Other matters concerning labelling etc.

The counter-proposal wants environmental arguments in agricultural recommendations first to be weighed against farming conditions. The plan establishes that long-term environmental considerations must be paramount when legitimate interests are weighed against each other, and that current meat consumption must shift towards more plant-based. A mandatory consultation duty intended to dampen environmental arguments thus runs counter to the plan, even though the plan also states that environmental work should take rural needs into account.

• environmental considerations paramountdecisive»de långsiktiga miljöhänsynen måste vara överordnade i den meningen att ett globalt ekologiskt sammanbrott aldrig kan« (party programme ↗)“long-term environmental considerations must be paramount in the sense that a global ecological collapse can never”
• reduced meat consumption»Dagens köttkonsumtion, som leder till klimatförändringar, skövling av regnskog och överutnyttjande av vatten,« (party programme ↗)“Current meat consumption, which leads to climate change, forest destruction and overexploitation of water,”
• consideration for rural needs»Miljöarbetet ska ta hänsyn till landsbygdens behov.« (party programme ↗)“Environmental work should take rural needs into account.”

The counter-proposal wants to force agriculture's conditions into nutrition recommendations with environmental arguments. The party programme instead establishes that the consumer perspective, not producer interest, shall be the starting point and that environmental considerations shall be built in from the beginning. The plan also requires administrations governed by professionalism and impartiality, which speaks against binding the agency to the producer interest's consultation partner.

• consumer perspective before producer interestdecisive»Konsumentperspektivet, inte producentintresset, ska vara utgångspunkten för en politik där säkra livsmedel, miljöhänsyn och etisk djurhållning är grundprinciper.« (party programme ↗)“The consumer perspective, not producer interest, shall be the starting point for a policy where safe food, environmental considerations and ethical animal husbandry are basic principles.”
• environmental consideration built in from the start»Hänsynen till miljöns krav ska byggas in i produktionsprocesserna redan från början.« (party programme ↗)“Consideration of the environment's requirements shall be built into the production processes from the beginning.”
• administrations' professionalism and impartiality»Förtroendet för den demokratiska beslutsprocessen förutsätter att de förvaltningar, som ska genomföra de politiska besluten, styrs av professionalitet och oväld.« (party programme ↗)“Trust in the democratic decision-making process requires that the administrations that shall carry out the political decisions are governed by professionalism and impartiality.”

The counter-proposal wants to bind the agency to consult on farming conditions when nutritional recommendations contain environmental arguments, thus weighing farming interests into environmental advice. The plan establishes that when the economic system clashes with the ecological system, it is the economy that must adapt, and wants more people to eat more vegetarian food and locally produced. A consultation requirement that dampens environmental considerations in dietary advice contradicts that priority.

• ecology sets the framedecisive»När det ekonomiska systemet krockar med det ekologiska systemet är det ekonomin som måste anpassas.« (party programme ↗)“When the economic system clashes with the ecological system, it is the economy that must adapt.”
• more vegetarian diet»Genom att resa mer miljövänligt, handla mer lokalt producerat, äta mer vegetarisk mat, energieffektivisera hemmet och konsumera färre prylar ökar möjligheterna att leva ett gott liv inom de ramar miljön sätter.« (party programme ↗)“By traveling more environmentally, shopping more local products, eating more vegetarian food, making your home energy-efficient and consuming fewer things, the possibility of living a good life within the frame the environment sets increases.”
• reduced climate-harmful consumption»Konsumtion som har negativ klimatpåverkan, såsom fossilt drivna transporter, fossil energi och animalier, måste minska.« (party programme ↗)“Consumption that has negative climate impact, such as fossil-powered transport, fossil energy and animals, must decrease.”
• informed consumer choice»Konsumenter ska ha möjligheter att göra fria och upplysta val.« (party programme ↗)“Consumers shall have opportunities to make free and informed choices.”

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 strengthen the competitive strength of the green industries and requires that political decisions take into account the special conditions of sparsely populated and rural areas. A consultation requirement that forces agriculture's conditions into industry recommendations with environmental arguments is an expression of precisely that holistic view. The plan also says that state agencies must cooperate. The support follows from the principles rather than from an explicit commitment.

• green industries' competitive strengthdecisive»Vi ska arbeta för mer närodlad och klimatsmart mat och ett levande, hållbart jordbruk som bidrar till den biologiska mångfalden. Vi vill stärka de gröna näringarnas konkurrenskraft.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We will work for more locally grown and climate-smart food and a living, sustainable agriculture that contributes to biodiversity. We want to strengthen the competitive strength of the green industries.”
• consideration for rural conditions»Sverige är EU:s näst mest glesbefolkade land och det innebär särskilda utmaningar för gles- och landsbygden som politiska beslut måste ta hänsyn till« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden is the EU's second most sparsely populated country and that means special challenges for sparsely populated and rural areas that political decisions must take into account”
• agencies shall cooperate»Statliga myndigheter måste samverka och arbeta marksnålt när man tar ny mark i anspråk för väg, tåg, el, etc.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“State agencies must cooperate and work site-carefully when taking new land for road, rail, electricity, etc.”
• strengthened agricultural competitiveness»Det svenska lantbrukets konkurrenskraft, både inom EU och gentemot övriga världen, ska förstärkas.« (party programme ↗)“Swedish agriculture's competitive strength, both within the EU and against the rest of the world, must be strengthened.”

