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The plan explicitly requires that Sweden is driving for as comprehensive a sanctions regime against Russia as possible, and that coal and gas use in Europe is phased out according to a timetable. The counter-proposal's demands for strengthened enforcement, harsher penalties for circumvention and choked Russian fossil revenues is precisely this. The plan also sees energy dependence on undemocratic regimes as a security policy issue.

»Sverige ska vara pådrivande för att så breda globala koalitioner som möjligt bygger ut en så heltäckande sanktionsregim mot Ryssland som möjligt.« — comprehensive sanctions regime“Sweden shall be driving for as broad global coalitions as possible to build out as comprehensive a sanctions regime against Russia as possible.”

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The plan establishes that women's situation in war and significance for peace shall be made visible and that a gender equality perspective shall be integrated in all relevant public decisions. That Sweden within NATO pushes for women and young people to be included in peace and security processes is a direct application of that commitment. The plan also wants Sweden to do more for freedom and rights in international cooperation.

»Kvinnors situation i krig och betydelse för fred ska synliggöras.« — women, peace and security“Women's situation in war and significance for peace shall be made visible.”

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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.

»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.« — remove Nordic border obstacles“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.”

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The party programme explicitly requires that development policy be reformed with a focus on democracy, gender equality and reduced corruption, and that gender equality and sexual and reproductive health be prioritized in aid. The counter-proposal's demands for a systematic gender equality perspective, support for women's organizing and open reporting are exactly what the plan promises. Broad general support without a gender equality profile does not respond to the commitment.

»Den svenska biståndspolitiken måste genomgå stora reformer med fokus på demokrati, jämställdhet och minskad korruption.« — gender equality drives aid“Swedish development policy must undergo major reforms with a focus on democracy, gender equality and reduced corruption.”

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The plan explicitly states that women's situation in war and significance for peace shall be made visible, and that development aid policy shall be reformed with gender equality as one of three focus areas. The counter-proposal's requirement for a leading role for women's and girls' rights and participation therefore rests on a direct commitment in the plan. That the support is broadly framed is not enough according to the plan's own prioritization.

»Kvinnors situation i krig och betydelse för fred ska synliggöras.« — women, peace and security“Women's situation in war and significance for peace shall be made visible.”

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The plan says explicitly that hydropower shall be developed through efficiency and not through increased exploitation, and that modernization shall involve requirements that the power plants meet today's environmental rules. It also requires that installations be designed so that damage to migrating fish is minimized. The counter-proposal's objection against weakened environmental adaptation thus follows directly from the plan.

»Anläggningar för vattenkraft ska vara utformade så att skadorna för vandrande fisk minimeras.« — protection for migrating fish“Installations for hydropower shall be designed so that damage to migrating fish is minimized.”

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The plan establishes that publicly financed activity shall be covered by the same rules on confidentiality and whistleblower protection regardless of whether it is run in public or private regime, and that this is especially important in schools. The counter-proposal's demand that the public principle shall also cover privately-run adult education providers directly follows from that. The plan also emphasizes the public principle's fundamental importance for scrutiny.

»Offentligt finansierad verksamhet ska omfattas av samma regler om sekretess och meddelarskydd oavsett om den bedrivs i allmän eller privat regi, och även om den drivs i bolagsform.« — same insight regardless of operation form“Publicly financed activity shall be covered by the same rules on confidentiality and whistleblower protection regardless of whether it is conducted in public or private regime, and even if it is run in corporate form.”

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The plan requires that Sweden shall have viable populations of all five large predators, explicitly including the wolf. The counter-proposal wishes that marking not be used until criteria ensure that the tool does not press down the population further, which follows directly from that commitment. The plan moreover wishes to deepen the work against illegal hunting, which supports the requirement for criteria for tracking.

»Sverige ska ha livskraftiga stammar av alla de fem stora rovdjuren: björn, järv, lo, varg och kungsörn.« — viable predator populations“Sweden shall have viable populations of all five large predators: bear, wolverine, lynx, wolf and golden eagle.”

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The plan explicitly states that legal protection against conversion therapy should be introduced. The counter-proposal's requirement for legislation that specifically prohibits conversion attempts is exactly that commitment. The plan also states that no one should feel forced to hide their sexual orientation or gender identity, which is precisely what conversion attempts aim to achieve.

»Hbtqi-kompetensen i vård, skola och omsorg ska stärkas och ett lagskydd mot omvändelseterapi ska införas.« — legal protection against conversion therapy“LGBTQ+ competence in healthcare, schools and care should be strengthened and legal protection against conversion therapy should be introduced.”

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The plan explicitly wants to continue improving civil society's financing, among other things through long-term government grants, and states that civil society is a prerequisite for democracy. The counter-proposal's requirement for information about increased financing for civil society's participation in regional development is directly in line with that commitment. The plan also points to study circles as important educational forms.

»Vi vill fortsätta förbättra civilsamhällets finansiering genom både bredare skatteavdrag för gåvor och långsiktiga statsbidrag.« — improved financing of civil society“We want to continue improving civil society's financing through both broader tax deductions for donations and long-term government grants.”

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The plan requires that the economic conditions for municipalities and regions be equalised with regard to factors that cannot be influenced – which is precisely what the counter-proposal means by differences in tax base and distance. The plan also establishes that individuals regardless of where they live have the right to equivalent quality in welfare services and that state services shall be secured across the whole country. The counter-proposal's requirements thus align with the plan.

»De ekonomiska villkoren för kommuner och regioner behöver därför utjämnas med avseende på faktorer som inte går att påverka.« — equalisation for uncontrollable factors“The economic conditions for municipalities and regions therefore need to be equalised with regard to factors that cannot be influenced.”

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The plan points out study associations as important educational forms and requires good and long-term conditions for independent popular education, and establishes libraries' central role for everyone's free access to literature. The counter-proposal's demand to counteract the dismantling of study associations' infrastructure and analyse closed public libraries follow from these commitments. The plan also requires that access to culture increases for the entire population.

»Såväl folkhögskolan som studieförbunden är viktiga utbildningsformer som breddar människors möjligheter att lära nytt hela livet.« — study associations are important“Both folk high schools and study associations are important educational forms that broaden people's opportunities to learn new things throughout life.”

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The plan establishes that the police authority shall have high local presence throughout the country and that visibility and proximity are crucial for trust and crime prevention. The counter-proposal's demand for stopping further closures of police stations and investigated remand procedures follows directly from that commitment. The plan also wants state authorities to be present in all parts of Sweden and that police density is raised substantially.

»Den nationella polismyndigheten ska ha hög lokal närvaro i hela landet. Synlighet och närhet är avgörande för polisens långsiktiga förtroende och möjlighet att förhindra brott.« — high local police presence“The national police authority shall have high local presence throughout the country. Visibility and proximity are crucial for the police's long-term trust and ability to prevent crime.”

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The plan establishes that whoever reduces the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere shall be paid and that natural carbon storage shall be strengthened, which is precisely what the counter-proposal's demand for compensation for carbon sequestration means. The plan moreover seeks more effective policy instruments and accelerated electrification, which covers the demands for fossil-free work equipment and biofuels. The counter-proposal's content thereby aligns with the plan.

»De tekniska lösningarna finns – nu måste staten se till att den som minskar mängden växthusgaser i atmosfären också får betalt.« — paid for reduced emissions“The technical solutions exist – now the state must ensure that whoever reduces the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere also gets paid.”

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The plan requires that tax benefits and support for fossil fuels are gradually phased out and that fossil emissions from the transport sector are eliminated, within the framework of the 2045 climate targets. A lower energy tax on petrol and diesel counteracts this and worsens conditions for fossil-free fuels, just as the counter-proposal claims. The principle that the polluter pays points in the same direction.

»Subventioner, inklusive skattelättnader och stöd, till fossila bränslen i Sverige såväl som globalt ska successivt avskaffas.« — phased-out fossil subsidies“Subsidies, including tax benefits and support, to fossil fuels in Sweden as well as globally should be gradually phased out.”

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The plan explicitly states that people with incurable fatal diseases and a short time left to live shall have the right to end their own lives, and that the regulatory framework shall ensure clear boundaries and that the decision rests with the individual. The counter-proposal's demand for an investigation into how active assisted dying can be introduced with clear limitations is precisely what such a regulatory framework presupposes. The plan simultaneously requires good palliative care so that the quality of care does not affect the decision.

»sjukdomar och med kort tid kvar att leva ska ha rätt att själva avsluta sitt liv.« — right to end one's life“diseases and with a short time left to live shall have the right to end their own lives.”

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The plan states that everyone shall have the right to a fixed doctor at the health centre and that the right to a fixed doctor contact with a named, self-chosen doctor shall be secured in law. The counter-proposal's requirement that the question of fixed doctor contact is prioritized higher and that the goals are actually reached is the same commitment. The plan also wants to strengthen primary care's role and shift power to the patient.

»Du ska ha rätt till en fast läkare på din vårdcentral som har tid för – och som lär känna – just dig.« — fixed doctor for each patient“You shall have the right to a fixed doctor at your health centre who has time for – and who gets to know – you.”

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The plan states that subsidies, including tax deductions, for fossil fuels shall progressively be abolished and that the polluter shall pay. A reduced tax on petrol and diesel is the opposite of this, while the counter-proposal's requirement for more targeted support that does not strengthen fossil dependence follows from the plan. Electrification of transport shall also be accelerated.

»Subventioner, inklusive skattelättnader och stöd, till fossila bränslen i Sverige såväl som globalt ska successivt avskaffas.« — abolished fossil subsidies“Subsidies, including tax deductions and support, for fossil fuels in Sweden as well as globally shall progressively be abolished.”

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The plan explicitly requires that deportations and expulsions from Sweden be evaluated and quality-checked, and that special consideration be given to children. Independent follow-up of enforcement rules based on the child's best interest and the Children's Convention is precisely such quality review. The plan also highlights the Children's Convention's status as Swedish law and that no one shall be subjected to degrading treatment during enforcement.

»Avvisningar och utvisningar från Sverige ska utvärderas och kvalitetsgranskas.« — evaluation of expulsions“Deportations and expulsions from Sweden shall be evaluated and quality-checked.”

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The plan explicitly points out that increased national coordination and management improves healthcare options for rare diagnoses, and that the state should take greater responsibility for the placement of highly specialised care. A national strategy and a coordination function for rare diagnoses is precisely the arrangement the plan seeks. The requirement for equitable care throughout the country and access to modern medicines point the same way.

»vårdmöjligheterna för sällsynta diagnoser och ökar tillgången till hälso- och sjukvård i landets« — coordination for rare diagnoses“healthcare options for rare diagnoses and increases access to healthcare in the country's”

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The party programme establishes that anyone who has served their sentence shall have increased opportunities for a time-limited job with public support, that prisoners with mental illness shall be offered good care and that cooperation between police and social services around young people needs to be developed. These are precisely the three proposals the counter-proposal wants to see carried through swiftly. The plan thus speaks directly for the counter-proposal's substance.

»Den som avtjänat sitt straff ska få ökade möjligheter till ett tidsbegränsat jobb med offentligt stöd för att underlätta anpassningen till ett vanligt liv.« — work after serving sentence“Anyone who has served their sentence shall have increased opportunities for a time-limited job with public support to ease adaptation to a normal life.”

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The election manifesto establishes that a national exit programme shall be introduced so that more people can leave a criminal life, and the party programme requires that a gender equality perspective be integrated in all relevant public decisions. An exit programme specially adapted for women is precisely that application. The programme furthermore highlights the role of women's support services and civil society's importance for building new networks for a fresh start.

»Ett nationellt avhopparprogram ska införas för att fler ska kunna lämna ett kriminellt liv bakom sig.« — national exit programme“A national exit programme shall be introduced so that more people can leave a criminal life behind.”

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The party programme establishes that the difference in economic power between women and men is a central equality question and that child and elderly care of high quality are central to both women and men being able to work for pay. The election manifesto wishes to increase pressure on employers to offer equal wages and terms. The counter-proposal's requirement for continued vigorous work for women's economic freedom and well-developed care thus follows the plan.

