The question is whether the government should, through supplementary directives, expand the mandate of the transparency committee already appointed — for instance to stop local party contributions being channelled up to party leaderships and to examine state-owned companies' indirect funding of parties' opinion-shaping work — or whether the committee's current mandate on openness in party financing and lobbying contacts is sufficient.
Committee proposal adopted, 152–93
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»beslutsfattare anpassar sig till mäktiga ekonomiska intressen bortom«“decision-makers adapt themselves to powerful economic interests beyond”capital's power over politics · party programme ↗
»Partierna ska vara skyldiga att öppet redovisa de bidrag de erhåller«“Parties must be obliged to openly disclose the contributions they receive”open disclosure of party contributions · party programme ↗
»Vi vill ha en lag om att politiska partier och enskilda kandidater ska offentliggöra sina bidragsgivare.«“We want a law that political parties and individual candidates should disclose their donors.”transparency about party donations · party programme ↗
»Reglerna för finansiering av politiska partier bör skärpas och deras motståndskraft mot yttre påverkan och infiltration rustas.«“The rules for funding political parties should be tightened and their resilience against external influence and infiltration strengthened.”tightened rules for party funding · 2022 manifesto ↗
»källorna för sin finansiering ska vara reglerad i lag.«“sources for their financing shall be regulated in law.”law-regulated party financing · party programme ↗
»Sekretessmöjligheten ska nyttjas restriktivt.«“Secrecy possibilities should be used restrictively.”openness and transparency · party programme ↗
»Skärpa tjänstemannaansvaret så att du som skattebetalare vet att med all offentlig maktutövning följer ett ansvar för de beslut som fattas«“Strengthen public official accountability so that you as a taxpayer know that all public exercise of power is followed by accountability for the decisions that are made”accountability in public exercise of power · 2022 manifesto ↗
»Inom civilsamhället är både fackförbund och andra organisationer med viktiga samhällsuppdrag i hög grad partipolitiskt knutna på ett sätt som riskerar att snedvrida de demokratiska förutsättningarna.«“Within civil society, both trade unions and other organizations with important public missions are to a high degree linked to party politics in a way that risks distorting the democratic prerequisites.”against party political distortion · 2022 manifesto ↗
The plan is an AI reading of the party’s own manifesto and programme, with verbatim quotes. Not a prediction. Open the case → · airiksdagen.se