Requirements for share capital and forced liquidation

The party programme wants to move towards greater public scrutiny of companies where it is needed to prevent fraud, and states that economic crime eliminates serious businesses. A raised requirement for minimum share capital is a measure for the same purpose, to make it difficult for companies to be used as crime tools. However, the plan does not mention share capital and at the same time values good conditions for sound businesses, which makes the conclusion uncertain.

• protect serious businessesdecisive»fifflet leder till att seriösa företag slås ut och skatteintäkter uteblir.« (party programme ↗)“fraud leads to serious businesses being eliminated and tax revenue being lost.”
• scrutiny of companies»Vi vill gå mot en större samhällelig insyn« (party programme ↗)“We want to move towards greater public scrutiny”
• against organized crime»Det behövs en effektiv uppföljning av den organiserade« (party programme ↗)“Effective monitoring of organized crime is needed”
• conditions for sound businesses»Vi vill se goda villkor för sunda företag« (party programme ↗)“We want to see good conditions for sound businesses”

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 wants to crack down hard on organized crime's financing and organization and stop tax evasion and money laundering. A raised requirement for minimum share capital, to make it harder for gang criminals to use companies as tools for crime, lies within this direction and the uncompromising line against criminality. The plan does not mention company law, so the assessment is derived.

• against crime's financingdecisive»Slå hårt mot den organiserade brottslighetens finansiering och organisation.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Crack down hard on organized crime's financing and organization.”
• stop money laundering»Skattefusk, välfärdsbrottslighet och penningtvätt ska stoppas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Tax evasion, welfare crime and money laundering shall be stopped.”
• crime shall not pay»Det ska aldrig löna sig att begå brott eller skaffa sig konkurrensfördelar genom att försumma de anställdas rätt till en trygg arbetsmiljö.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It shall never pay to commit crime or gain competitive advantage by neglecting employees' right to a safe working environment.”
• uncompromising crime prevention»Kampen mot kriminaliteten ska vara kompromisslös.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The fight against crime shall be uncompromising.”

The counter-proposal wants to make it harder for gang criminals to use companies as crime tools, among other things through increased minimum share capital requirements. The election manifesto explicitly commits to striking at the financial networks of organized crime and making it expensive, difficult and hard to be criminal, which supports the demand. The plan's ambition to make it easier to start businesses pulls in the opposite direction, making support conditional.

• against organized crime's businessesdecisive»stoppa finansieringen av de kriminella gängen genom att stärka myndighetssamverkan så att myndigheterna kan slå till mot den organiserade brottslighetens företag från flera håll: svartklubbar och gästarbetarbostäder utan bygglov, restauranger som missköter hygien, skattebrott och varenda spelautomat som saknar tillstånd.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“stop financing of criminal gangs by strengthening agency cooperation so that agencies can strike at organized crime's businesses from multiple angles: illegal drinking establishments and migrant worker housing without building permits, restaurants that mishandle hygiene, tax fraud and every slot machine lacking permission.”
• unprofitable criminality»Det ska vara dyrt, jobbigt och svårt att vara kriminell.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It should be expensive, difficult and hard to be criminal.”
• organized crime as a threat»Den grova organiserade brottsligheten utgör ett hot mot demokratin och människors frihet.« (party programme ↗)“Serious organized crime is a threat to democracy and people's freedom.”
• easier to start a business»Vi vill stärka möjligheterna för människor med goda idéer att starta och driva företag.« (party programme ↗)“We want to strengthen opportunities for people with good ideas to start and run businesses.”

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 wants it to be easy to start and run a business and introduce a new, simplified business form for microenterprises so that more people dare to try. An increased requirement for minimum share capital instead raises the threshold for starting companies, which goes against this commitment. The plan's crackdown on gang crime speaks to the purpose but not to this specific means.

• easy to start a businessdecisive»Det ska vara lätt att starta och driva företag; det ska löna sig att ta klivet och satsa.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It shall be easy to start and run a business; it shall be worthwhile to take the step and invest.”
• lower thresholds for business»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 thicket 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.”
• small business capital shortage»Små och nystartade företag har svårare att få tillgång till kapital och att bära omfattande byråkrati, är känsligare« (party programme ↗)“Small and newly started companies have more difficulty accessing capital and bearing extensive bureaucracy, are more sensitive”
• crackdown on gangs»Samhället ska inte vika sig för gängen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Society must not give in to gangs.”