»Skillnaden i ekonomisk makt mellan kvinnor och män är en central jämställdhetsfråga.« — economic equality“The difference in economic power between women and men is a central equality question.”

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The party programme establishes that measures against violence in close relationships must focus on perpetrators, who shall be able to be imposed comprehensive restrictions on their freedom of movement. The election manifesto demands increased action against men's violence against women, and the programme sees prostitution as part of organized human trafficking. To make permanent the work of identifying violent high-risk men and following up police efforts against human trafficking thus follows the plan.

»Insatserna för att förebygga och förhindra våld i nära relationer måste fokusera på förövarna.« — focus on perpetrators“Measures to prevent and counteract violence in close relationships must focus on perpetrators.”

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The party programme affirms that the regulatory burden for small businesses shall decrease and that public decisions shall be analyzed from a small business perspective. The programme also wants rules that make it easy to do right and lighten employers' burdens at the same time as preventive responsibility becomes clearer. The counter-proposal's demand for targeted investments towards smaller businesses and size-adapted regulations thereby follows the plan directly.

»Regelbördan för små företag ska minska, genom ansträngningar på både kommunal, statlig och europeisk nivå, och offentliga beslut analyseras ur småföretagarperspektiv.« — reduced regulatory burden for small business“The regulatory burden for small businesses shall decrease, through efforts at municipal, state and European level, and public decisions shall be analyzed from a small business perspective.”

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The election manifesto explicitly establishes that robust electricity supply requires investments in the power system and initiatives on energy storage. The party programme further views energy dependency as a security policy issue and points to the need for reliable energy supply. A national strategy and technology-neutral support for energy storage and import-independent capacity reserves thereby follow from the plan's commitments.

»Ska vi få ner elpriserna krävs att vi bygger inte bara kärnkraft utan också mer sol- och vindkraft i hela landet, investerar i kraftsystemet och satsar på energilagring.« — energy storage initiative“To get electricity prices down, we need not only to build nuclear power but also more solar and wind power throughout the country, invest in the power system and commit to energy storage.”

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The election manifesto requires an autobahn for all new green electricity that improves transmission across all of Sweden and wants to invest in the electricity system for cheap and reliable electricity across the country. The plan also wants to enable more reactors in more places, which presupposes network capacity where nuclear power exists. The counter-proposal's demand for long-term and proactive network planning with margins thus follows the plan's commitment.

»Med en omställning med nya kärnkraftverk och en autobahn för all ny grön el som förbättrar överföringen i hela Sverige – i stället för nedlagd kärnkraft och rekordhöga elpriser.« — expanded transmission capacity“With a transition with new nuclear power plants and an autobahn for all new green electricity that improves transmission across Sweden – instead of shut-down nuclear power and record-high electricity prices.”

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The election manifesto requires that more able-bodied persons than today undergo basic military training and that the number of conscripts in the war organization increases, and the party programme establishes that significantly more young people should be called to conscript service. A faster built and larger conscript intake is precisely what the plan calls for. However, the plan specifies no volume figures and says nothing about daily allowance or whistleblower function.

»För att stärka Sveriges samlade försvarsförmåga ska fler vapenföra än i dag genomgå en grundläggande militär utbildning.« — more shall be trained militarily“To strengthen Sweden's combined defence capability, more able-bodied persons than today shall undergo basic military training.”

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The plan states that schooling is often decisive for placed and taken-into-care children and that each such child shall be guaranteed the support needed to manage their education. It also wants to introduce a national drop-out prevention programme and that detainees receive education and individual follow-up. The counter-proposal's demands for education during deprivation of liberty, monitored schooling and a national release programme thus follow from the plan's own commitments.

»För placerade och omhändertagna barn är skolgången ofta avgörande.« — schooling for placed children“For placed and taken-into-care children, schooling is often decisive.”

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The election manifesto explicitly promises that a national exit programme shall be introduced, and the party programme points to Islamist extremism, right-wing extremism and violence-promoting autonomous left as threats to democracy. The counter-proposal's demand for a national programme for exit from extremist environments, as a complement to existing activities, is thus the plan's own line. The plan also combines crime fighting with broad preventive work and gives civil society a role in the way out.

»Ett nationellt avhopparprogram ska införas för att fler ska kunna lämna ett kriminellt liv bakom sig.« — national exit programme“A national exit programme shall be introduced for more to be able to leave a criminal life behind.”

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The plan wants Sweden to do much more, both individually and within international cooperation, for freedoms and rights and cooperation in the free world, and establishes that the world needs a more effective and credible UN. Defending the rules-based international order and developing the multilateral system is thus precisely what the plan advocates. The plan also wants to place democracy requirements in UN bodies and deepen Europe cooperation.

»Därför vill vi att Sverige gör mycket mer, både som enskilt land och inom internationella samarbeten, för fri- och rättigheter, frihandel, fria val och samarbete i den fria världen.« — values-driven foreign policy“Therefore we want Sweden to do much more, both as an individual country and within international cooperation, for freedoms and rights, free trade, free choice and cooperation in the free world.”

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The party programme wants to reduce the regulatory burden for small businesses and establishes that automated processing of permits should be used to simplify for business owners. There is also an explicit principle that all public functions that can be made digitally accessible shall also be made so. The counter-proposal's requirement for a clear target for increased digitalization in authorities thus aligns with the plan.

»Automatiserad handläggning av olika slags tillstånd skulle förenkla för företagare och bör användas under förutsättning att rättssäkerheten alltid upprätthålls.« — digital permit processing“Automated processing of various types of permits would simplify for business owners and should be used provided that legal certainty is always maintained.”

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The election manifesto explicitly states that state agencies shall be present in all parts of Sweden, and the party programme that access to state services shall be secured throughout the country. The counter-proposal's requirement for expanded service offices with a regional perspective thus follows directly from the plan. The plan also affirms digital accessibility, but it does not replace the commitment to physical state presence.

»Vägnätet ska fungera och statliga myndigheter ska finnas närvarande i alla delar av Sverige.« — state presence throughout the country“The road network shall function and state agencies shall be present in all parts of Sweden.”

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The election manifesto explicitly states that the state shall take greater responsibility for strategic planning, preparedness and long-term workforce development in healthcare, and wants to see a national mobilization for more staffed care beds throughout the country. The counter-proposal's demand that work on a national plan for workforce development is driven forward actively is the same commitment. The party programme moreover calls for increased national coordination and steering of healthcare.

»Staten ska ta ett större ansvar för sjukvårdens strategiska planering, placering av högspecialiserad vård, beredskap och långsiktig kompetensförsörjning.« — state responsibility for workforce development“The state shall take greater responsibility for strategic planning, placement of highly specialized care, preparedness and long-term workforce development in healthcare.”

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The plan explicitly states that reoffending and repeated crime shall result in stricter penalties and that today's quantity discount shall be abolished. That repeated petty theft seen in context shall be assessed as theft of normal grade is precisely such a tightening of how serial crime is valued. The plan also generally considers that penalties are too low.

»Återfall och upprepad brottslighet ska ge strängare straff« — stricter penalties for repeated crime“Reoffending and repeated crime shall result in stricter penalties”

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The election manifesto requires that SVT, SR and UR get increased legal protection for their independence from political control, and simultaneously wants to see strengthened Basic Law protection for democratic system of government. The counter-proposal's demand for effective Basic Law protection and qualified majority for decisions on public service is that tightening. The party programme establishes that financing shall safeguard the companies' independence and that the assignment shall remain broad.

»Därför ska Sveriges Television, Sveriges Radio och Utbildningsradion ha ökat skydd i lagen för sitt oberoende från politisk styrning, och public service-bolagen ska fortsätta ha ett brett programutbud.« — legal protection for public service“Therefore Swedish Television, Swedish Radio and Educational Radio shall have increased legal protection for their independence from political control, and public service companies shall continue to have a broad programme range.”

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The election manifesto explicitly states that the state shall take greater responsibility for healthcare's strategic planning and long-term competence supply, which is exactly what the counter-proposal requires regarding national coordination and dimensioning of healthcare education. The plan also wants to see a national mobilization for more staffed care places throughout the country. The fact that healthcare shall maintain equal quality regardless of place of residence strengthens the conclusion.

»Staten ska ta ett större ansvar för sjukvårdens strategiska planering, placering av högspecialiserad vård, beredskap och långsiktig kompetensförsörjning.« — state responsibility for competence supply“The state shall take greater responsibility for healthcare's strategic planning, placement of highly specialized care, preparedness and long-term competence supply.”

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The party programme requires state leadership for upper secondary school and that goal-based steering is replaced by rule-based steering, and the election manifesto wants the state to assume responsibility from local councils. The counter-proposal's demand for increased state steering of upper secondary programmes with clearer frameworks for all providers is precisely this. The plan furthermore wants vocational training to have close links to the labour market and be adapted to it, which is the counter-proposal's matching requirement.

»Huvudmannaskapet för den offentliga grund- och gymnasieskolan ska därför vara statligt, och målstyrningen av skolan ska ersättas av regelstyrning.« — state leadership“Leadership of the public compulsory and upper secondary school shall therefore be state-run, and goal-based steering of schools shall be replaced by rule-based steering.”

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The party programme explicitly wants to give a stage that lacks an ordinary national assignment a special artistic national assignment with government support, in order to increase access to high-quality culture throughout the country. The programme also establishes that the public shall support a cultural and media offering with minority language profile and that the position of Tornedalians as a national minority shall be upheld. Investigating a national assignment for the theater thus aligns with the plan's line.

»Scenkonsten ska ges nya möjligheter genom ett nytt konstnärligt nationellt uppdrag, där en viss scen som inte har ett ordinarie nationellt uppdrag får ett särskilt uppdrag och statligt stöd för att utveckla verksamheten under en viss period.« — national assignment for stage“Scenic arts shall be given new opportunities through a new artistic national assignment, where a certain stage that does not have an ordinary national assignment gets a special assignment and government support to develop activities during a certain period.”

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The plan explicitly commits to reducing the regulatory burden on small businesses and to analyzing public decisions from a small-business perspective, which is the core of the counter-proposal's demand for elimination of outdated rules, stronger scrutiny of regulatory impact assessments, and regulations adapted to small businesses. Tax rules should moreover be easy to understand. The requirement for EU rules at a minimum level aligns less well with the plan's will to harmonize regulations, but it weighs less than the simplification commitment.

»Regelbördan för små företag ska minska« — reduced regulatory burden“The regulatory burden on small businesses shall decrease”

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The party programme explicitly states that measures against violence in intimate relationships shall focus on perpetrators and that these shall be able to be imposed extensive restrictions on geographic freedom of movement. The counter-proposal's demand to investigate areas that a perpetrator is not allowed to leave or stay in is precisely that action. The election manifesto also wants to test residence restrictions and give victims of violence better protection.

»Förövarna ska genomgå behandling samt kunna åläggas omfattande begränsningar i den geografiska rörelsefriheten.« — geographic restrictions for perpetrators“Perpetrators shall undergo treatment and be able to be imposed extensive restrictions on geographic freedom of movement.”

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The party programme explicitly states that people in prostitution shall receive protection and support to move on and be able to be given victim status. The counter-proposal's demand for an investigation into complainant status for sex purchase crimes is precisely that commitment translated into procedural law, and the plan links victim status to precisely compensation, support and strengthened legal aid. Supporting crime victims is described as a core task for the justice system.

»Prostituerade ska få skydd och stöd att gå vidare och kunna ges brottsofferstatus.« — victim status for people in prostitution“People in prostitution shall receive protection and support to move on and be able to be given victim status.”

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The party programme requires a comprehensive tax reform where lower taxes on jobs and business are exchanged for higher environmental taxes, and where higher environmental taxes are compensated so that business competitiveness and households' purchasing power are maintained. The election manifesto wants to gradually abolish tax reductions for fossil fuels. The counter-proposal's combination of phased carbon tax reductions, compensation and consideration for the possibility of living throughout the country is precisely the tax shift the plan describes.

