The state budget for expenditure area 5, International cooperation
What's at stake: This expenditure area funds Sweden's dues to international organisations, peace and security promotion, export control of military equipment, and the promotion of Sweden abroad. A consolidated appropriation structure gives the government more freedom to reallocate funds, while earmarked appropriations give parliament and individual activities such as Sipri, the dialogue institute and cultural support in Belarus more predictable funding.
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 appropriations in expenditure area 5 should be set as the government proposes, with a streamlined and consolidated appropriation structure, or whether parts of the current structure should be retained – including a separate appropriation for the peace research institute Sipri – and certain appropriations increased.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee endorses the government's proposal to streamline and consolidate the appropriation structure so that funds are used more efficiently and follow-up is strengthened, and considers the proposed appropriation levels well balanced – including the increase for dues to international organisations and the transfer of the dialogue institute to another expenditure area. Proposals to retain parts of the current structure or to raise individual appropriations are rejected.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 1 (S)
The Social Democrats want to keep the separate appropriation for Sipri rather than folding it into the consolidated structure, so that the peace research institute's funding remains explicitly earmarked by parliament.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
V–
S–
MP–
C–
L–
KD–
M–
SD–
YesNoAbstainAbsent
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: allocating the budget funds as the committee proposes and rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 1 by S.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
The plan's stance / Actual vote
AI
Vote
Confidence
Evidence
V
–
Abstain 0/0/17/7
Sown reservation
–
No 0/93/0/13
MP
–
Yes 14/0/1/3
C
–
Abstain 0/0/20/4
L
–
Yes 10/0/0/6
KD
–
Yes 16/0/0/3
M
–
Yes 60/0/0/8
SD
–
Yes 62/0/0/10
Broke with the party line
MPEmma Berginger(MP, Skåne läns södra)
Abstain — party line: Yes
MPs whose vote differs from their party's majority position in this division. Marked with a dark ring in the chamber view.
Committee proposal
a) Appropriations for 2025
The Riksdag allocates appropriations for 2025 within expenditure area 5 according to the government's proposal.
Thereby the Riksdag approves proposition 2024/25:1 expenditure area 5 point 1 and rejects motions
2024/25:1913 by Nooshi Dadgostar et al. (V),
2024/25:2160 by Kerstin Lundgren et al. (C),
2024/25:3042 by Jacob Risberg et al. (MP) and
2024/25:3107 by Morgan Johansson et al. (S) request 33.
b) Authorizations regarding economic commitments
The Riksdag authorizes the government to enter into economic commitments during 2025 which, including previous commitments, require future appropriations at most the amounts and within the time period that the government proposes.
Thereby the Riksdag approves proposition 2024/25:1 expenditure area 5 point 2.
Original (Swedish)
a) Anslagen för 2025
Riksdagen anvisar anslagen för 2025 inom utgiftsområde 5 enligt regeringens förslag.
Därmed bifaller riksdagen proposition 2024/25:1 utgiftsområde 5 punkt 1 och avslår motionerna
2024/25:1913 av Nooshi Dadgostar m.fl. (V),
2024/25:2160 av Kerstin Lundgren m.fl. (C),
2024/25:3042 av Jacob Risberg m.fl. (MP) och
2024/25:3107 av Morgan Johansson m.fl. (S) yrkande 33.
b) Bemyndiganden om ekonomiska åtaganden
Riksdagen bemyndigar regeringen att under 2025 ingå ekonomiska åtaganden som inklusive tidigare åtaganden medför behov av framtida anslag på högst de belopp och inom den tidsperiod som regeringen föreslår.
Därmed bifaller riksdagen proposition 2024/25:1 utgiftsområde 5 punkt 2.
Riksdag decision: The Riksdag said yes to the government's proposal in the 2025 budget proposition on how the money within the International cooperation expenditure area should be distributed.
In total, it is about approximately 2.3 billion kronor from the state budget. Most money goes to contributions to international organizations, approximately 1.4 billion kronor. Foreign and security policy strategic initiatives receive approximately 344 million kronor and peace and security-promoting activities receive approximately 185 million kronor.
The Riksdag thereby said no to alternative budget proposals that came in motions during the general petition period 2024.
The Riksdag decides on the state budget in two steps. First, the frameworks for the 27 expenditure areas in the budget are decided. The Riksdag decided that on November 27, 2024. Then in a second step, the Riksdag determines how the money should be distributed within each expenditure area. This decision concerns step two in the decision-making process.
Counter-proposals
The counter-proposal wants to maintain the separate allocation to Sipri. (S) — Reservation 1