2024-04-182023/24:JuU23 · p.2JuUJustice
More concrete measures against violent extremism and terrorism
Additional concrete measures within the national strategy against violent extremism and terrorism
What's at stake: More concrete measures could strengthen work against radicalization and terrorism financing and give clearer guidance to authorities and civil society, but the government argues the strategy already provides a broad framework and that it is too early to pre-empt the ongoing work.
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 the national strategy against violent extremism and terrorism should be supplemented with more concrete measures, for instance against terrorism financing and root causes such as segregation, or whether the strategy is sufficient as it stands.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee views the government's new comprehensive strategy positively and considers that it creates the conditions for broad, long-term work; it wants to await the government's forthcoming reports on the authorities' efforts before proposing further measures, and therefore rejects the motion calling for more concrete initiatives.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 2 (S, MP)
The reservation holds that the strategy should be supplemented with more concrete measures against the financing of terrorism, with a clearer account of and measures against root causes such as segregation and exclusion, with greater emphasis on early interventions for children and young people at risk and support for parents, with guaranteed support for civil-society organizations working against radicalization, and with more concrete preventive measures within the prison and probation service to counter radicalization.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 2 by S, MP.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
The decision would have held
Explicit commitments that contradicted the vote: LLiberalerna
Ja 170–124Ja 158–136
Counterfactual: the parties above are moved to the position their own documents explicitly point at, carrying their whole contingent present. Every other party keeps its real figures, including dissenters and absentees.
How the AI parties would have voted
For each party: what its own plan – election manifesto and party programme – argues for in this case, next to how the party actually voted. The AI can only answer Yes or No; a party can also abstain.
| AI | Vote | Confidence | Evidence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | No | No 0/19/0/5 | match | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| S | No | No 0/90/0/16 | match | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| MP | No | No 0/14/0/4 | match | confidence: high | not addressed |
| C | No | Yes 21/0/0/3 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| L | No | Yes 12/0/0/4 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: high | explicit |
| KD | No | Yes 16/0/0/3 | differs | confidence: high | not addressed |
| M | No | Yes 57/0/0/11 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| SD | No | Yes 63/0/0/9 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
Committee proposal
Parliament rejects motion 2023/24:2818 by Rasmus Ling et al. (MP) motions 2-4.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motion 2023/24:2818 av Rasmus Ling m.fl. (MP) yrkandena 2-4.
Riksdag decision: Parliament has considered a statement from the government on a new comprehensive national strategy against violent extremism and terrorism. The purpose of the strategy is to provide long-term direction for work in Sweden – locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. The strategy is divided into four areas: prevent – for example, reduce the growth of violent extremism by preventing the risk of radicalization. hinder – for example, prevent opportunities for financing and access to weapons protect – for example, work on protecting the democratic society and continue identifying risks and vulnerabilities manage – for example, work on how terrorist attacks or ongoing lethal violence should be handled, as well as focus on the importance of accountability and measures for crime victims. The new strategy replaces the earlier strategies against violent extremism and terrorism from 2015. Parliament considers that the strategy creates conditions for broad and long-term work in the area and proposes that Parliament should file the government's statement as a closed matter, i.e., conclude the case.
Counter-proposals
- The counter-proposal wants the government to initiate a new cross-party agreement on work against violent extremism and terrorism. (S, MP) — Reservation 2
Plan vs actual vote
Every party, in chamber order: what its own plan pointed to, how it voted, and the reasoning behind both. Highlighted rows are where the two differ — but a vote that follows the plan is a result too, so the reasoning is there for every party.
The plan means that the work against racism and fascism requires political breadth and popular grounding and that crime must above all be met through a struggle against its deeper causes such as segregation and exclusion.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan means that the work against racism and fascism requires political breadth and popular grounding and that crime must above all be met through a struggle against its deeper causes such as segregation and exclusion. The counter-proposal's demand for root-cause work, early initiatives for children and young people, parental support and secured support for civil society organizations follows that line. The plan therefore supports the demand.
Original (Swedish)
Planen menar att arbetet mot rasism och fascism kräver politisk bredd och folklig förankring och att kriminalitet framför allt måste mötas genom kamp mot dess djupare orsaker som segregation och utanförskap. Motförslagets krav på grundorsaksarbete, tidiga insatser för barn och unga, föräldrastöd och säkrat stöd till civilsamhällets organisationer följer den linjen. Planen stöder därför kravet.
- address root causesdecisive»men framför allt med en kamp mot kriminalitetens djupare orsaker – klassamhället, segregationen, rasismen på arbetsmarknaden, trångboddheten och bristen på framtidstro« (2022 manifesto ↗)“but above all with a struggle against crime's deeper causes – class society, segregation, racism in the labour market, overcrowding and lack of faith in the future”
- breadth and popular grounding»Arbetet mot rasism och fascism kräver politisk bredd och folklig förankring.« (party programme ↗)“The work against racism and fascism requires political breadth and popular grounding.”