»Höjningar av miljöskatter och slopade subventioner ska kompenseras med skattesänkningar som bibehåller näringslivets konkurrenskraft och enskilda människors köpkraft.« — compensated green tax shift“Increases in environmental taxes and abolished subsidies shall be compensated with tax reductions that maintain business competitiveness and individual people's purchasing power.”

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The plan states that folk education contributes to raising knowledge levels, that the folk university and study associations are important forms of education and that free folk education should have good and long-term conditions. According to the plan, Liberals should explicitly support free folk education. The counter-proposal's requirement that folk education provision not be hollowed out is thus the plan's own line.

»Folkbildningen bidrar till höjd kunskapsnivå i samhället. Såväl folkhögskolan som« — folk education's value“Folk education contributes to raised knowledge levels in society. Both the folk university as well as”

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The election manifesto establishes that subsidies, including tax cuts and support, for fossil fuels shall be successively abolished, and the party programme wants to phase out all subsidies for what leads to climate and environmental destruction, explicitly including agriculture and fossil fuels. An action plan for how remaining climate-damaging subsidies are wound down is precisely that commitment put into practice. The plan's principle that the polluter pays points the same way.

»Subventioner, inklusive skattelättnader och stöd, till fossila bränslen i Sverige såväl som globalt ska successivt avskaffas.« — abolish fossil fuel subsidies“Subsidies, including tax cuts and support, for fossil fuels in Sweden as well as globally should be successively abolished.”

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The election manifesto explicitly promises to improve civil society's financing through broader tax deductions for donations and long-term state grants, and the party programme wants policy to give civil society good conditions with respect for its independence. A shift from short project support to multi-year operational support is precisely the long-term vision the plan promises. The plan simultaneously requires strengthened follow-up of grant-giving, which sets conditions for new initiatives.

»Vi vill fortsätta förbättra civilsamhällets finansiering genom både bredare skatteavdrag för gåvor och långsiktiga statsbidrag.« — long-term state grants“We want to continue to improve civil society's financing through both broader tax deductions for donations and long-term state grants.”

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The party programme requires coherent routes for pedestrian and cycling traffic both within and between communities and that the expansion of cycle paths is facilitated, as part of continued large investments in infrastructure. The counter-proposal's demands for national cycling routes, more regional cycle paths and reduced barrier effects are precisely that expansion. The plan however prioritizes concrete, nearby actions ahead of large-scale prestige projects.

»Det behövs sammanhängande stråk för att underlätta gång- och cykeltrafik både inom och mellan samhällen.« — coherent cycling routes“There is a need for coherent routes to facilitate pedestrian and cycling traffic both within and between communities.”

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The election manifesto explicitly identifies the multiple-child supplement as something that should be reformed to get more people into work, and the party programme wants child benefit to be tax-free and equal for all while targeted support is given to child-rearing families with low income and high housing costs. Abolishing the multiple-child supplement for the second child with reference to weak distributional targeting aligns with this. The plan also wants to modernize the benefit system so that work always pays.

»Fler utrikes födda kvinnor ska komma i arbete genom reformer av föräldraförsäkringen och flerbarnstillägget och ett mer individualiserat försörjningsstöd.« — reformed multiple-child supplement“More foreign-born women shall enter the workforce through reforms of parental insurance and the multiple-child supplement and a more individualized maintenance support.”

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The party programme wants the ceilings in social insurance to be raised successively and the ceiling in the parental insurance income replacement protection to cover the broad majority of wage earners and entrepreneurs, and points out increased housing allowances as part of a comprehensive reform. That is in substance what the counter-proposal demands. The plan also wants to lower marginal effects in the support, which corresponds to the demand for studied gradual phase-out.

»taken i socialförsäkringarna höjs successivt« — raised ceilings in social insurance“the ceilings in social insurance are raised successively”

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The party programme establishes that expansion of cycling paths shall be facilitated and that coherent routes for pedestrian and cycle traffic are needed both within and between settlements. A regulatory framework that in practice hinders direct cycling routes outside built-up areas stands in conflict with that commitment. The counter-proposal's requirement that the regulatory framework be clarified or amended therefore follows from the plan.

»Utbyggnad av cykelvägar ska underlättas.« — facilitate cycling path expansion“Expansion of cycling paths shall be facilitated.”

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The party programme explicitly wants to change resource allocation so that it is not based on a system where only high throughput is rewarded, but on quality and demand. The counter-proposal's requirement for a broad review of the resource allocation system with focus on quality, research connection and resources for teaching is thereby in line with the plan. The plan also wants to see complementary vocational training directed at shortage occupations.

»Resurstilldelningen ska inte bygga på ett system där enbart hög genomströmning premieras.« — reformed resource allocation“Resource allocation shall not be based on a system where only high throughput is rewarded.”

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The party programme establishes that the right to transfer certain days to a third party is important because families look different, and that social insurance shall be adapted to the situation of students. The counter-proposal's requirement – that the person who is studying shall be able to transfer childcare in the same way as the person who works – thus aligns with the plan. Liberals moreover wish that parenthood shall be reconcilable with work and self-support.

»Rätten att överlåta vissa dagar till tredje person är viktig« — right to transfer days“The right to transfer certain days to a third party is important”

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The plan requires that all animal husbandry guarantees animals a dignified life and that oversight of that national laws and EU rules are complied with is strengthened. It also wants to deepen international cooperation against smuggling. A review of dog breeding, strengthened oversight and strengthened controls against dog smuggling are precisely these commitments.

»Kontrollen av att nationella lagar och EU-regler efterlevs måste skärpas.« — strengthened animal welfare oversight“Oversight that national laws and EU rules are complied with must be strengthened.”

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The plan makes opening the labour market for persons with disabilities a main task and establishes that public employers shall be models and that the public sector shall take increased responsibility for those far from the labour market. Stronger individually adapted support and special responsibility for the public as an employer are precisely these commitments.

»En huvuduppgift är därför att öppna arbetsmarknaden för personer med« — open the labour market“A main task is therefore to open the labour market for persons with”

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The plan requires increased restoration efforts and more protected contiguous areas on land and in water to preserve biological diversity, and wants more former wetlands restored. It also requires that the EU's environmental ambitions be raised and regulations tightened. Powerful restoration measures and full implementation of the EU's restoration regulation follow from this.

»form av olika naturtyper och arter behövs ökade restaureringsinsatser och fler skyddade« — increased restoration efforts“form of different nature types and species there is need for increased restoration efforts and more protected”

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The plan states that undemocratic and totalitarian states' acquisition of strategic assets in democratic countries must be seen as a security question, and that there is a clear risk that such assets will be used for political coercion. It also sees Russia's war of aggression as an acute threat to all of Europe's security order. That a rapid investigation of a ban on Russian state ownership in Sweden follows directly from this.

»Den utveckling där odemokratiska eller rentav totalitära stater förvärvar strategiska« — strategic acquisitions as a security issue“The development where undemocratic or even totalitarian states acquire strategic”

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The plan explicitly states that civil defence shall be strengthened at the same pace as military defence and that total defence needs to be strengthened significantly in the most difficult security policy situation since the Second World War. The counter-proposal's demand for balanced growth between military capability and societal robustness is precisely this commitment. Therefore, the plan supports the demand.

»Antalet anställda och värnpliktiga i krigsorganisationen ska öka, ny materiel tillföras och det civila försvaret stärkas i samma takt som det militära.« — civil defence in pace with military“The number of employed and conscripted in the war organization shall increase, new materiel shall be provided and the civil defence strengthened at the same pace as the military.”

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The plan allocates money for at least 1,000 more special education teachers and wants to see more smaller teaching groups so that students with greater support needs get help. It simultaneously establishes that students who wish and can should be able to progress instead of being held back. The counter-proposal's both parts – stronger special support and stimulus for high-performing students – are precisely these commitments.

»För att göra det möjligt skjuter vi till pengar för minst 1 000 fler speciallärare.« — more special education teachers“To make it possible, we are allocating money for at least 1,000 more special education teachers.”

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The plan requires that chemical legislation is based on the precautionary principle and that European chemical legislation is strengthened. It also requires global cooperation within the UN to eliminate the use of the most dangerous chemicals. A broad EU ban on PFAS and faster international work is precisely what these commitments entail.

»Kemikalielagstiftningen ska utgå från försiktighetsprincipen. Den europeiska« — precautionary principle governs“Chemical legislation shall be based on the precautionary principle. European”

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The plan establishes that student health services' care mission shall be strengthened and that student health services shall have expertise in both physical and mental health. It also makes mental health an explicit public health goal and equates care for mental and physical illness. The counter-proposal's demands for mental health in health visits and access to counselors and psychologists follow directly from this.

»elevhälsan ska ha kompetens inom både fysisk och psykisk hälsa.« — strengthened student health services“student health services shall have expertise in both physical and mental health.”

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The plan explicitly says that the economic conditions for municipalities and regions shall be equalized with respect to factors that cannot be influenced, and sparseness is precisely such a factor. At the same time, the plan requires that the system contains growth incentives. A reform where sparseness weighs heavier therefore lies in line with the plan.

»regioner behöver därför utjämnas med avseende på faktorer som inte går att påverka.« — equalization for non-influenceable factors“regions therefore need to be equalized with respect to factors that cannot be influenced.”

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The plan explicitly requires that free rent-setting shall be allowed in new construction and that rent in newly built rental apartments shall be freely negotiated between landlord and tenant, with the aim of increasing construction and shortening waiting lists. This is exactly what the counter-proposal asks for. The plan also wants rent-setting to better reflect location and demand.

»För att få upp byggandet av fler hyresrätter och korta köerna vill vi kombinera ett starkt besittningsskydd med att hyran i nybyggda hyresrätter ska få avtalas fritt mellan hyresvärd och hyresgäst.« — free rent in new production“To increase construction of more rental apartments and shorten waiting lists we want to combine strong occupancy protection with rent in newly built rental apartments being freely negotiated between landlord and tenant.”

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The plan explicitly requires that the disability rights convention's article on the right to live independently and participate in society becomes law. An investigation into how the convention can be incorporated into legislation is the way there, and the plan itself points to the children's convention as a model for how a convention gains effect in Swedish law. Self-determination is treated as a fundamental right.

»viktigt att funktionsrättskonventionens artikel om rätten att leva självständigt och delta i« — convention becomes law“important that the disability rights convention's article on the right to live independently and participate in”

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The plan explicitly requires that academic freedom must be given protection in the constitution and that individual academic freedom must be a guiding principle. It also wants to give universities a new administrative form with greater autonomy from executive power, which corresponds to the counter-proposal's broad approach to organizational form and appointments. The requirement to investigate a constitutional amendment thus lies directly in line with the plan.

»Den akademiska friheten ska ges skydd i grundlagen.« — constitutional protection of academic freedom“Academic freedom must be given protection in the constitution.”

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The plan's crucial commitment is that the state shall take over responsibility for schools from the municipalities and that a state school voucher shall provide equitable conditions throughout the country. It explicitly wants to transfer the financing responsibility for schools to the state so that every student gets equitable conditions regardless of where they live. The counter-proposal's requirement for increased state responsibility for school financing thus lies in the plan's line.

»Vi vill att staten tar över ansvaret från skolan från kommunerna så att alla elever får gå i bra skolor – inte bara de som råkar bo på rätt ställe.« — stateified school“We want the state to take over responsibility for schools from the municipalities so that all students can attend good schools – not just those who happen to live in the right place.”

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The plan establishes that police and social services, as a general rule, should always be able to exchange information, and that effective crime prevention work requires that authorities can effectively share information with each other. A comprehensive review of confidentiality legislation is the tool required for this. The plan simultaneously requires that new legislative proposals be analyzed from an integrity perspective.

»Polis och socialtjänst ska som huvudregel alltid kunna utbyta information sinsemellan och ska oftare dela lokaler.« — information sharing between authorities“Police and social services should, as a general rule, always be able to exchange information among themselves and should more often share facilities.”

