Nordic Cooperation

The plan wants to see close cooperation between the Nordic countries, which speaks for giving the work on removing border obstacles sharper tools such as a common database and an evaluation of the effects of border controls. The plan also wants political decisions to be made democratically and nationally anchored rather than delegated to bodies without mandate. This is however a derivation: the plan does not address the revision of the Nordic cooperation agreement.

• close Nordic cooperationdecisive»Vi vill se ett tätt samarbete mellan de nordiska länderna och ett gott« (party programme ↗)“We want to see close cooperation between the Nordic countries and a good”
• political control instead of technocracy»Vi vill att Sverige utmanar EU:s överstatliga fördrag och lagar« (party programme ↗)“We want Sweden to challenge EU's supranational treaties and laws”
• against closed borders»När rasismen växer, länder sluter sig och EU bygger murar ska Sverige agera för flyktingars rättigheter och försvara asylrätten både i Sverige och internationellt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“When racism grows, countries close themselves and the EU builds walls Sweden should act for refugees' rights and defend the right to asylum both in Sweden and internationally.”

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 develop Nordic cooperation and sees it as central together with cooperation with the Baltic states. Tools such as a border obstacles database and an evaluation of border controls' effects on labour market and business serve that goal and strengthen the business climate. The plan, however, says nothing about revising the cooperation agreement, so the conclusion is derived.

• developed Nordic cooperationdecisive»Utvecklat nordiskt samarbete« (party programme ↗)“Developed Nordic cooperation”
• Nordic cooperation central»Också det nordiska samarbetet är centralt, liksom samarbetet med de baltiska staterna.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Nordic cooperation is also central, as is cooperation with the Baltic states.”
• removed obstacles for business»Innovationskraft, gott företagsklimat och stark konkurrenskraft för ökad tillväxt.« (party programme ↗)“Innovation, good business climate and strong competitiveness for increased growth.”

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 does not address the border barriers database or the Nordic cooperation agreement, but states that security systems shall facilitate workers' mobility across borders and that Sweden shall be tied closer to its Nordic neighbours. To resume a tool against border barriers and evaluate the effects of border controls on the labour market follows from that principle. However, the derivation is indirect.

• mobility across bordersdecisive»Trygghetssystemen ska underlätta arbetstagares rörlighet och våra rättigheter ska respekteras även när vi reser, lever och arbetar i Europa.« (party programme ↗)“Security systems shall facilitate workers' mobility and our rights shall be respected even when we travel, live and work in Europe.”
• closer to Nordic neighbours»säkra och utveckla nattågstrafiken i hela Sverige och knyt oss närmare våra nordiska grannländer och övriga Europa med fler avgångar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“secure and develop night train traffic throughout Sweden and tie us closer to our Nordic neighbours and the rest of Europe with more departures.”
• more interstate cooperation»Vi är övertygade om att det behövs mer samarbete mellan länder för att lösa gränsöverskridande problem.« (party programme ↗)“We are convinced that there is a need for more cooperation between countries to solve cross-border problems.”
• Nordic cooperation»Miljöpartiet ser positivt på ett försvarssamarbete med likasinnade demokratiska stater – särskilt våra grannländer i Norden och Baltikum.« (party programme ↗)“The Green Party views positively defence cooperation with like-minded democratic states – especially our neighbours in the Nordic region and the Baltics.”

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 establishes that the Centre Party wants to continue removing the barriers that exist for people's mobility and that it is not borders that should be closed but the labour market that should be opened. A renewed border barriers database and an evaluation of the effects of border controls on the labour market and business are exactly such barrier-removal work. The Nordic cooperation is also given an important role in the programme.

• remove border barriersdecisive»Centerpartiet vill fortsätta att avlägsna de hinder som finns för enskilda människors rörlighet i världen.« (party programme ↗)“The Centre Party wants to continue to remove the barriers that exist for individuals' mobility in the world.”
• open borders and labour market»är inte gränserna som ska stängas, utan arbetsmarknaden som ska öppnas.« (party programme ↗)“it is not borders that should be closed, but the labour market that should be opened.”
• strengthened Nordic cooperation»Det nordiska samarbetet, som överbryggar många europeiska konstellationer, spelar en viktig roll.« (party programme ↗)“Nordic cooperation, which bridges many European constellations, plays an important role.”
• free trade and openness»Sverige klarar sig inte utan frihandel.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden cannot manage without free trade.”

The plan says explicitly that the Nordic countries shall lead the way and remove border obstacles faster than others, and that freedom grows as border obstacles for travel, work and trade disappear. The counter-proposal's demand for a re-launched border obstacles database, evaluation of border controls' effects and clearer political steering of cooperation agreements are tools for precisely this. The plan provides no support for being satisfied with existing forms.

