Constitutional proposal and amendments to the main provisions of the Rules of Procedure
Constitutional amendments on the government's crisis powers
What's at stake: The decision is the first of two the constitution requires to amend the Instrument of Government, and settles where the line falls for the government's scope of action in war and serious crises. It affects how quickly new rules can be put in place during a crisis, but also how well citizens' rights and freedoms are protected against rules decided without parliament's prior approval.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
The question is whether parliament should adopt, as a dormant constitutional proposal, the government's amendments to the Instrument of Government and the Riksdag Act - which among other things let the government, in serious peacetime crises, decide on restrictions to rights and freedoms or in the field of civil law without a prior activation decision by parliament - or whether that power should remain with parliament alone.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee shares the government's assessment that the current provisions of the Instrument of Government do not meet the rule-making needs of a serious peacetime crisis in two respects: parliament cannot, in peacetime, authorise the government to issue rules in the mandatory legislative domain, and there is no solution for cases where new rules are needed almost immediately or when parliament is temporarily unable to carry out its work. The committee therefore backs adopting the constitutional amendments as a dormant proposal, together with strengthened arrangements for parliament to convene and a retained war delegation.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 1 (MP)
The reservation (MP) essentially supports the proposal, but wants parliament to reject the specific part that gives the government the same power as parliament to decide on restrictions to rights and freedoms or in the field of civil law, without either the activation decision being made by parliament or the rules being approved in advance. The reasoning is that, under the proposal, such rules could remain in force for up to a month before being submitted to parliament and possibly repealed, with no bar against a repealed measure being reintroduced in similar form - which could have serious consequences for individuals and businesses. The power to decide on such restrictions should instead stay with parliament, which already has the tools to handle unforeseen situations quickly.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
V–
S–
MP–
C–
L–
KD–
M–
SD–
YesNoAbstainAbsent
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 1 by MP.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
The plan's stance / Actual vote
AI
Vote
Confidence
Evidence
V
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Yes 19/0/0/3
S
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Yes 92/0/0/14
MPown reservation
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No 0/15/0/3
C
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Yes 21/0/0/3
L
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Yes 14/0/0/2
KD
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Yes 16/0/0/3
M
–
Yes 59/0/0/9
SD
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Yes 63/0/0/9
Committee proposal
The Riksdag adopts as pending the government's proposal for
1. act on amendment to the Instrument of Government,
2. act on amendment to the Rules of Procedure of the Riksdag in the parts concerning main provisions and headings preceding main provisions.
Thereby, the Riksdag grants proposition 2024/25:155 points 1 and 2.1 and rejects motion
2025/26:78 by Jan Riise et al. (MP).
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen antar som vilande regeringens förslag till
1. lag om ändring i regeringsformen,
2. lag om ändring i riksdagsordningen i de delar det avser huvudbestämmelser och rubriker före huvudbestämmelser.
Därmed bifaller riksdagen proposition 2024/25:155 punkterna 1 och 2.1 samt avslår motion
2025/26:78 av Jan Riise m.fl. (MP).
Riksdag decision: The Riksdag and government should be given better conditions to fulfill their tasks and make necessary decisions on a legal basis in war and other severe crises. The Riksdag approved adopting, as pending, the government's proposal to amend the Instrument of Government and the Rules of Procedure of the Riksdag in the parts concerning the main provisions.
The government's proposal includes the following, among other things:
The Riksdag's ability to convene is strengthened.
The Riksdag's war delegation is retained for war and war threat, and the rules regarding the delegation are adjusted. Among other things, the Speaker gets a role corresponding to that in the Riksdag. Furthermore, a member who becomes a minister shall no longer be able to serve in the delegation.
New provisions on rule-making in serious peacetime crisis situations are introduced. The regulation means that the Riksdag with qualified majority shall be able to give the government special powers to issue regulations if needed to handle the crisis situation. These powers can be recalled by the Riksdag at any time.
Since the proposal concerns constitutional amendments, the Riksdag must vote equally twice on the proposal and a general election must be held between the votes. This is the first decision on the proposal. The Riksdag approved adopting the proposal as pending.
The legislative changes are proposed to come into force on 1 January 2027.
Counter-proposals
The counter-proposal wants parliament to reject the government's proposal to give the government the ability to introduce restrictions on freedoms and rights without a parliamentary decision. (MP) — Reservation 1