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 considerations for public health shall weigh more heavily than agricultural interests, which is precisely the weighing the counter-proposal wants to reverse through mandatory consultation that weighs in agricultural conditions. The plan also holds firm that agriculture shall bear its own environmental and climate costs. Food policy's perspective shall according to the plan be the consumer's and sustainability's, not the producer's.

• public health before agricultural interestsdecisive»I EU ska hänsynen till folkhälsan väga tyngre än jordbruksintressen.« (party programme ↗)“In the EU, considerations for public health shall weigh more heavily than agricultural interests.”
• consumer and sustainability perspective»ha ett tydligt konsument- och hållbarhetsperspektiv« (party programme ↗)“have a clear consumer and sustainability perspective”
• agriculture bears its environmental costs»Jordbruket ska i likhet med andra sektorer bära sina egna miljö- och klimatkostnader« (party programme ↗)“Agriculture shall, like other sectors, bear its own environmental and climate costs”

The plan prioritizes agriculture's competitiveness and wants environmental policy to be so flexible that local conditions can be weighed in, and that agriculture's cultural and environmental contribution is utilized. A consultation requirement that ensures that agriculture's conditions are weighed in when business recommendations are provided with environmental arguments follows from that comprehensive view.

• strengthened agriculturedecisive»Regeländringar och kostnadslättnader för svenskt lantbruk för att öka Sveriges självförsörjning och stärka lantbrukets konkurrenskraft.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Regulatory changes and cost relief for Swedish agriculture to increase Sweden's self-sufficiency and strengthen agriculture's competitiveness.”
• adapted environmental policy»så flexibel att varje land och region kan anpassa åtgärder efter sina unika förhållanden.« (party programme ↗)“so flexible that each country and region can adapt measures to its unique conditions.”
• agriculture's environmental contribution»Det är nödvändigt att ta till vara den kultur- och miljöinsats som« (party programme ↗)“It is necessary to make use of the cultural and environmental contribution that”
• Swedish food production»Sverige bör ta till vara sina mycket goda förutsättningar för miljövänlig och säker produktion« (party programme ↗)“Sweden should make use of its very good conditions for environmentally friendly and safe production”

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 agriculture and forestry should be supported, not steered, and promises a strengthened food strategy and fewer rules for agriculture. That nutritional recommendations with environmental arguments must be checked against agriculture's conditions and the countryside's preconditions lies in line with that, as does the party programme's requirement that science and facts shall be leading in environmental policy. The plan, however, does not address the authority's recommendations directly.

• support not steer agriculturedecisive»Vi ska stötta, inte styra, jord- och skogsbruket« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We shall support, not steer, agriculture and forestry”
• strengthened food strategy»Förstärka livsmedelsstrategin« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen the food strategy”
• science drives environmental policyweak support»Vetenskap och fakta ska vara ledande i klimat- och miljöpolitiken.« (party programme ↗)“Science and facts shall be leading in climate and environmental policy.”
• fewer rules for agriculture»Minska antalet regler för jordbruket och korta handläggningstider för miljötillstånd« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reduce the number of rules for agriculture and shorten processing times for environmental permits”

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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 environmental policy shall explicitly be sought in methods that do not harm industries and rural areas, and agriculture's competitiveness and self-sufficiency shall be strengthened. A mandatory consultation before environmental arguments are brought into industry recommendations is precisely such a barrier against government advice striking at agriculture. The demand therefore aligns with the commitment to stop symbol politics that goes against the possibility of conducting industry.

• environmental policy without harm to rural areasdecisive»Sverigedemokratisk miljöpolitik utgår från förvaltarskapstanken och strävar efter att hitta de mest miljöeffektiva och kostnadseffektiva metoderna, som samtidigt inte skadar näringar och landsbygd.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democratic environmental policy is based on the stewardship principle and strives to find the most environmentally efficient and cost-effective methods, which at the same time do not harm industries and rural areas.”
• strengthened agricultural competitiveness»Öka det svenska jordbrukets konkurrenskraft och Sveriges självförsörjning av livsmedel« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase Swedish agriculture's competitiveness and Sweden's self-sufficiency in food”
• stop industry-hostile symbol politics»Stoppa symbolpolitik som går ut över möjligheten att bedriva industri och näring« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop symbol politics that goes against the possibility of conducting industry and business”
• high food self-sufficiency»landet har en hög självförsörjningsgrad vad avser livsmedelsproduktion« (party programme ↗)“the country has a high degree of self-sufficiency in terms of food production”