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The plan explicitly requires that hidden financing of faith communities is stopped so they do not become tools for extremist forces, and that follow-up of grant-giving is strengthened. It also wants to prevent foreign non-democratic actors from having influence in Sweden. The counter-proposal's demand that work on rules against foreign financing is prioritized now therefore aligns directly with the plan's direction.

»Vi vill både stärka uppföljningen av bidragsgivning och stoppa dold finansiering av trossamfund så att de inte blir verktyg för extremistiska krafter.« — stop hidden financing“We want to both strengthen follow-up of grant-giving and stop hidden financing of faith communities so they do not become tools for extremist forces.”

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The plan's decisive commitment is that profit interests shall be phased out of the school system and that independent schools operated as profit-making joint-stock companies shall be converted to an organizational form without profit motives. This is substantively what the counter-proposal requires. The plan simultaneously maintains that freedom of choice shall be protected, which the counter-proposal does not question.

»Rätten att välja skola ska värnas och utvecklas, samtidigt som vinstintresset behöver fasas ut« — phased out profit interests“The right to choose a school shall be protected and developed, while profit interests need to be phased out”

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The plan requires regular monitoring of student knowledge, early and scientifically grounded support, mandatory holiday school when needed, and extended school days for students at risk of falling behind. The counter-proposal's requirement for mandatory, evidence-based support measures after mapping, with intensive holiday instruction, is the same policy. The plan also establishes that all students have the right to support.

»Dessutom vill vi kunna förlänga skoldagarna för de elever som annars riskerar att halka efter, och ha mer av obligatorisk lovskola tidigare i skolåren.« — mandatory holiday school“Furthermore, we want to be able to extend school days for students who would otherwise risk falling behind, and have more mandatory holiday school earlier in the school years.”

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The plan makes the EU the most important instrument in climate policy and wants explicitly to increase European climate ambitions. The counter-proposal's demands to uphold green transition, emissions targets and the Climate Act and that the EU takes greater international responsibility thus coincide with the plan's commitments. The plan furthermore binds itself to the net zero target 2045 within a growing economy.

»EU är världens viktigaste miljöorganisation – det är bara genom samarbete i Europa och globalt som klimatutmaningen kan mötas.« — EU as climate actor“The EU is the world's most important environmental organization – it is only through cooperation in Europe and globally that the climate challenge can be met.”

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The plan requires that the basic intentions in LSS be restored and that the law be designed so that also participation in society counts as a basic need, which is exactly what the counter-proposal's investigation aims at. The plan at the same time establishes that the state shall have the overall responsibility for personal assistance. Both parts of the counter-proposal thus align with the plan's line.

»Grundintentionerna i lagen om stöd och service (LSS) behöver återupprättas och lagen vara« — restore LSS intentions“The basic intentions in the Act Concerning Support and Service (LSS) need to be restored and the law be”

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The plan establishes that protection of the individual's privacy shall be strengthened and that the individual shall have extensive opportunities to gain insight into how private companies handle personal data, with increased awareness of companies' storage. An investigation into digital marketing from a privacy perspective is a direct application of that commitment. The plan also recognizes that private power can be abused and demands rules of the game.

»Den enskilde ska ha vidsträckta möjligheter att få insyn i hur de egna personuppgifterna« — insight into personal data handling“The individual shall have extensive opportunities to gain insight into how their own personal data”

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The plan establishes that surveillance and registration shall not be used for purposes other than the original motives or what was known to the person providing the information, and that protection for the individual's privacy shall be strengthened. A system where individuals are informed when information is transferred between authorities is an application of that purpose principle. The plan moreover wants to increase the individual's possibilities against authorities.

»Övervakning och registrering ska inte användas för andra syften än vad som var de« — purpose limitation for information“Surveillance and registration shall not be used for purposes other than what were the”

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The plan requires that oversight of public authorities' exercise of power over individuals be developed through strong regulatory authorities and that protection for individuals' integrity be strengthened. Since the plan at the same time wants to expand the use of secret coercive measures, the requirement for a well-resourced and qualified oversight directly follows from the plan's own line. The counter-proposal's requirement therefore aligns with the plan's direction.

»Tillsynen över myndigheternas maktutövning mot enskilda behöver utvecklas genom starka« — strong regulatory authorities“Oversight of public authorities' exercise of power over individuals needs to be developed through strong”

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The plan states that gender equality and sexual and reproductive health and rights shall be prioritized in development aid and that Sweden shall long-term work for abortion rights to be recognized as a human right. It also explicitly points to the repeated threats against women's right to abortion. Prioritizing SRHR higher with more resources against the growing opposition thus follows from the plan's own commitments.

»samt jämställdhet och sexuell och reproduktiv hälsa och rättigheter samt hbtqipersoners rättigheter prioriteras.« — SRHR prioritized in aid“and gender equality and sexual and reproductive health and rights and LGBTQI+ persons' rights are prioritized.”

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The election manifesto explicitly establishes that industrial fishing shall be limited and that the most valuable sea areas shall be protected, and the party programme that fishing shall remain within scientific assessments of what stocks can sustain. The critical situation of herring and sprat makes a pause and a moved trawl boundary precisely the restriction the plan requires. The plan furthermore wishes that regulations favour small-scale and coastal fishing.

»Kampen mot övergödningen ska fortsätta, industrifisket ska begränsas och de mest värdefulla havsområdena skyddas som marina reservat.« — limited industrial fishing“The fight against eutrophication shall continue, industrial fishing shall be limited and the most valuable sea areas protected as marine reserves.”

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The plan explicitly establishes that children shall not be forced into contact with a parent who has subjected the child to abuse and that the person convicted of gross violence against the other parent should lose custody rights. It also requires that the right to compensation for mistakes by authorities be improved, which hits revealed personal data. The counter-proposal's requirement for protection for violence victims with protected personal data therefore follows directly from the plan.

»Barn ska inte tvingas till umgänge med en förälder som utsatt barnet för övergrepp, psykisk eller fysisk misshandel.« — no contact in cases of abuse“Children shall not be forced into contact with a parent who has subjected the child to abuse, psychological or physical assault.”

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The election manifesto explicitly establishes that the state shall control less and that it is artists and not politicians who shall make decisions on support, and that cultural policy shall not interfere in the content of culture. The party programme requires that public financing takes place in forms that guarantee cultural life's independence from political micromanagement. The counter-proposal's requirement for strengthened arm's length distance and artistic freedom is therefore the plan's own direction.

»Kulturpolitiken ska utgå från frihet, mångfald och kvalitet men ska inte lägga sig i innehållet i kulturen. Därför vill vi att staten ska styra mindre och att det ska vara kulturskapare och inte politiker som fattar besluten om stöd.« — arm's length distance in cultural policy“Cultural policy shall be based on freedom, diversity and quality but shall not interfere in the content of culture. That is why we want the state to control less and for artists and not politicians to make decisions on support.”

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The plan establishes that access to state services shall be secured throughout the country and that state authorities shall be present in all parts of Sweden. It also requires that individuals regardless of place of residence receive equivalent quality in welfare services and that a functioning public service is crucial for the entire country's development. The counter-proposal's demand for equivalent, coordinated and long-term state presence therefore follows directly from the plan.

»Tillgången till statlig service ska säkras i hela landet.« — state services in the entire country“Access to state services shall be secured throughout the country.”

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The election manifesto explicitly establishes that a European carbon tax and climate tariffs are needed to raise the cost of emissions, which is precisely the counter-proposal's demand for broadened climate tariffs. The plan simultaneously wants to strengthen the EU as a free trade union with a deepened internal market and more free trade agreements, and is a strong voice for free trade against protectionism. The counter-proposal's demand thus follows directly from the plan.

»Det behövs en europeisk koldioxidskatt och klimattullar för att höja kostnaden för utsläpp, samtidigt som det europeiska klimatbiståndet ökar.« — climate tariffs and carbon tax“A European carbon tax and climate tariffs are needed to raise the cost of emissions, while European climate aid increases.”

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The election manifesto stipulates that electricity prices require that we build not only nuclear power but also more solar and wind power throughout the country, invest in the power system, and invest in energy storage. This is the same line as the counter-proposal's requirement for electrification based on all competitive fossil-free power sources and faster grid expansion. The plan also emphasizes that climate transition requires twice as much electricity and that energy policy has security policy significance.

»Ska vi få ner elpriserna krävs att vi bygger inte bara kärnkraft utan också mer sol- och vindkraft i hela landet, investerar i kraftsystemet och satsar på energilagring.« — all fossil-free power sources“To lower electricity prices we must build not only nuclear power but also more solar and wind power throughout the country, invest in the power system, and invest in energy storage.”

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The party programme explicitly establishes that the preservation of fertile agricultural land is important for food supply and that fertility is threatened by development for homes, industry and infrastructure. The conclusion in the plan is that other land if possible shall be used for building. A national goal to preserve arable land is what responds to this commitment, and the counter-proposal's requirement is thus supported.

»Bevarandet av bördig jordbruksmark är viktig för matförsörjningen av den växande världsbefolkningen.« — preserve fertile agricultural land“The preservation of fertile agricultural land is important for food supply of the growing world population.”

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The election manifesto promises that state authorities shall be present in all parts of Sweden and the party programme that access to state service shall be secured throughout the country. A broader regional distribution of authorities and workplaces is what corresponds to that commitment, and the plan also wants to strengthen conditions for business and growth throughout the country. Digitalization, which the plan welcomes, makes distribution easier to implement.

»Vägnätet ska fungera och statliga myndigheter ska finnas närvarande i alla delar av Sverige.« — authorities throughout the country“The road network shall function and state authorities shall be present in all parts of Sweden.”

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The plan demands that the public at all levels increases the accessibility of culture for the entire population and that access to high-quality culture increases throughout the country. Children and young people are singled out, and state museums shall have free admission precisely to lower the barriers. The counter-proposal's demand that cultural funds shall benefit everyone and not just the major cities therefore follows from the plan.

»Det offentliga ska på alla nivåer gynna mångfalden av kulturuttryck, öka kulturens tillgänglighet för hela befolkningen och skapa ekonomiska förutsättningar även för sådan kultur som är av hög kvalitet utan att vara kommersiellt lönsam.« — culture's accessibility for all“The public shall at all levels promote the diversity of cultural expression, increase the accessibility of culture for the entire population and create economic conditions also for such culture that is of high quality without being commercially profitable.”

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The plan states that Sweden shall be a model in the field of culture by and for children and young people and that cultural accessibility for the entire population shall increase. Museums are specifically pointed out as educational institutions that shall be strengthened and state museums shall have free admission. More ways for children to encounter culture, for example through museum educators, are thus what the plan stands for.

»Sverige ska vara ett föredöme på området kultur av och för barn och ungdomar.« — culture for children and youth“Sweden shall be a model in the field of culture by and for children and young people.”

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The plan establishes that the four national rivers and other protected watercourses shall be protected from expansion and that the modernization of hydropower shall include requirements that power plants meet today's environmental regulations. It also requires that facilities be designed so that damage to migratory fish is minimized, which is precisely what environmental adaptation with minimum flow aims at. The counter-proposal's requirements are thus supported.

»De fyra nationalälvarna ska fredas från utbyggnad, liksom övriga i lag skyddade vattendrag samt bäckar, åar och andra mindre vattendrag.« — protected rivers and watercourses“The four national rivers shall be protected from expansion, as shall other watercourses protected in law as well as streams, brooks and other smaller watercourses.”

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The party programme establishes that Sweden must be a leader in IT infrastructure, that it is particularly important to enable better capacity outside cities and in rural areas, and that the state must where necessary co-finance expansion where costs are high. This is exactly the counter-proposal's demand for targeted support to agriculture and smaller rural businesses and for complete expansion. The plan also requires that conditions for business are strengthened throughout the country.