- early initiatives for children and young people»Skola och fritidsverksamheter behöver ges bättre resurser, likaså socialtjänsten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Schools and leisure activities need to be given better resources, as does the social service.”
- support for civil society»Vänsterpartiet värnar starka och självständiga folkrörelser som kan bidra till progressiva samhällsförändringar« (party programme ↗)“The Left Party values strong and independent popular movements that can contribute to progressive social change”
The plan's guiding line is that both crime and crime's causes shall be fought, with segregation pointed out as breeding ground and with early social efforts for children and young people.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan's guiding line is that both crime and crime's causes shall be fought, with segregation pointed out as breeding ground and with early social efforts for children and young people. It also wants to hit hard at organized crime's financing. The counter-proposal's demands for measures against terrorist financing, against root causes like segregation and exclusion as well as early efforts and support to civil society are thereby in the plan's direction.
Original (Swedish)
Planens bärande linje är att både brotten och brottens orsaker ska bekämpas, med segregationen utpekad som grogrund och med tidiga sociala insatser för barn och unga. Den vill också slå hårt mot den organiserade brottslighetens finansiering. Motförslagets krav på åtgärder mot terrorfinansiering, mot grundorsaker som segregation och utanförskap samt tidiga insatser och stöd till civilsamhället ligger därmed i planens riktning.
- fight crime's causesdecisive»Bekämpa både brotten och brottens orsaker.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Fight both crime and crime's causes.”
- choke off financing»Slå hårt mot den organiserade brottslighetens finansiering och organisation.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Hit hard at organized crime's financing and organization.”
- early efforts for young people»Att socialtjänsten stärks är centralt för att fånga upp unga i tid.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“That social services are strengthened is central to catching up young people in time.”
- civil society as democracy bearer»Ett starkt och levande civilsamhälle är demokratins underbyggnad.« (party programme ↗)“A strong and living civil society is the foundation of democracy.”
The plan wants to make major investments in preventive work in socioeconomically deprived areas and establishes that the most important crime prevention work occurs through reducing marginalisation and giving children in need of support early help.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan wants to make major investments in preventive work in socioeconomically deprived areas and establishes that the most important crime prevention work occurs through reducing marginalisation and giving children in need of support early help. It also wants to cut off the financing of criminal activity and sees criminal justice as rehabilitative. The counter-proposal's demands for root causes, early interventions and financing measures follow from this.
Original (Swedish)
Planen vill storsatsa på förebyggande arbete i socioekonomiskt eftersatta områden och slår fast att det viktigaste brottsförebyggande arbetet sker genom att minska marginaliseringen och ge barn i behov av stöd hjälp tidigt. Den vill också strypa finansieringen av kriminell verksamhet och ser kriminalvården som rehabiliterande. Motförslagets krav på grundorsaker, tidiga insatser och finansieringsåtgärder följer av detta.
- prevention in vulnerable areasdecisive»storsatsa på det förebyggande arbetet i socioekonomiskt eftersatta områden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“make major investments in preventive work in socioeconomically deprived areas.”
- reduced marginalisation and early support»minska marginaliseringen och utsattheten i samhället. Barn i behov av särskilt stöd ska uppmärksammas och ges adekvat hjälp av bland annat« (party programme ↗)“reduce marginalisation and vulnerability in society. Children in need of special support should be identified and given adequate help by, among others,”
- stop financing of crime»stoppa finansieringen av de kriminella gängen genom att stärka myndighetssamverkan« (2022 manifesto ↗)“stop the financing of criminal gangs through strengthening inter-agency cooperation”
- rehabilitative criminal justice»och ett rehabiliterande syfte. Kriminalvård ska vara« (party programme ↗)“and a rehabilitative purpose. Criminal justice should be”
The plan requires preventive work to start early and permeate all of society, that gangs' income is mapped and squeezed, and that civil society's role for cohesion and integration is utilized.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires preventive work to start early and permeate all of society, that gangs' income is mapped and squeezed, and that civil society's role for cohesion and integration is utilized. The counter-proposal's supplementation with measures against terrorist financing, early interventions for at-risk children, support for civil society and work against root causes like segregation answer to these commitments. The plan also points to segregation as a main problem to reverse.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att det förebyggande arbetet börjar tidigt och genomsyrar hela samhället, att gängens inkomster kartläggs och stryps och att civilsamhällets roll för sammanhållning och integration tas till vara. Motförslagets komplettering med åtgärder mot terrorfinansiering, tidiga insatser för barn i riskzonen, stöd till civilsamhället och arbete mot grundorsaker som segregation svarar mot dessa åtaganden. Planen pekar också ut segregationen som ett huvudproblem att vända.