The party programme emphasizes good opportunities to support oneself through enterprise and that regulatory burden on small businesses shall decrease; the election manifesto wants to make it easier and cheaper to start and employ. A raised requirement for minimum share capital instead raises the threshold for everyone who wants to start a business. The plan certainly wants to strike hard against lifestyle criminals, but chooses punishment and police tools rather than generally raised entry barriers in business.

• low barriers for businessdecisive»Goda möjligheter att försörja sig själv genom företagande« (party programme ↗)“Good opportunities to support yourself through enterprise”
• reduced regulatory burden»Regelbördan för små företag ska minska« (party programme ↗)“Regulatory burden on small businesses shall decrease”
• more entrepreneurs»Fler företagare och entreprenörer skapar fler jobb och mer välstånd.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“More entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs create more jobs and more prosperity.”
• tough tools against criminals»Livsstilskriminella ska hållas inlåsta i stället för att släppas ut på våra gator.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Lifestyle criminals shall be kept locked up instead of being released on our streets.”

The election manifesto makes security a prioritised area and wants to strike against gang crime's tools and role models, and the party programme requires that all crimes are effectively and without exception prosecuted. Sharper measures against companies as crime tools follow from this. That new laws shall be tested from a small-business perspective simultaneously speaks against a higher share capital requirement, which is why the basis is weak.

• combating crime is prioritiseddecisive»Vi prioriterar tryggheten, vi är redo att bekämpa brotten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We prioritise security, we are ready to combat crime.”
• all crimes shall be prosecuted»Alla brott ska effektivt och utan undantag beivras« (party programme ↗)“All crimes shall be effectively and without exception prosecuted”
• strike against criminals' tools»Beslagta kriminellas statussymboler och bekämpa på så sätt negativa förebilder som rekryterar unga in i gängkriminalitet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Seize criminals' status symbols and thereby combat negative role models that recruit young people into gang crime.”
• small-business perspective»Tillkommande lagar bör prövas ur ett småföretagarperspektiv.« (party programme ↗)“Forthcoming laws should be tested from a small-business perspective.”

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 states that legislation must be adapted to gangs so more are brought to account, and that gangs' money should be taken, while the rule of law must be there in full force when entrepreneurs are hit by crime. The counter-proposal's requirement for additional measures that make it harder for gang criminals to use companies as a tool for crime is in line with this. Raising the requirement for minimum share capital, however, contradicts the plan's commitment to good conditions for starting a business, which reduces security.

• adapt legislation to gangsdecisive»Gängen är Sveriges inhemska terrorister – och lagstiftningen måste anpassas därefter så att fler ställs till svars och försvinner från gatan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Gangs are Sweden's domestic terrorists – and legislation must be adapted accordingly so more face justice and disappear from the streets.”
• hit gangs' finances»Ta gängens pengar och införa en omvänd bevisbörda för att kunna beslagta gängmedlemmarnas lyxprylar« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Take gangs' money and introduce a reversed burden of proof to be able to seize gang members' luxury items”
• protect legitimate entrepreneurs»Det är ett grundläggande politiskt ansvar att rättsstaten finns där med sin fulla kraft när företagare blir utsatta för brott.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It is a fundamental political responsibility that the rule of law is there with full force when entrepreneurs are subjected to crime.”
• good conditions for starting businesses»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 more dare to leave secure and well-paid jobs to start a business.”

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 establishes that few political measures are too far-reaching against criminal gangs and that the justice system above all needs more effective tools against gang crime, and that organised crime hits business owners. An increased requirement for minimum share capital to make it more difficult to use companies as crime tools fits within that prioritisation. The plan at the same time wants to lower barriers to starting new businesses, which pulls in the opposite direction and makes the support weak.

• uncompromising stance against gangsdecisive»Sverigedemokraterna anser att få politiska åtgärder är för långtgående när det kommer till att pressa tillbaka både de kriminella gängen och den kultur som gör att de får fäste.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats believe that few political measures are too far-reaching when it comes to pushing back both criminal gangs and the culture that allows them to get a foothold.”
• more effective tools against gang crime»Framförallt behöver rättsväsendet få mer effektiva verktyg för att bekämpa gängbrott.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Above all, the justice system needs more effective tools to combat gang crime.”
• organised crime harms businesses»Men också den organiserade kriminaliteten slår mot många företagare.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“But organised crime also hits many business owners.”
• low barriers to starting new businesses»Skapa förutsättningar för nyföretagande och entreprenörskap« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Create conditions for starting new businesses and entrepreneurship”

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.