Special Research Initiatives and Collaborations

The plan establishes that research is needed to make visible and analyse threats to the environment and that there is a need for complementary research based on varied societal needs. Targeted investments in PFAS purification and in women's diseases are such societal needs; the plan particularly emphasizes that women's ill health does not lead to expanded care. However, specific research areas are not mentioned, hence derived.

• research on environmental threatsdecisive»Forskning behövs för att synliggöra och analysera förtryck och hot mot miljön« (party programme ↗)“Research is needed to make visible and analyse oppression and threats to the environment”
• research based on societal needs»Vi ser också behov av en kompletterande forskning baserad på skilda samhällsbehov.« (party programme ↗)“We also see the need for complementary research based on varied societal needs.”
• women's ill health neglected»Stressrelaterade sjukdomar blir allt vanligare och psykisk ohälsa ökar särskilt bland kvinnor och hos unga utan att det leder till utbyggd vård eller förändrad arbetsmiljö.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stress-related diseases are becoming increasingly common and mental ill health is increasing particularly among women and among young people without leading to expanded care or changed working conditions.”
• against poisoning of the environment»Jordens resurser föröds och miljön förgiftas.« (party programme ↗)“The Earth's resources are destroyed and the environment is poisoned.”

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 makes research investments one of environmental policy's most important tools and requires clean water for future generations, which supports prioritization of PFAS remediation. The analysis of the gender power structure that creates unequal life conditions in turn motivates more research on women's diseases. That the state at the same time shall guarantee research freedom speaks against detailed steering but does not eliminate the substantive priorities.

• research as environmental policy tooldecisive»Detta kräver en strategisk miljöpolitik, där forskningssatsningar, lagstiftning och olika ekonomiska styrmedel är de viktigaste instrumenten.« (party programme ↗)“This requires a strategic environmental policy where research investments, legislation and various economic policy instruments are the most important tools.”
• clean water for future generations»Den ekonomiska utvecklingen måste vara i samklang med det ekologiskt hållbara, om också kommande generationer ska få leva i en värld med frisk luft och rent vatten, hållbart klimat och biologisk artrikedom.« (party programme ↗)“Economic development must be in harmony with ecological sustainability if future generations are also to live in a world with clean air and clean water, sustainable climate and biological diversity.”
• the gender power structure»En tydlig maktstruktur är det som kallas könsmaktsordningen, den systematiska över- och underordning mellan könen som skapar ojämlika livsvillkor för kvinnor och män.« (party programme ↗)“A clear power structure is what is called the gender power structure, the systematic subordination and superordination between the sexes that creates unequal life conditions for women and men.”
• research freedom»Staten har ett särskilt ansvar att garantera forskningens frihet och att trygga grundforskningen.« (party programme ↗)“The state has a particular responsibility to guarantee research freedom and to secure basic research.”

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 environmental toxins are a serious threat and that emissions of environment-damaging substances shall be reduced, and that toxic substances shall be phased out immediately, which justifies investments in cleaning PFAS from soil and water. The plan also notes that women have to wait longer for important treatments, which carries the demand for more research into women's diseases. The plan thus speaks for both parts of the counter-proposal.

• phasing out toxic substancesdecisive»fasa ut giftiga ämnen omgående, speciellt från produkter för barn.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“phase out toxic substances immediately, especially from products for children.”
• reduce environmental toxins in water»Utsläpp av miljöstörande ämnen såsom kväve, fosfor, läkemedelsrester, hormonstörande ämnen, tungmetaller och nanopartiklar ska reduceras« (party programme ↗)“Emissions of environment-damaging substances such as nitrogen, phosphorus, pharmaceutical residues, hormone-disrupting substances, heavy metals and nanoparticles shall be reduced”
• equal care for women»Kvinnor får ofta vänta längre på viktiga behandlingar och har sämre tillgång till speciellt dyra behandlingsmetoder.« (party programme ↗)“Women often have to wait longer for important treatments and have poorer access to especially expensive treatment methods.”
• environmental toxins as a threat»Miljögifter är i dag ett allvarligt hot mot såväl människor som natur.« (party programme ↗)“Environmental toxins are today a serious threat to both people and nature.”

The election manifesto explicitly promises a national research programme on women's diseases, which is exactly what the counter-proposal requests. The requirement for research on PFAS remediation is borne by the commitment to save lakes and waterways so that children can bathe without poisons. The plan thus advocates politically prioritised research investments, in contrast to the committee's line that funds are allocated solely on scientific grounds.