- early preventive measuresdecisive»Det förebyggande arbetet måste börja tidigt och genomsyra hela samhället.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Preventive work must start early and permeate all of society.”
- cut off criminal financing»Dessutom bör en utredning om gängens inkomster och hur dessa kan strypas genomföras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“In addition, an investigation into gangs' income and how these can be squeezed should be carried out.”
- civil society against radicalization»Civilsamhällets roll för att binda samman människor och förbättra integrationen är ovärderlig.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Civil society's role in binding people together and improving integration is invaluable.”
- break segregation»Sverige är segregerat mellan dem med och utan jobb, mellan de som är födda här och i andra länder, mellan dem med och utan utbildning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden is segregated between those with and without jobs, between those born here and in other countries, between those with and without education.”
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 requires that much more is done against the financing of extremist circles, that monitoring of donations is strengthened and that hidden financing is stopped, which corresponds to the counter-proposal's requirement for measures against terrorist financing.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto requires that much more is done against the financing of extremist circles, that monitoring of donations is strengthened and that hidden financing is stopped, which corresponds to the counter-proposal's requirement for measures against terrorist financing. The plan also identifies segregation and Islamism as root causes, wants to support democratic civil society in disadvantaged areas and requires early interventions to prevent young people from being drawn into criminality. The counter-proposal's specifics therefore align with the plan's direction.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet kräver att mycket mer görs mot extremistmiljöernas finansiering, att uppföljningen av bidragsgivning stärks och att dold finansiering stoppas, vilket motsvarar motförslagets krav på åtgärder mot terrorfinansiering. Planen pekar också ut segregation och islamism som grundorsaker, vill stödja det demokratiska civilsamhället i utsatta områden och kräver tidiga insatser mot att unga dras in i kriminalitet. Motförslagets konkretiseringar ligger därmed i planens linje.
- stop the financing of extremismdecisive»Vi vill både stärka uppföljningen av bidragsgivning och stoppa dold finansiering av trossamfund så att de inte blir verktyg för extremistiska krafter.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to both strengthen the monitoring of donations and stop hidden financing of religious communities so that they do not become tools for extremist forces.”
- segregation as root cause»Islamister och kriminella klaner spär på segregationen och hotar sammanhållningen i Sverige.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Islamists and criminal gangs fuel segregation and threaten social cohesion in Sweden.”
- support for democratic civil society»Det demokratiska civilsamhället i utsatta områden ska stödjas mer – särskilt kvinnors och flickors organisering.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Democratic civil society in disadvantaged areas shall be supported more – especially the organization of women and girls.”
- early interventions for youth»Tidigare, tydligare och tuffare insatser för att förebygga och förhindra att unga glider in i brottslighet måste till.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Earlier, clearer and tougher interventions to prevent and stop young people from drifting into criminality are necessary.”
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 election manifesto makes preventive work through strengthened families, mandatory parental support and a strengthened associational life with mentorship and exit programmes the core of the fight against crime, and explicitly links integration problems and exclusion to the need for measures.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto makes preventive work through strengthened families, mandatory parental support and a strengthened associational life with mentorship and exit programmes the core of the fight against crime, and explicitly links integration problems and exclusion to the need for measures. The counter-proposal's demand for early interventions, parental support, civil society support and measures against root causes overlaps with this. The criminal justice system's crime-preventive task also exists in the plan.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet gör förebyggande arbete genom stärkta familjer, obligatoriskt föräldrastöd och ett stärkt föreningsliv med mentorskaps- och avhopparprogram till kärnan i kampen mot kriminalitet, och kopplar uttryckligen integrationsproblem och utanförskap till behovet av åtgärder. Motförslagets krav på tidiga insatser, föräldrastöd, civilsamhällesstöd och åtgärder mot grundorsaker sammanfaller med detta. Även kriminalvårdens återfallsförebyggande uppgift finns i planen.
- civil society against radicalizationdecisive»Förebygg brott genom att stärka föreningslivet samt inrättande av mentorskapsprogram och nationellt avhopparprogram.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Prevent crime through strengthening associational life as well as establishment of mentorship programmes and national exit programme.”
- parental support as prevention»Förebygg brott genom att stärka familjerna och föräldraansvaret och göra det obligatoriskt med föräldrastöd i alla Sverige kommuner.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Prevent crime through strengthening families and parental responsibility and making it mandatory with parental support in all Swedish municipalities.”
- address exclusion»Stram migrationspolitik krävs för att ta itu med integrationsproblem och utanförskap.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strict immigration policy is required to address integration problems and exclusion.”