»Särskilt viktigt är det att möjliggöra bättre IT-kapacitet utanför städer och i glesbygd. För att kompensera för höga utbyggnadskostnader i dessa områden ska staten vid behov medfinansiera denna utbyggnad.« — state co-financing in rural areas“It is particularly important to enable better IT capacity outside cities and in rural areas. To compensate for high expansion costs in these areas the state must where necessary co-finance this expansion.”

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The party programme stipulates that too few dwellings are being built and that planning and building rules should be simplified, the appeal process shortened and municipal special requirements limited; the election manifesto repeats the same commitment. Prioritizing regulatory simplifications based on already-appointed inquiries is thus directly in line with the plan. The counter-proposal's reservation that standards must not be lowered meets the plan's requirements for sustainable and energy-efficient building rules.

»Plan- och byggreglerna bör förenklas, överklagandeprocessen förkortas och möjligheterna till att begränsa kommunala särkrav ses över.« — simplify planning and building rules“Planning and building rules should be simplified, the appeal process shortened and opportunities to limit municipal special requirements should be reviewed.”

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The party programme establishes that the right to care and treatment is equally self-evident for both physical and mental illnesses, without limiting it to primary care. This supports the counter-proposal's demand that clarification shall encompass all healthcare. The plan also requires that all treatment of mental ill-health be covered by the patient safety act and that mental health is an explicitly stated public health goal.

»Rätten till vård och behandling är lika självklar för både fysiska och psykiska sjukdomar.« — mental and physical care equated“The right to care and treatment is equally self-evident for both physical and mental illnesses.”

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The party programme establishes that Sweden shall be a leader in IT infrastructure, with particular emphasis on capacity in sparsely populated areas, and that all public functions that can be made digitally accessible at reasonable cost shall also be made so. This supports the counter-proposal's requirements for adequate connectivity and electronic public services for all. The plan's requirements for strengthened privacy protection and transparency in how personal data is handled address the requirement for clear data rules.

»Sverige ska vara en föregångare vad gäller IT-infrastruktur.« — leader in IT infrastructure“Sweden shall be a leader in IT infrastructure.”

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The election manifesto explicitly promises that employer contributions shall be reduced for both small business owners and for those who employ young people, so that it becomes easier and cheaper to employ. The plan furthermore wants to permanently reduce tax on the lowest wages and facilitate work that does not require formal qualifications. The counter-proposal's requirement for broader and more permanent reductions, including lower contributions on low entry wages, is thus what the plan stands for.

»Därför vill vi att det ska bli enklare och billigare att anställa genom att arbetsgivaravgifterna sänks för både småföretagare och för dem som vill anställa unga.« — reduced employer contributions“Therefore, we want it to become easier and cheaper to employ by reducing employer contributions for both small business owners and for those who want to employ young people.”

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The party programme explicitly says that access to postal services must function throughout the country, and the election manifesto that state agencies shall be present in all parts of Sweden. The plan therefore supports the demand for guaranteed postal service in both city and countryside, and that post is counted toward preparedness follows from the commitment to strengthen civil defense. The plan's market perspective, however, provides no support for the counter-proposal's principled rejection of profit interest.

»Tillgången till posttjänster måste fungera i hela landet.« — postal services throughout the country“Access to postal services must function throughout the country.”

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The party programme sets up a zero vision against drug-related suffering and drug-related deaths and requires that narcotics policy is examined in its entirety precisely because of the high drug death rate. To quickly implement such an investigation's conclusions in legislation proposals, with continued restrictive stance combined with preventive work and evidence-based care, is exactly the plan's line. The harm-reduction principle bears the requirement for measures against poisoning deaths.

»Det övergripande målet ska vara en nollvision mot drogrelaterat lidande och drogrelaterade dödsfall.« — zero vision against drug deaths“The overarching goal shall be a zero vision against drug-related suffering and drug-related deaths.”

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The party programme establishes that the tax-free allowance should in the long term be raised significantly. Exempting income earned during study-free summer months goes in the same direction and removes an obstacle to working while studying. The plan furthermore wishes that it shall be more rewarding to work and educate oneself and that incentives for normal or higher study pace be strengthened.

»Fribeloppet bör på sikt kraftigt höjas.« — raised tax-free allowance“The tax-free allowance should in the long term be raised significantly.”

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The party programme establishes that already introduced laws with strong impact on personal integrity shall be regularly evaluated and that integrity intrusion is only justified when an opposing interest weighs clearly more heavily and the measure is effective. That is precisely the proportionality and evaluation marking the counter-proposal requires. That the election manifesto at the same time wants to expand the secret coercive measures does not change the requirement for recurring legal certainty review.

»Redan införda lagar med stark påverkan på den personliga integriteten ska regelbundet utvärderas.« — regular evaluation of integrity laws“Already introduced laws with strong impact on personal integrity shall be regularly evaluated.”

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The party programme establishes that zero tolerance shall apply to drugs in all levels of handling and that use shall be criminalised to deter drug debut. That is precisely what the counter-proposal requires when it opposes legalisation and decriminalisation and wants to maintain the goal of a drug-free society. The plan simultaneously wants drug policy examined in its entirety, which does not change the substantive position.

»Nolltolerans ska råda mot narkotika i alla led av hanteringen. För att avhålla från narkotikadebut ska användning vara kriminaliserad.« — criminalised own use“Zero tolerance shall apply to drugs in all levels of handling. For deterring drug debut, use shall be criminalised.”

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The election manifesto states that dental care financing shall gradually resemble other healthcare where the patient pays less and society more, and the party programme specifies a gradually increasing subsidy level where those with the poorest oral health are prioritized. This is precisely the counter-proposal's gradually developed high-cost protection starting with the elderly. The requirement for targeted municipal support outside metropolitan areas corresponds to the plan's requirement for equivalent care regardless of place of residence.

»Tandvårdens finansiering ska steg för steg likna annan sjukvård där du som patient betalar mindre och samhället mer.« — dental care as other healthcare“Dental care financing shall gradually resemble other healthcare where you as a patient pay less and society more.”

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The party programme states that diaries and public documents should to a greater extent be made available online to facilitate transparency, and that all public services that can be made digitally accessible at reasonable cost should also be made digitally accessible. Publishing elected officials' economic interests on a website is precisely this. The plan also demands regulation-based transparency about party financing, which rests on the same transparency thinking.

»Diarier och allmänna handlingar bör i större utsträckning göras tillgängliga på nätet för att underlätta insyn.« — documents accessible online“Diaries and public documents should to a greater extent be made available online to facilitate transparency.”

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The party programme requires that EU agricultural policy is fundamentally reformed with phased-out direct support and that agriculture like other sectors bears its own environmental and climate costs. It also states that economic instruments should first and foremost be coordinated at EU level. The counter-proposal's demands for reformed EU support, an EU instrument against methane and nitrous oxide and a vision for agriculture's climate transition answer these commitments.

»EU:s jordbrukspolitik behöver reformeras i grunden. Samtliga direktstöd och marknadsstörande regleringar ska fasas ut så snart som möjligt, och i stället behövs ökade satsningar på landskapsvård, miljöskydd och bevarad biologisk mångfald.« — reform EU agricultural support“EU agricultural policy needs to be fundamentally reformed. All direct support and market-distorting regulations shall be phased out as soon as possible, and instead increased investment is needed in landscape care, environmental protection and preservation of biological diversity.”

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The party programme requires that EU agricultural policy is reformed fundamentally, that direct support is phased out and that investments in landscape management and environment are developed instead. This bears the counter-proposal's demand for active work for a more sustainable EU reform. The requirement for a review of regulations and controls responds to the plan's commitment to reduced regulatory burden at municipal, state and European level.

»EU:s jordbrukspolitik behöver reformeras i grunden. Samtliga direktstöd och marknadsstörande regleringar ska fasas ut så snart som möjligt, och i stället behövs ökade satsningar på landskapsvård, miljöskydd och bevarad biologisk mångfald.« — fundamental reform of EU agricultural policy“EU agricultural policy needs to be reformed fundamentally. All direct support and market-distorting regulations must be phased out as soon as possible, and instead increased investments in landscape management, environmental protection and preserved biodiversity are needed.”

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The election manifesto has an explicit commitment that more foreign-born women shall come into employment, among other things through more individualised maintenance support. The counter-proposal's requirement for individualised integration allowance, prioritised labour-market training and reaching female family-reunification immigrants directly responds to this. The party programme additionally requires that Swedish language teaching and incentives for self-support reach women and men equally.

»Fler utrikes födda kvinnor ska komma i arbete genom reformer av föräldraförsäkringen och flerbarnstillägget och ett mer individualiserat försörjningsstöd.« — individualised maintenance support“More foreign-born women shall come into employment through reforms of parental insurance and multi-child allowances and more individualised maintenance support.”

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The party programme establishes that cycling is an effective and environmentally friendly mode of transport, that expansion of cycle paths shall be facilitated, and that there is a need for coherent routes for pedestrian and cycling traffic. This is precisely treating cycling as its own mode of transport in planning, which the counter-proposal demands. The plan also emphasizes continued large infrastructure investments and that sustainable modes of transport shall be given greater space in cities.

»Cykling är ett effektivt och miljövänligt transportslag för främst kortare resor. Utbyggnad av cykelvägar ska underlättas.« — expanded cycle infrastructure“Cycling is an effective and environmentally friendly mode of transport primarily for shorter trips. Expansion of cycle paths shall be facilitated.”

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The party programme explicitly requires an expanded vocational college of high quality as part of lifelong learning, and the election manifesto wants to expand the education that maintains highest quality. The counter-proposal's demands for more advanced education, more digital courses and expanded apprenticeship and college opportunities are directly in that line. The plan also highlights apprenticeship training as a natural alternative for young people.

»Detta åstadkoms genom en väl fungerande och flexibel kommunal vuxenutbildning, kompletterande yrkesutbildningar i bristyrken samt en utbyggd yrkeshögskola med hög kvalitet.« — expanded vocational college“This is achieved through a well-functioning and flexible municipal adult education, complementary vocational training in shortage occupations and an expanded vocational college of high quality.”

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The election manifesto explicitly wants to increase demands and quality in SFI and offer more flexible teaching forms, and the party programme emphasizes teacher credentials as a guarantee of quality. The counter-proposal's demands for quality, individual adaptation, credentialed teachers and the possibility of combining SFI with work are in line with that. The plan does not, however, share the counter-proposal's rejecting stance toward clear demands on the individual.

»öka kraven och kvaliteten i SFI och erbjuda fler flexibla former för undervisning« — quality and flexibility in SFI“increase demands and quality in SFI and offer more flexible forms of teaching”

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The plan explicitly requires that legal acts within EU cooperation shall recognize the same-sex family fully and that Sweden shall work in the EU for LGBTQ persons' rights as part of human rights. The counter-proposal's requirement that Swedish same-sex marriage and partnerships are recognized in all EU countries is precisely this commitment. The plan also values equal right to respect for private and family life.

»Rättsakter inom ramen för EU-samarbetet ska erkänna den samkönade familjen fullt ut.« — recognition of same-sex family“Legal acts within the framework of EU cooperation shall recognize the same-sex family fully.”

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The party programme establishes that a parent convicted of serious or fatal violence against the other parent should automatically lose custody – thus not only for fatal violence. The same logic carries the counter-proposal's demand that custody be transferable in more forms of violence than the fatal ones. The plan also establishes that children shall never be forced into contact with a parent who has harmed them and that all violence in close relationships shall be prevented.

»Den förälder som döms för att ha utsatt den andra föräldern för grovt eller dödligt våld bör automatiskt förlora umgängesrätt med barnet.« — violent parent loses rights“The parent convicted of subjecting the other parent to serious or fatal violence should automatically lose custody of the child.”

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The plan builds forest policy on two equal objectives, production and environment, and says that logging methods must be able to vary based on environmental considerations – which gives room for nature-close and clearfree methods. It simultaneously values property rights and Swedish forestry, which supports the requirement for stable and long-term conditions for forest owners. The counter-proposal's balance between use and conservation therefore follows from the plan.

