a clear target for agencies' digitalisation, so that companies' contacts become simpler and feedback faster, is the same commitment in another form. The plan does not, however, explicitly address a digitalisation goal.

• one third less red tapedecisive»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”
• outside deadline for agencies»Korta myndigheternas handläggningstider genom en bortre tidsgräns« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Shorten government agencies' processing times through an outside deadline”
• easy to do right»Där det är lätt att göra rätt – för att en tredjedel av regelkrånglet tagits bort.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Where it is easy to do the right thing – because one third of the red tape has been removed.”
• digitalisation and internal market»Fördjupa den inre marknaden, inte minst för tjänster och digitala produkter« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Deepen the internal market, especially for services and digital products”

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's core commitment is regulatory simplification and relief of small businesses' administrative burden, and that authorities should have a supportive function instead of throwing spanners in the works. A clear target for increased digitisation in authorities is a means for precisely this. The plan also wants citizens to be able to receive their official post digitally. The digitisation target as such is not mentioned, which is why the conclusion is derived.

• regulatory simplification for small businessesdecisive»Verka för regelförenkling och avlasta småföretagens administrativa börda« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Work for regulatory simplification and relieve small businesses' administrative burden”
• supportive authority exercise»Myndigheterna får inte bli företagens fiender som sätter käppar i hjulen utan måste få en mer stödjande funktion.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Authorities must not become businesses' adversaries that throw spanners in the works but must have a more supportive function.”
• cost-effective regulation»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 businesses it is important to remove unnecessary rules where the costs to businesses do not match the benefit to society.”
• digital official contact»säkerställa att alla har tillgång till telefoni och fungerande posttjänster, inklusive möjligheten att få sin myndighetspost digitalt« (2022 manifesto ↗)“ensure that everyone has access to telephone and functioning postal services, including the possibility to receive official post digitally”

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.