Request for further investigation

The plan values municipal self-determination and sees EU law's limitations on member states' right to implement democratically decided policy as unreasonable. Investigating how municipal harbour activities can be regulated without compulsion to incorporate as companies is therefore in line with the plan, which wants to strengthen rather than market-adapt joint ownership of infrastructure. The committee's reasons are based on EU law's framework, which the plan explicitly relates to.

• municipal self-determinationdecisive»Det kommunala självstyret är en betydelsefull del av den svenska« (party programme ↗)“Municipal self-determination is a significant part of the Swedish”
• EU law limits democracy»EU-rätten innehåller orimliga begränsningar av medlemsländernas« (party programme ↗)“EU law contains unreasonable limitations on member states'”
• reclaim vital infrastructure»Det är hög tid att agera och ta tillbaka den samhällsviktiga verksamhet och infrastruktur som har privatiserats.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It is high time to act and reclaim the societally vital activities and infrastructure that have been privatized.”

The plan values municipal self-government and requires democratic control of socially important functions. That rules about municipal port activity are investigated how they can be designed without a requirement for incorporation and still be EU-law compliant is in line with that commitment. The plan also establishes that resilience and security shall take precedence over market interests.

• municipal self-governmentdecisive»Kommunalt och regionalt självstyre med beskattningsrätt.« (party programme ↗)“Municipal and regional self-government with taxation rights.”
• democratic control»Demokratisk kontroll över välfärden och samhällsviktiga funktioner.« (party programme ↗)“Democratic control of welfare and socially important functions.”
• preparedness before market interests»Svensk motståndskraft liksom medborgarnas säkerhet och trygghet sätts före« (party programme ↗)“Swedish resilience as well as citizens' safety and security are placed before”

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 counter-proposal wants to investigate how municipal harbour activities can be regulated without a compulsory incorporation requirement and safeguards municipal discretion. The plan is built on decentralization as a counterweight to power concentration and that decisions should be made as close as possible to those affected, while the state should shape the market's rules rather than force a corporate form. The conclusion is derived from these principles.

• decentralizationdecisive»Decentralisering skapar motvikt till maktkoncentration.« (party programme ↗)“Decentralization creates a counterweight to power concentration.”
• decisions close to people»Därför bör beslut tas så nära människor som möjligt samtidigt som aktivt« (party programme ↗)“Therefore decisions should be made as close to people as possible while actively”
• state shapes market rules»Staten ska säkerställa att det finns regelverk och institutioner som ser till att marknader« (party programme ↗)“The state shall ensure that there are regulations and institutions that ensure markets”
• control over critical infrastructure»läkemedel, kritiska råmaterial och viktig teknologi. Samhället måste säkra kontroll över« (party programme ↗)“medicines, critical raw materials and important technology. Society must secure control over”

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 Centre Party's plan is consistently decentralist: people should determine more themselves, decisions should be made close to those affected and decisions concerning a local level should not be moved upward. A boilerplating requirement that reduces municipal room for action goes against this. Investigating alternatives that are compatible with EU state aid rules without compulsion thus aligns with the plan, which also warns that EU bureaucracy overshadows democracy.

• decentralize moredecisive»Decentralisera mera. Människor ska få bestämma mer själva, och politiska beslut ska fattas nära dem som berörs.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Decentralize more. People should get to decide more for themselves, and political decisions should be made close to those affected.”
• decisions stay at local level»Beslut som endast berör en mer lokal nivå, eller bara individen själv, bör inte flyttas upp till en högre nivå« (party programme ↗)“Decisions that only affect a more local level, or only the individual himself, should not be moved up to a higher level”
• the proximity principle»beslut i första hand ska fattas av människor själva, eller så nära den enskilda människan som möjligt« (party programme ↗)“decisions should first and foremost be made by people themselves, or as close to the individual as possible”
• EU rules must not displace self-governance»Unionens byråkrati får inte överskugga demokratin.« (party programme ↗)“The Union's bureaucracy must not overshadow democracy.”

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 counter-proposal wants to investigate how port rules can be designed without corporate transformation with reference to municipal self-governance. The plan, on the other hand, restricts public business operations to cases with strong public interest and wants public-run operations normally to be able to be challenged. The plan therefore provides no support for seeking a model that preserves municipal operation in competitive port business.