»Den svenska skogspolitiken ska vila på två jämställda mål, produktionsmålet och miljömålet.« — two equal forest objectives“Swedish forest policy shall rest on two equal objectives, the production objective and the environmental objective.”

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The plan says explicitly that the one who pollutes – no one else – shall pay, and that the principle shall be upheld. When the known source is a state activity but those affected are for legal reasons referred to a local water company, the plan's principle does not apply at all. The plan also wants to improve the right to compensation when authorities make mistakes and to ensure clean drinking water, which bears the requirement for clearer liability rules.

»Det är den som förorenar – ingen annan – som ska betala.« — the polluter pays“It is the one who pollutes – no one else – who shall pay.”

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The plan makes a stronger school the central tool against recruitment into crime: criminality shall be stopped already in the classroom and the school shall always make police reports and concern reports when criminal activity is suspected. It also demands that police and social services as a main rule can exchange information and that social teams exist in vulnerable schools. The counter-proposal's demands for early, coordinated interventions and trained school personnel thus precisely align with the plan's line.

»Stoppa kriminaliteten redan i klassrummen. En starkare skola i Sveriges utsatta områden kommer göra att färre unga glider in i kriminaliteten.« — school as crime prevention“Stop crime already in the classroom. A stronger school in Sweden's vulnerable areas will make fewer young people slide into crime.”

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The plan explicitly states that publishing licences shall only be granted for media with journalistic content, which precisely affects commercial search services that are today protected by the constitution. It furthermore requires that protection for individual privacy is strengthened and that individuals shall have extensive opportunities for insight into how companies handle personal data. Swift legislative measures to regulate the balance therefore follow from the plan.

»Utgivningsbevis ska enbart beviljas för media med journalistiskt innehåll.« — limited constitutional protection for search services“Publishing licences shall only be granted for media with journalistic content.”

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The plan formulates the sick insurance's task almost verbatim as the counter-proposal: economic security in case of illness linked to support and rehabilitation to facilitate return to work. It also emphasizes that those who try to work after long sick leave shall be able to return to insurance. A needs-based goal of the kind the counter-proposal requires thus follows directly from the plan.

»Sjukförsäkringen ska ge ekonomisk trygghet vid både kortvarig och kronisk sjukdom, och ska vara kopplad till stöd och rehabilitering för att underlätta återgång till arbete.« — security and rehabilitation“Sick insurance shall provide economic security in both short-term and chronic illness, and shall be linked to support and rehabilitation to facilitate return to work.”

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The plan explicitly says that the aim of imprisonment is that the imprisoned person should have better preconditions to manage a life in freedom and wants to give the person who has served their sentence increased opportunities for supported work. A national exit programme shall furthermore be introduced. The counter-proposal's demand for improved transition of previously convicted persons is therefore precisely what the plan calls for.

»Målet med tiden i fängelse är att den intagne efter avtjänat straff ska ha bättre förutsättningar att klara ett liv i frihet.« — re-adaptation after sentence“The aim of the time in prison is that the imprisoned person after serving their sentence shall have better preconditions to manage a life in freedom.”

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The plan establishes that surveillance and registration should not be used for purposes other than the original reasons, which is precisely what biometric searching in the migration authority's register for crime prevention entails. It also requires that privacy intrusions are only justified when a competing interest clearly outweighs it. The counter-proposal's requirement that precisely that part be removed thus follows from the plan, even though the plan elsewhere wants to give police more tools.

»Övervakning och registrering ska inte användas för andra syften än vad som var de ursprungliga motiven eller vad som var känt för den individ som lämnade uppgifterna.« — no mission creep in registers“Surveillance and registration should not be used for purposes other than what were the original reasons or what was known to the individual who provided the data.”

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The plan establishes that private and public providers shall operate on equal terms and be subject to the same reimbursement rules and quality requirements, and that anyone who falls seriously short shall not be permitted to conduct activity in the welfare sector. The counter-proposal's demand to investigate sanction fees even for municipal and state mandated reporting activities is exactly an application of that equal treatment principle. The plan also wants oversight to be conducted in state management based on nationally established quality standards.

»Privata och offentliga utförare ska verka på lika villkor och ska omfattas av samma« — equal terms for providers“Private and public providers shall operate on equal terms and shall be subject to the same”

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The plan establishes that already-implemented laws with strong impact on personal integrity shall be regularly evaluated and that protection for the individual's integrity shall be strengthened. The counter-proposal's demand for a broad survey of implemented and ongoing measures on legal secrecy, information sharing and surveillance and their combined impact on integrity directly responds to this commitment. The plan also requires that surveillance is not used for purposes other than the original ones.

»Alla nya lagförslag ska analyseras ur integritetssynpunkt. Redan införda lagar med stark« — regular integrity evaluation“All new legislative proposals shall be analyzed from an integrity perspective. Already-implemented laws with strong”

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The plan explicitly commits to strengthening natural carbon storage by restoring more former wetlands. It also states that it is urgent to address the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and that negative emissions must begin long before the last fossil emissions cease. The counter-proposal's demands for intensified re-wetting and increased consideration when exploiting wetlands are thus the plan's own commitment.

»Den naturliga koldioxidinlagringen ska stärkas genom att fler tidigare våtmarker återställs.« — restored wetlands“Natural carbon storage shall be strengthened by restoring more former wetlands.”

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The plan establishes that nature conservation must experience a renaissance and that increased restoration efforts and more protected contiguous areas on land and in water are needed. It additionally commits to strengthen natural carbon sequestration by restoring more former wetlands and that landowners be compensated for nature conservation as a collective benefit. The counter-proposal's requirement for resources and long-term appropriations to nature restoration is therefore the plan's own line.

»Naturvården måste få en renässans.« — nature conservation's renaissance“Nature conservation must experience a renaissance.”

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The plan establishes that individuals shall always have good opportunities for education and that three-term systems and intensive courses are important for education to be completed faster – exactly what the counter-proposal seeks. It also requires greatly improved opportunities to learn new things during one's lifetime, which carries requirements for decentralized education and adaptation to transition needs. The plan's requirement that what maintains highest quality be expanded means however that support applies to the direction, not every detail.

»Treterminssystem och intensivkurser är viktiga för att möjliggöra att utbildningen kan fullföljas« — three-term systems and intensive courses“Three-term systems and intensive courses are important for making it possible for education to be completed”

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The plan explicitly requires a rule about reasonable proportion between the purpose of a industrial action and the means used, which is precisely the limitation the counter-proposal seeks when uninvolved parties are hit. It simultaneously values union freedom and collective agreements, so the requirement applies to proportionality and not to the right to strike as such. The plan's consistent concern for small businesses' conditions and fair competition points in the same direction.

»behövs en regel om att det ska finnas en rimlig proportion mellan syftet och de använda« — proportionality in industrial action“there needs to be a rule that there be a reasonable proportion between the purpose and the means used”

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The plan requires more – not less – European cooperation and especially closer cooperation against internal and external threats, and makes the EU the primary forum for Swedish foreign and security policy. It also wants to strengthen independent and scrutinizing media as democracy's foundation, which bears the requirement for support to reliable media against disinformation. The counter-proposal's demand for a strengthened common foreign and security policy is thus the plan's own line.

»Inte minst vill vi öka de europeiska klimatambitionerna samt se en tätare samverkan mot inre och yttre hot.« — closer EU cooperation against threats“Not least we want to increase European climate ambitions and see closer cooperation against internal and external threats.”

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The plan explicitly states that chemical legislation shall be based on the precautionary principle and that European chemical legislation needs to be strengthened, with particular regard to children's sensitivity and to combined effects. It also wants EU regulations on environmental matters to be tightened and supervision and sanctions to be improved. The counter-proposal's demand for prompt and strengthened regulation against hormone-disrupting substances and replacement with safer alternatives is substantially the same commitment.

»Kemikalielagstiftningen ska utgå från försiktighetsprincipen.« — precautionary principle governs“Chemical legislation shall be based on the precautionary principle.”

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The plan sets as an explicit objective that basic raw materials shall circulate in the production system and that waste's environmental impact shall be reduced through reuse and recycling. It prefers general economic instruments over symbolic politics and invests in technological development and research as a solution to environmental problems. The counter-proposal's requirements for more instruments for recycling and reuse, longer product lifespan and more research therefore align with the plan.

»Avfallets miljöpåverkan ska minskas genom fungerande återanvändning och återbruk.« — reuse and recycling“Waste's environmental impact shall be reduced through functioning reuse and recycling.”

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The plan explicitly states that Sweden shall not export weapons to dictatorships and wants criteria on business relations with undemocratic regimes to apply also in state-owned enterprises. Foreign policy shall be explicitly values-driven with freedom and rights as foundation. The counter-proposal's demands for an absolute export ban to dictatorships and serious human rights violators thus lie in line with the plan, and the exception for support to an attacked nation does not clash with the plan's commitment on military support to Ukraine.

»Sverige ska inte exportera vapen till diktaturer.« — no weapon export to dictatorships“Sweden shall not export weapons to dictatorships.”

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The plan makes Swedish language the key to entry into society and wants to expand teaching time in Swedish, lengthen school days for those at risk of falling behind and have more mandatory summer school earlier in the school years. It also requires early monitoring of knowledge development already in the lowest grades and mandatory language preschool for newly arrived children. The counter-proposal's demands for early detection language support, intensive teaching and follow-up after year 2 are substantively the same commitments.

»Dessutom vill vi kunna förlänga skoldagarna för de elever som annars riskerar att halka efter, och ha mer av obligatorisk lovskola tidigare i skolåren.« — mandatory summer school early“We also want to be able to lengthen school days for those students who would otherwise risk falling behind, and have more mandatory summer school earlier in the school years.”

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The plan explicitly requires increased authority for teachers and that the law establishes staff's right to maintain order. It also wants rectors to more easily be able to relocate pupils who seriously disrupt and that school staff get more tools against chaos and disorder. The counter-proposal's requirement for clear legal support for those who intervene in disruptions is exactly what the plan demands.

»Vi vill ge lärare ökad rätt att agera mot elever som förstör för klasskompisar och sig själv« — increased teacher authority“We want to give teachers increased authority to act against pupils who cause trouble for classmates and themselves”

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The plan puts the teacher first and demands both better conditions and relief for teachers, more paths to teacher certification and a major initiative for more special educators. This is in substance the same list of measures as the counter-proposal puts forward against teacher shortage. The plan's commitment to at least 1,000 more special educators additionally explicitly covers the demand for more special educators and special pedagogues.

»Det ska finnas flera vägar till lärarlegitimation.« — more paths into the profession“There shall be several paths to teacher certification.”

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The election manifesto affirms that industrial fishing shall be limited and the most valuable sea areas protected, and the party programme that the regulations shall favour small-scale and coastal fishing within scientifically sustainable framework. The seas shall be protected through agreement between all coastal states, which corresponds to the need for negotiation with the EU and neighbouring countries. An outplaced trawl boundary with clear timeframes thereby follows from the plan.

»Kampen mot övergödningen ska fortsätta, industrifisket ska begränsas och de mest värdefulla havsområdena skyddas som marina reservat.« — limited industrial fishing“The fight against eutrophication shall continue, industrial fishing shall be limited and the most valuable sea areas protected as marine reserves.”

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The election manifesto explicitly requires that academic freedom be given protection in the Basic Law, and the party programme makes individual academic freedom a guiding principle and wants to protect educational institutions' independence. The plan also wants Sweden to internationally offer safe havens for the persecuted. A clear protection of research freedom nationally and internationally is thus precisely what the plan requires.

»Den akademiska friheten ska ges skydd i grundlagen.« — Basic Law-protected academic freedom“Academic freedom shall be given protection in the Basic Law.”

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The party programme explicitly establishes that the regulatory framework shall benefit small-scale and coastal fishing and promote careful, selective fishing methods, and the election manifesto that industrial fishing shall be limited. Fishing must at the same time be kept within scientific frameworks. To more clearly protect small-scale coastal fishing and promote the sector's development is therefore precisely what the plan requires.