• research programme on women's diseasesdecisive»Vi vill inrätta ett nationellt forskningsprogram om kvinnosjukdomar och stärka den genusmedicinska kompetensen i hela vårdkedjan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to establish a national research programme on women's diseases and strengthen gender medicine expertise throughout the healthcare chain.”
• poison-free lakes and seas»Rädda Sveriges sjöar, vattendrag och hav. Våra barn ska kunna bada utan att utsättas för gifter, nedskräpning eller algblomning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Save Sweden's lakes, waterways and seas. Our children shall be able to bathe without exposure to poisons, litter or algal blooms.”
• poison-free environment as right»Tillgång till rent vatten, ren luft och giftfri miljö är en fundamental rätt för alla människor« (party programme ↗)“Access to clean water, clean air and a poison-free environment is a fundamental right for all people”
• unknown chemical risks»Dagligen används kemikalier och tekniker vars effekter på människan och naturen är skadliga eller okända.« (party programme ↗)“Daily chemicals and techniques are used whose effects on humans and nature are harmful or unknown.”

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 establishes that the equality perspective shall be developed in healthcare and that chemical legislation shall depart from the precautionary principle, which underlies the counter-proposal's both demands. The plan additionally wants to see continued high state research appropriations. At the same time, the plan says appropriations shall be distributed based on quality, which speaks against political detailed governance and makes the support weak and derived.

• equal healthcaredecisive»Jämställdhetsperspektivet ska utvecklas i hälso- och sjukvården.« (party programme ↗)“The equality perspective shall be developed in healthcare.”
• precautionary principle for chemicals»Kemikalielagstiftningen ska utgå från försiktighetsprincipen.« (party programme ↗)“Chemical legislation shall depart from the precautionary principle.”
• high research appropriations»Fortsatt höga statliga forskningsanslag är nödvändiga.« (party programme ↗)“Continued high state research appropriations are necessary.”
• quality determines appropriations»Forskningsanslagen ska fördelas utifrån kvalitet.« (party programme ↗)“Research appropriations shall be distributed based on quality.”

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 requires that both pharmaceutical and health care research is aimed at both women and men and that health care consciously considers differences between genders, which directly carries the requirement for more research on women's diseases. The precautionary principle and responsibility for a clean environment support prioritization of PFAS purification. The plan simultaneously requires sufficient resources for all subject areas.

• research on women and mendecisive»Såväl läkemedels- som vårdforskning måste« (party programme ↗)“Both pharmaceutical and health care research must”
• care adapted to gender»Vården måste medvetet beakta skillnader mellan« (party programme ↗)“Health care must consciously consider differences between”
• the precautionary principle»också att agerandet grundas på försiktighetsprincipen.« (party programme ↗)“also that the action is based on the precautionary principle.”
• resources for all subject areas»Alla ämnesområden måste garanteras tillräckliga resurser, därför« (party programme ↗)“All subject areas must be guaranteed sufficient resources, therefore”

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 explicitly promises to strengthen research into diseases that affect women and to invest in research on water purification and expansion of advanced water purification. The counter-proposal's two demands therefore hit directly two commitments in the plan. That the plan simultaneously wants to protect free research from political interference points in the other direction, but the targeted promises are more specific and carry more weight.

• research on women's diseasesdecisive»Stärka forskningen gällande sjukdomar som drabbar kvinnor« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen research on diseases that affect women”
• research on water purification»Satsa på forskning om vattenrening samt utbyggnad av avancerad vattenrening« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Invest in research on water purification and expansion of advanced water purification”
• neglected women's health research»Kvinnors sjukdomar har både inom forskning och i det kliniska arbetet under lång tid varit eftersatta.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Women's diseases have for a long time been neglected both in research and in clinical work.”
• free research without political governance»Värna den fria forskningen från politiska pekpinnar« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Protect free research from political pressure”

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 requires increased priority and increased funding to restore the country's thousands of contaminated sites, which is the core of the counter-proposal's demand for research on remediation of land and water. The plan also wants to work for equal care where women's illnesses are taken as seriously as others. Both parts of the counter-proposal thus have direct support in the plan.

• remediate contaminated sitesdecisive»Ökad finansiering krävs i arbetet med att återställa de tusentals förorenade områdena i vårt land.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increased funding is required in the work to restore the thousands of contaminated sites in our country.”
• prioritize restoration»Ökad prioritet i arbetet med att återställa förorenade områden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increased priority in the work to restore contaminated sites.”
• equal care»Sverigedemokraterna vill verka för en jämställd vård där män och kvinnor behandlas lika.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden-democrats want to work for equal care where men and women are treated equally.”
• women's illnesses taken seriously»Förlossningsskador ska exempelvis tas på lika stort allvar som andra skador.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Obstetric injuries should for example be taken as seriously as other injuries.”

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.