• limited public business operationsdecisive»Det offentliga ska endast driva affärsverksamhet om det finns ett starkt samhällsintresse.« (party programme ↗)“The public shall only conduct business operations if there is a strong public interest.”
• right to challenge»I alla kommuner och regioner ska det normalt finnas möjlighet att utmana offentligt driven verksamhet.« (party programme ↗)“In all municipalities and regions there shall normally be the possibility to challenge public-run operations.”
• equal treatment and competition»Offentlig upphandling ska ske på sätt som ger skattebetalarna låga kostnader, hög kvalitet, säkrar likabehandling och stimulerar konkurrens.« (party programme ↗)“Public procurement shall take place in ways that give taxpayers low costs, high quality, ensures equal treatment and stimulates competition.”
• competition on equal terms»Lagar och regler ska slå vakt om äganderätt, konkurrens på lika villkor, rättssäkerhet och att enskilda människor har likvärdiga och goda möjligheter att nå sina livsmål.« (party programme ↗)“Laws and regulations shall safeguard property rights, competition on equal terms, legal certainty and that individual people have equivalent and good opportunities to reach their life goals.”

The plan establishes that municipal self-governance should be strong and that the burden of proof rests with whoever wants to take away a lower level's task and freedom. The counter-proposal's requirement to investigate rules without forced incorporation is precisely a test of whether the less intrusive path exists. The subsidiarity principle says that what the municipality can manage appropriately should also be managed there.

• strong municipal self-governancedecisive»Kommunal demokrati förutsätter kommunal självstyrelse. Den kommunala självstyrelsen ska« (party programme ↗)“Municipal democracy presupposes municipal self-governance. Municipal self-governance should”
• burden of proof on higher level»Denna princip innebär att bevisbördan vilar på dem som vill beröva en mindre gemenskap på« (party programme ↗)“This principle means that the burden of proof rests with those who want to deprive a smaller community of”
• subsidiarity»Rätt makt på rätt plats, det är den kristdemokratiska subsidiaritetsprincipens innebörd.« (party programme ↗)“Right power in the right place, that is the meaning of the Christian Democratic principle of subsidiarity.”
• lowest appropriate level»Det en gemenskap på ett ändamålsenligt sätt kan sköta ska den också få sköta.« (party programme ↗)“What a community can manage appropriately should also be allowed to manage.”

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 counteract over-implementation of EU decisions and as a main rule implement EU law at the minimum level, which points to testing whether state aid rules can be followed without a general corporatisation requirement. The plan furthermore states that decisions shall be made at the lowest effective level and that municipalities shall be able to choose different paths. The requirement for such an investigation is supported, but the basis is weak.

• no over-implementation of EU lawdecisive»Minska regelkrånglet och onödig byråkrati, bland annat genom att motverka överimplementering i Sverige av EU-beslut« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reduce red tape and unnecessary bureaucracy, among other things by counteracting over-implementation in Sweden of EU decisions”
• decisions at the lowest effective level»Det politiska systemet ska bygga på att beslut fattas på lägsta« (party programme ↗)“The political system shall be based on decisions being made at the lowest”
• limited state direction»En stor stat leder till ett svagare samhälle.« (party programme ↗)“A large state leads to a weaker society.”

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 regards municipal self-determination as a central part of democracy and establishes that decisions should be made at the lowest appropriate level and brought closer to citizens. The counter-proposal's requirement to investigate how rules can be designed without incorporation requirements follows from that commitment. The plan additionally wants to strengthen national self-determination against EU legal requirements.

• municipal self-governmentdecisive»Vi betraktar det kommunala självbestämmandet som en central del av demokratin« (party programme ↗)“We regard municipal self-determination as a central part of democracy”
• decisions at the lowest level»En central utgångspunkt är dock att beslut bör fattas på lägsta ändamålsenliga nivå.« (party programme ↗)“A central starting point is that decisions should be made at the lowest appropriate level.”
• decisions close to citizens»För att öka den demokratiska legitimiteten bör beslut så långt det går föras närmre medborgarna.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“To increase democratic legitimacy, decisions should as far as possible be brought closer to citizens.”
• national self-determination»Stärka det nationella självbestämmandet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen national self-determination”

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.