»Regelverket ska gynna småskaligt och kustnära fiske samt« — benefit small-scale coastal fishing“The regulatory framework shall benefit small-scale and coastal fishing as well as”

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The party programme establishes that gender equality shall permeate activities in both higher education and research, and that a gender equality perspective shall be integrated in all relevant public decisions. The plan states that Sweden is not an equal country and that the work must continue. A remaining research policy sub-goal on gender equality is therefore in line with the plan.

»Jämställdhet mellan könen ska genomsyra verksamheten inom såväl högre utbildning« — gender equality in research“Gender equality shall permeate activities in both higher education”

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The plan requires that fishing is conducted in a long-term sustainable manner and is kept within scientific assessments of what the stocks can sustain, that industrial fishing is limited and that seas are protected through agreements between coastal states. It also wants to phase out market-distorting support. Letting ecosystems set the boundaries and eliminating subsidies that create overcapacity therefore aligns with the plan.

»Fisket måste bedrivas på ett långsiktigt hållbart sätt och hålla sig inom ramen för vetenskapliga« — fishing within scientific limits“Fishing must be conducted in a long-term sustainable manner and stay within the framework of scientific”

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The party programme requires that regulations shall favour small-scale and coastal fishing and that fishing is kept within scientific frameworks, and the election manifesto that industrial fishing is limited. A quota system where rights are concentrated among a few large vessels runs counter to this. A review of quota distribution with compensation to small-scale fishermen therefore follows from the plan.

»Regelverket ska gynna småskaligt och kustnära fiske samt« — favour small-scale coastal fishing“Regulations shall favour small-scale and coastal fishing as well as”

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The party programme explicitly establishes that efforts to prevent violence in close relationships must focus on perpetrators and that perpetrators can be ordered to undergo extensive restrictions on geographic freedom. That is exactly what the counter-proposal demands of an overlooked contact-ban system. The election manifesto also wants women to be safe both at home and out and tries out residence bans for convicted offenders.

»Insatserna för att förebygga och förhindra våld i nära relationer måste fokusera på förövarna.« — focus on perpetrators“Efforts to prevent and stop violence in close relationships must focus on perpetrators.”

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The election manifesto explicitly requires that social workers and other public employees be protected against persecution and harassment, and states that much more must be done against extremist and criminal forces. The plan also wants witnesses to be given effective protection and the individual's integrity to be strengthened. To investigate how more public employees can be given police employees' protection is thus in line with the plan.

»Socialsekreterare och andra offentliganställda ska skyddas mot förföljelse och utsatthet genom att ett nytt brott – tjänstemannaförföljelse – införs.« — protection for public employees“Social workers and other public employees shall be protected against persecution and harassment by introducing a new crime – public official persecution.”

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The plan requires that supervision of authorities' exercise of power against individuals is developed through strong supervisory authorities and that protection of the individual's integrity is strengthened. The counter-proposal's demand that the supervisory board is strengthened in resources and authority is precisely that development. The plan simultaneously wants to expand the use of secret coercive measures, which makes strengthened supervision a necessary counterweight rather than an objection.

»Tillsynen över myndigheternas maktutövning mot enskilda behöver utvecklas genom starka« — strong supervisory authorities“Supervision of authorities' exercise of power against individuals needs to be developed through strong”

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The plan establishes that social insurance shall be adapted to students' and entrepreneurs' situations and that entrepreneurs' opportunity to choose the level of insurance cover shall increase. A new income-replacement-level regulation where the self-employed can calculate their income based on historical income is precisely such adaptation. The plan furthermore wants that high-quality artistic creation shall have good conditions, which bears the demand that grants are included for culture workers, and that the connection between benefits and paid premiums becomes clear.

»Socialförsäkringarna ska anpassas till studerandes och företagares situation.« — social insurance adapted for entrepreneurs“Social insurance shall be adapted to students' and entrepreneurs' situations.”

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The plan explicitly requires a new parental insurance that both values freedom of choice and strengthens equality in the labour market, which is the same review the counter-proposal seeks. The commitment to three earmarked months per guardian is moreover exactly a design that rewards equal take-up. The plan also meets the requirement for adaptation to different family types by increasing the right to transfer days to a third party.

»Vi vill se ny föräldraförsäkring som både värnar valfriheten och stärker jämställdheten på arbetsmarknaden.« — new parental insurance“We want to see new parental insurance that both values freedom of choice and strengthens equality in the labour market.”

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The party programme explicitly states that social insurance shall be adapted to students' situation and that students' security during illness must be strengthened. Sick leave insurance shall furthermore provide security for both short-term and chronic illness and be linked to rehabilitation back to employment. A right to partial sick leave with study grants is precisely the strengthening the plan calls for.

»Socialförsäkringarna ska anpassas till studerandes och företagares situation.« — social insurance adapted to students“Social insurance shall be adapted to students' and business owners' situation.”

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The plan states that defence of democracy far beyond Europe's borders shall always form the foundation for Sweden's and the EU's foreign policy, and that Sweden shall do much more both as an individual country and within international cooperation. That is exactly the counter-proposal's requirement for an active foreign policy instead of a one-sided focus on the neighbourhood. The plan also gives the UN a special position as a global actor and states that the climate challenge can only be met through cooperation in Europe and globally.

»Och vi är rösten för att försvaret av demokratin – även långt bortom Europas gränser – alltid ska utgöra grunden för Sveriges och EU:s utrikespolitik.« — democracy beyond Europe's borders“And we are the voice for the defence of democracy – even far beyond Europe's borders – shall always form the foundation for Sweden's and the EU's foreign policy.”

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The plan explicitly commits to modernizing the Discrimination Act and establishes that Sweden shall be an accessible country where systematic oversight is needed to remove readily avoidable barriers. The counter-proposal's two demands – a review of legislation on guide and assistance dogs and an evaluation of how the Discrimination Act is enforced on the grounds of disability – are precisely this modernization and this monitoring. The plan also establishes that discrimination must have a price and that the person affected shall be able to receive redress.

»Vi vill modernisera diskrimineringslagen, prioritera polisens hatbrottsverksamhet och säkerställa att alla skolor står upp för alla människors lika värde.« — modernize the Discrimination Act“We want to modernize the Discrimination Act, prioritize the police's hate crime work and ensure that all schools stand up for all human beings' equal worth.”

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The plan points to the difference in economic power between women and men as a central gender equality issue and states that wage differences shall end. The counter-proposal's requirement for measures for an equal economy with focus on women's self-determination in working life is precisely that commitment. The plan also wants to increase pressure on employers to offer equal pay and working conditions and prioritizes more women becoming entrepreneurs.

»Skillnaden i ekonomisk makt mellan kvinnor och män är en central jämställdhetsfråga.« — economic power is a gender equality issue“The difference in economic power between women and men is a central gender equality issue.”

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The plan requires that a gender equality perspective be integrated into all relevant public decisions and that women's situation in war and importance for peace be made visible. The counter-proposal's requirement for a comprehensive action plan covering security, trade and development and for relevant agencies and embassies to be given integration mandates is precisely that application to the foreign administration. The plan also binds development policy to a focus on gender equality and describes foreign policy as explicitly values-driven.

»jämställdhetsperspektiv ska integreras i alla relevanta offentliga beslut.« — gender equality integration in all decisions“a gender equality perspective shall be integrated into all relevant public decisions.”

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The plan's decisive commitment is that trade and promotion policy shall be conducted without the naivety toward Chinese power politics that has been shown for too long, and that work against the threat from China shall be strengthened. The counter-proposal's requirement for a new China strategy with strategic trade policy, investment screening and protection against espionage is the implementation of precisely that. The plan also sees undemocratic states' acquisition of strategic assets as a security matter and wants Sweden to do more together with the free world.

»Handels- och främjandepolitiken ska stärka Sverige som aktör för en friare värld och dra nytta av frihandelns fördelar utan den naivitet som alltför länge uppvisats för kinesisk och rysk maktpolitik.« — end naivety toward China“Trade and promotion policy shall strengthen Sweden as an actor for a freer world and take advantage of free trade's benefits without the naivety that has for too long been shown toward Chinese and Russian power politics.”

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The plan affirms that parallel societies with undemocratic values never shall be accepted and that the party wants to do much more so that everyone shall feel their rights. The counter-proposal's demands for national coordination, guidelines against gender-separatist activities and intensified information dissemination are the implementation of that commitment. The plan also wants to expressly take back power from separatists and allows no religious special legislation within family law.

»Parallella samhällen med odemokratiska värderingar och parallell rättsskipning får aldrig accepteras.« — no parallel societies“Parallel societies with undemocratic values and parallel administration of justice shall never be accepted.”

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The plan explicitly establishes that preschool and school work against honour-related oppression shall be strengthened and that staff in preschool, school and leisure time must be supported to resist demands for religious or honour-based coercion. The counter-proposal's requirements for intensified work, continuous staff training and an explicit assignment in preschool's curriculum are implementation of that commitment. The plan also wants knowledge among professionals to increase and that crimes are never relativised with reference to honour concepts.

»Förskolans och skolans arbete mot hedersrelaterat förtryck ska stärkas och både flickor och pojkar ska mötas av samma höga förväntningar i sitt skolarbete.« — strengthened school work against honour oppression“Preschool and school work against honour-related oppression shall be strengthened and both girls and boys shall be met by the same high expectations in their schoolwork.”

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The plan formulates the goal in the precise gender-specific terms the counter-proposal wants to see: men's violence against women shall cease. The party programme motivates that direction with men's violence and oppression of women being the most extreme expression of women's vulnerability and the insight that unfreedom particularly affects girls and women makes the party feminist. A broader, gender-neutral formulation would obscure precisely that commitment. The plan also values the Sami people's standing as indigenous, which supports the requirement for more knowledge about violence against Sami women.

»Mäns våld mot kvinnor ska upphöra.« — men's violence against women shall cease“Men's violence against women shall cease.”

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The plan explicitly requires that teachers' authorities are increased and that the law establishes the teacher's right to maintain order in the classroom, and that principals shall more easily be able to relocate pupils who seriously disrupt operations. This is exactly the counter-proposal's requirement for strengthened teacher status and opportunity to act against disruptive pupils. The plan also establishes that adults in school have responsibility to intervene against bullying and that school shall deliberately prevent harmful treatment, which carries the requirement for zero tolerance and intensified supervision.

»Vi vill ge lärare ökad rätt att agera mot elever som förstör för klasskompisar och sig själv och tydliggöra i skollaget att det är läraren – inte eleverna – som ska bestämma över undervisningens upplägg.« — increased teacher authorities“We want to give teachers increased right to act against pupils who disrupt their classmates and themselves and clarify in the school law that it is the teacher – not the pupils – who shall determine the arrangement of teaching.”

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The plan explicitly requires a major investment in teaching materials so that students get real textbooks and teachers no longer have to photocopy, which is the same requirement as the counter-proposal makes for good access to teaching materials of high and uniform quality. The plan links this to the school being equivalent with uniform and high quality, and to adapted teaching materials being available for those who need it. The argument about unqualified teachers is met in the plan by teachers' conditions and work environment being improved.

»En storsatsning på läromedel måste göras så att eleverna får riktiga skolböcker och landets lärare slipper stå och kopiera.« — major investment in teaching materials“A major investment in teaching materials must be made so that students get real textbooks and the country's teachers no longer have to stand and photocopy.”

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The plan says explicitly that the preventive work against eviction, especially of families with children, needs to be strengthened and that landlords shall always have a responsibility to warn the social services when there is risk of eviction. The counter-proposal's demand that a household with minors cannot be evicted without the social services first being notified is precisely that commitment in legal form. The plan also holds firm on the view that nobody should have to live in homelessness and wants to introduce need-based housing for families with very weak finances, which bears the demand for alternative housing.

»Det förebyggande arbetet mot vräkning, särskilt av barnfamiljer, behöver stärkas.« — eviction prevention for families with children“The preventive work against eviction, especially of families with children, needs to be strengthened.”