- crime-preventive within criminal justice»för att denne efter avtjänat straff ska kunna återinträda i samhället och inte återfalla i brottslighet« (party programme ↗)“so that this person after serving their sentence shall be able to re-enter society and not relapse into crime”
Worldstate weighed in: The terrorist attack on a concert venue outside Moscow with at least 133 dead — Sharpens the relevance of the plan's demand for concrete preventive measures against terrorism
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 promises to stop payments of tax money to extremists, to strengthen the Security Police and to implement the largest crime prevention reform package in modern times with early interventions for young people at risk and a national leaving-gangs programme.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan promises to stop payments of tax money to extremists, to strengthen the Security Police and to implement the largest crime prevention reform package in modern times with early interventions for young people at risk and a national leaving-gangs programme. The counter-proposal's requirement for more concrete measures against terrorism financing, against root causes such as social exclusion and for early interventions answers to the same commitments. The plan therefore supports the requirement, even though it does not mention the strategy as such.
Original (Swedish)
Planen lovar att stoppa utbetalningar av skattemedel till extremister, att stärka Säkerhetspolisen och att genomföra det största brottsförebyggande reformpaketet i modern tid med tidiga insatser för unga i riskzonen och ett nationellt avhopparprogram. Motförslagets krav på fler konkreta åtgärder mot terrorfinansiering, mot grundorsaker som utanförskap och för tidiga insatser svarar mot samma åtaganden. Planen stöder därför kravet, även om den inte nämner strategin som sådan.
- strangle extremists' financingdecisive»Stoppa utbetalningar av skattemedel till extremister« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop payments of tax money to extremists”
- early preventive measures»Moderaterna vill därför genomföra det största brottsförebyggande reformpaketet i modern tid. Det handlar om över 50 reformer för att stärka socialtjänst, skola och missbruksvård.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Moderate Party therefore wants to implement the largest crime prevention reform package in modern times. It involves over 50 reforms to strengthen social services, schools and addiction care.”
- strengthened security police»Stärka Säkerhetspolisen för att öka deras förmåga att skydda den liberala demokratin och landets alla medborgare« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen the Security Police to increase their ability to protect liberal democracy and all the country's citizens”
- leaving-gangs work against radicalization»Inrätta ett nationellt kunskapscentrum för brottsprevention och ett nationellt avhopparprogram för gängkriminella« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Establish a national knowledge centre for crime prevention and a national leaving-gangs programme for gang criminals”
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 requires that financing of extremist organizations is prevented and that the extremist root cause is combated, not just finished terrorists.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan explicitly requires that financing of extremist organizations is prevented and that the extremist root cause is combated, not just finished terrorists. It also sets higher demands on parents and early markers against those who find themselves at the edge of criminal and extremist environments. The counter-proposal's requirements for more concrete action against terror financing, against root causes and with early interventions align with this, with the caveat that the plan wants to stop public support to segregating organizations.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver uttryckligen att finansieringen av extremistiska organisationer hindras och att den extremistiska grogrunden bekämpas, inte bara de färdiga terroristerna. Den ställer också högre krav på föräldrar och tidiga markeringar mot dem som befinner sig i utkanten av kriminella och extremistiska miljöer. Motförslagets krav på fler konkreta åtgärder mot terrorfinansiering, mot grundorsaker och med tidiga insatser ligger i linje med detta, med förbehållet att planen vill stoppa offentligt stöd till segregerande organisationer.
- stop terror financingdecisive»Hindra utländsk finansiering av extremistiska trossamfund och organisationer« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Prevent foreign financing of extremist religious communities and organizations”
- combat the root cause»Även den extremistiska grogrunden måste bekämpas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The extremist root cause must also be combated.”
- demands on parents»Betydligt högre förväntningar måste också ställas på föräldrar och allmänhet att bli en del av samhället och stoppa gängens framväxt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Much higher expectations must also be placed on parents and the public to become part of society and stop the rise of gangs.”
- conditional civil society support»Stoppa statligt stöd till extremistiska organisationer och andra grupper som verkar segregerande« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop state support to extremist organizations and other groups that work in a segregating manner”
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.
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Sources and documents
- The committee report on riksdagen.se (2023/24:JuU23)
- Committee report full text (HB01JuU23)
- Per-MP voting data (API)
- Case status (API)
Documents under consideration
- Motion 2023/24:2818 — med anledning av skr. 2023/24:56 Nationell strategi mot våldsbejakande extremism och terrorism - förebygga, förhindra, skydda och hantera av Rasmus Ling m.fl. (MP)
- Regeringens skrivelse 2023/24:56 — Nationell strategi mot våldsbejakande extremism och terrorism - förebygga, förhindra, skydda och hantera
Source: The Swedish Parliament