• remove Nordic border obstaclesdecisive»De nordiska länderna kan, liksom vi har gjort tidigare med t.ex. passfrihet och gemensam arbetsmarknad, fortsätta att gå före och riva gränshinder snabbare än andra.« (party programme ↗)“The Nordic countries can, like we have done previously with e.g. passport freedom and a shared labour market, continue to lead the way and remove border obstacles faster than others.”
• free movement without border obstacles»Vi vet att friheten växer i takt med att gränshindren för resor, arbete och handel på vår kontinent försvinner.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We know that freedom grows as border obstacles for travel, work and trade on our continent disappear.”
• valued free movement»Den fria rörligheten för individer är grunden i Europasamarbetet och ska värnas.« (party programme ↗)“Free movement for individuals is the foundation of European cooperation and shall be valued.”
• close Nordic cooperation»Sverige bör samarbeta nära med andra länder, både globalt och med våra närmaste grannländer i Norden och Europa.« (party programme ↗)“Sweden should cooperate closely with other countries, both globally and with our nearest neighbours in the Nordic region and Europe.”

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 defends openness and free movement and wants countries to be able to deepen cooperation at their own pace, which argues for mapping and removing border barriers. That evaluation and monitoring are important political tasks supports the requirement for an evaluation of the effects of border controls. The Nordic cooperation agreement is not addressed in the documents.

• free movement within the uniondecisive»att försvara öppenheten och den fria rörligheten inom EU genom stärkt kontroll av EU:s yttre gräns« (party programme ↗)“to defend openness and free movement within the EU by strengthening control of the EU's external border”
• evaluation as a political task»Utvärdering, kostnadsuppföljning och kvalitetskontroll är därför viktiga politiska uppgifter.« (party programme ↗)“Evaluation, cost monitoring and quality control are therefore important political tasks.”
• deepened regional cooperation»Inom unionen bör en flexibel integration tillåtas, för att ge länder möjlighet att fördjupa samarbetet i sin egen takt« (party programme ↗)“Within the union flexible integration should be allowed, to give countries the opportunity to deepen cooperation at their own pace”

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 commits to strengthening relations with neighbouring countries precisely to secure trade and movement across borders and to deepened cooperation in Northern Europe. Resuming border obstacles work as a tool and evaluating the effects of border controls on the labour market and business serves that commitment. The plan's requirement for reduced red tape points in the same direction.

• strengthened neighbouring country relationsdecisive»Sveriges relationer till våra grannländer ska stärkas.« (party programme ↗)“Sweden's relations with our neighbouring countries shall be strengthened.”
• deepened Nordic cooperation»Verka för ett fördjupat samarbete i norra Europa« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Work for deepened cooperation in Northern Europe”
• free movement and internal market»Fördjupa den inre marknaden, inte minst för tjänster och digitala produkter« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Deepen the internal market, not least for services and digital products”
• reduced red tape»Minska regelkrånglet och onödig byråkrati, bland annat genom att motverka överimplementering i Sverige av EU-beslut – som huvudregel ska EU-direktiv genomföras på miniminivå« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reduce red tape and unnecessary bureaucracy, inter alia by preventing over-implementation in Sweden of EU decisions - as a rule EU directives shall be implemented at minimum level”

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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 requires increased mobility within the Nordic region for people and authorities and points out that smoothed internal borders would increase intra-Nordic trade by hundreds of billions. The counter-proposal's requirement for a resumed border barrier database, evaluation of border controls' effects and clearer political direction for the cooperation agreement responds to that commitment. The plan's requirement for joint monitoring of the Nordic region's external border is not addressed by the counter-proposal.

• increased Nordic mobilitydecisive»Ökad mobilitet inom Norden – för människor och myndigheter« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increased mobility within the Nordic region – for people and authorities”
• border barriers cost trade»Studier har under de gångna åren visat att om gränserna internt i Norden kunnat slipas ned, så hade värdet av den inomnordiska handeln ökat med hundratals miljarder.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Studies over recent years have shown that if the borders internally in the Nordic region could have been smoothed down, the value of intra-Nordic trade would have increased by hundreds of billions.”
• strengthened Nordic cohesion»Nordisk sammanhållning får inte förpassas till historien, därför krävs också både gemensam forskning och teknikutveckling samt insatser för nordisk språkförståelse och kulturutbyte.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Nordic cohesion must not be relegated to history, therefore both shared research and technological development and efforts for Nordic language understanding and cultural exchange are also required.”
• Nordic external border monitoring»Verka för gemensam nordisk gränsbevakning av Nordens yttre gräns« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Work for joint Nordic monitoring of the Nordic region's external border”

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.