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The plan sets as its most important goal that Sweden shall not have a single disadvantaged area in 2030 and specifies explicitly the built environment as the tool: disadvantage shall be built away with safer neighborhoods where more can own their housing. The counter-proposal's demand that urban planning is actively used against disparities, with mixed construction and housing for different groups, is the same commitment. The plan also emphasizes that attractive public spaces increase security, which supports the demand for meeting places.

»Därför måste vi också bygga bort utsattheten med tryggare kvarter där fler kan äga sitt boende och där fastighetsägare och det offentliga samarbetar långsiktigt.« — build away disadvantage“Therefore we must also build away disadvantage with safer neighborhoods where more can own their housing and where property owners and the public cooperate long-term.”

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The plan explicitly commits to ensuring that all schools uphold the equal worth of all people and that the state with force shall combat all forms of racism, discrimination and intolerance. A concrete action plan from the National Education Board and follow-up through the School Inspectorate's regular supervision are means for precisely that assurance. The plan also establishes that the education system is not value-free and that every tendency towards racism shall be combated.

»Vi vill modernisera diskrimineringslagen, prioritera polisens hatbrottsverksamhet och säkerställa att alla skolor står upp för alla människors lika värde.« — all schools stand for equal worth“We want to modernize the discrimination law, prioritize the police's hate crime activities and ensure that all schools uphold the equal worth of all people.”

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The plan establishes that future societies must be built in an environmentally sustainable way and that physical planning is needed to manage the consequences of climate change, which is precisely the climate adaptation the counter-proposal calls for. The plan also binds the party to all public transport on road and rail being fossil-free by 2030 and to green areas having a natural place in densification. The requirement that drinking water supply is weighed in has support in the plan's commitment that everyone has the right to clean water.

»Framtidens samhällen måste byggas på ett miljömässigt hållbart sätt.« — sustainably built societies“Future societies must be built in an environmentally sustainable way.”

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The plan explicitly says that modernization of hydropower shall include requirements that power plants meet today's environmental regulations, which speaks for resuming the paused environmental assessments as soon as possible. The plan also wants to develop hydropower through increased efficiency and invest in energy storage and investments in the power system, which carries the requirement for increased control capacity through enhanced output in existing facilities. The requirement to map the potential of larger watercourses, however, stands in tension with development occurring through increased efficiency and that national rivers shall be protected.

»modernisering ska också innebära krav på att kraftverken lever upp till dagens miljöregler.« — modern environmental requirements on power plants“modernization shall also include requirements that power plants meet today's environmental regulations.”

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The plan explicitly commits itself to progressively abolishing subsidies, including tax cuts and support, for fossil fuels in Sweden as well as globally, and the party programme sharpens this to that it shall happen as soon as possible. The counter-proposal's demand for an action plan to phase out climate-damaging subsidies is precisely the implementation of that commitment. The plan links this to the principle that the polluter shall pay and to real climate taxes instead of grants and symbolic taxes.

»Subventioner, inklusive skattelättnader och stöd, till fossila bränslen i Sverige såväl som globalt ska successivt avskaffas.« — abolished fossil subsidies“Subsidies, including tax cuts and support, for fossil fuels in Sweden as well as globally shall progressively be abolished.”

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The plan explicitly states that the state where necessary shall co-finance IT expansion where expansion costs are high, that is exactly where the market is insufficient, and that Sweden shall be a forerunner as regards IT infrastructure. That is exactly what the counter-proposal requires. The requirement for robustness and redundancy against the background of the security situation is in turn supported by the commitment to strengthen civil defence at the same pace as military defence.

»utbyggnadskostnader i dessa områden, ska staten vid behov medfinansiera denna utbyggnad.« — state co-finances expansion“expansion costs in these areas, the state where necessary shall co-finance this expansion.”

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The party programme explicitly establishes that the preservation of fertile agricultural land is important for food supply and that other land if possible should be used for construction, which directly bears the counter-proposal's demand for a national goal for preserved arable land. The plan also points out that building is a threat to fertility and connects the issue to sustainable food supply. Densification rather than sprawl is the plan's method for the same thing.

»Bevarandet av bördig jordbruksmark är viktig för matförsörjningen av den växande världsbefolkningen.« — preserved agricultural land“Preservation of fertile agricultural land is important for food supply for the growing world population.”

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The party programme explicitly states that publicly funded activities shall be subject to the same rules on confidentiality and whistleblower protection regardless of whether they are run in public or private operation, and that this is especially important in schools. This is precisely what the counter-proposal requires when it wants the principle of openness to apply equally regardless of main administrator. The plan also emphasizes the principle of openness's fundamental importance for scrutiny and that school choice requires clear information about school quality.

»Offentligt finansierad verksamhet ska omfattas av samma regler om sekretess och meddelarskydd oavsett om den bedrivs i allmän eller privat regi, och även om den drivs i bolagsform.« — same transparency rules regardless of administrator“Publicly funded activities shall be subject to the same rules on confidentiality and whistleblower protection regardless of whether they are conducted in public or private operation, and even if they are run in corporate form.”

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The election manifesto explicitly requires that Sweden be proactive in building as comprehensive a sanctions regime against Russia as possible, which directly supports the counter-proposal's demand for a joint effort against circumvention of sanctions. The plan promises wholehearted support to Ukraine until Russia's war of aggression ceases. That cross-border crime must be met with cross-border [response] also speaks for coordination between authorities and business.

»Sverige ska vara pådrivande för att så breda globala koalitioner som möjligt bygger ut en så heltäckande sanktionsregim mot Ryssland som möjligt.« — comprehensive sanctions regime“Sweden shall be proactive in ensuring that the broadest possible global coalitions build as comprehensive a sanctions regime against Russia as possible.”

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The election manifesto explicitly requires that SVT, SR and UR have enhanced legal protection for their independence from political control, which is precisely what the counter-proposal's constitutional protection aims at. The plan moreover wants generally to see strengthened constitutional protection for democratic governance and rights. That financing should safeguard companies' independence shows that the plan sees protection against political intervention as decisive.

»Därför ska Sveriges Television, Sveriges Radio och Utbildningsradion ha ökat skydd i lagen för sitt oberoende från politisk styrning, och public service-bolagen ska fortsätta ha ett brett programutbud.« — legal protection for public service“Therefore Sweden's Television, Sweden's Radio and Educational Radio shall have enhanced legal protection for their independence from political control, and public service companies shall continue to have a broad programme offering.”

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The party programme explicitly establishes that ILO Convention 169 shall be ratified, after consultation with the Sámi, other minorities and landowners. This is exactly what the counter-proposal requires. The plan also values the Sámi's right to reindeer herding and land use according to ancient custom and wants to establish a Nordic Sámi Convention, which strengthens the reason to strengthen indigenous peoples' international legal protection.

»ILO-konvention 169 ska ratificeras efter samråd med olika intressegrupper som samer, andra minoriteter och markägare.« — ratify ILO 169“ILO Convention 169 shall be ratified after consultation with various interest groups such as the Sámi, other minorities and landowners.”

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The party programme explicitly demands that water supply is secured and that more surface water and groundwater sources are given protection, which is precisely what the counter-proposal wants to regulate. The election manifesto also promises that more previously existing wetlands are restored, which corresponds to the demand for more wetlands. The plan also demands strong protection for lakes and watercourses with high nature values and continued efforts against pollution in our waters.

»Alla har rätt till rent vatten. Dricksvattenförsörjningen måste säkras och fler yt- och grundvattentäkter ges skydd.« — protected water sources“Everyone has the right to clean water. Water supply must be secured and more surface water and groundwater sources be given protection.”

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The election manifesto explicitly promises that civil society financing shall be improved through broader donation deductions and long-term government grants, which are precisely the long-term and sustainable conditions the counter-proposal demands. The party programme establishes that policy shall provide civil society with good conditions and that the public sector shall support provision with minority language profile. That civil society increases democratic participation is the plan's reason for the same thing.

»Vi vill fortsätta förbättra civilsamhällets finansiering genom både bredare skatteavdrag för gåvor och långsiktiga statsbidrag.« — long-term government grants“We want to continue improving civil society financing through both broader tax deductions for donations and long-term government grants.”

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The election manifesto explicitly requires more detention facilities and prisons with more correctional officers, which is exactly the answer the counter-proposal wants to see for the shortage of places and staff. The plan also requires that prisoners be offered work, treatment, and education during their sentence, that is the meaningful occupation that according to the counter-proposal is becoming increasingly difficult to maintain. The plan furthermore wants to protect public employees against persecution and exposure.

»Samtidigt behöver vi fler domare och fler åklagare, och fler häkten och fängelser med fler kriminalvårdare.« — more prisons and correctional officers“At the same time, we need more judges and more prosecutors, and more detention facilities and prisons with more correctional officers.”

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The election manifesto explicitly requires that crime prevention work be legislated, which is precisely the kind of stronger statutory language the counter-proposal wants to see. The party programme establishes that prevention and prosecution of crime is an important task for both municipalities and state, and that criminal policy shall unite crime-fighting with broad crime prevention work. The plan also points out the socially disadvantaged areas as the place where prevention work is most needed.

»Kommuners brottsförebyggande arbete ska lagstadgas.« — legislated crime prevention work“Municipalities' crime prevention work shall be legislated.”

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The party programme establishes that the police authority should have strong local presence throughout the country and that visibility and proximity are crucial for preventing crime, which is exactly what the counter-proposal requires with more neighbourhood police and local presence in disadvantaged areas. The election manifesto aims for 33,000 police officers and that police should be able to maintain security always and everywhere. The goal that no disadvantaged areas should exist by 2030 reinforces the requirement.

»Den nationella polismyndigheten ska ha hög lokal närvaro i hela landet. Synlighet och närhet är avgörande för polisens långsiktiga förtroende och möjlighet att förhindra brott.« — strong local police presence“The national police authority should have strong local presence throughout the country. Visibility and proximity are crucial for police's long-term trust and ability to prevent crime.”

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The party programme explicitly establishes that inmates in prisons shall be offered work, treatment and education during sentence time, which is precisely what the counter-proposal demands shall be guaranteed regardless of prison. The plan also gives everyone who lacks complete primary or upper secondary education the right to at any time complete their knowledge. The goal with time in prison is according to the plan better conditions for a life in freedom, which bears the demand for a broader education offering.

»Intagna på fängelser ska erbjudas arbete, behandling och utbildning under strafftiden.« — education for inmates“Inmates in prisons shall be offered work, treatment and education during sentence time.”

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The election manifesto explicitly requires that follow-up of donation-giving be strengthened and that hidden financing be stopped, which is exactly the control strengthening the counter-proposal wants to achieve with a central database and national support functions. The party programme states that no tax money shall go to activities that undermine democracy, which requires that one can see which donations go where. The plan's requirement for digital accessibility and insight into public documents bears the database proposal.

»Vi vill både stärka uppföljningen av bidragsgivning och stoppa dold finansiering av trossamfund så att de inte blir verktyg för extremistiska krafter.« — strengthened follow-up of donations“We want both to strengthen follow-up of donation-giving and stop hidden financing of faith communities so they do not become tools for extremist forces.”

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The party programme explicitly requires that legal proceedings with young people as suspects or complainants be handled faster, which is exactly what the counter-proposal wants to ensure when children have been subjected to crime. The plan also requires that the justice system's processing times be shortened in general and that support for crime victims is a main task. That the deadline is often exceeded is thus precisely the problem the plan wants to address.

»Samarbetet mellan polis och socialtjänst behöver utvecklas, sekretesshinder undanröjas så att information smidigare kan delas mellan myndigheter, och rättsprocesser med ungdomar som misstänkta eller målsägande handläggas snabbare.« — faster legal proceedings with children“Cooperation between police and social services needs to be developed, confidentiality barriers removed so that information can be shared more smoothly between authorities, and legal proceedings with young people as suspects or complainants be handled faster.”

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The party programme explicitly establishes that no tax funds shall go to activities that oppose fundamental democratic values, which is exactly what the counter-proposal demands more effective rules and controls for. The election manifesto states that much more must be done when organizations from extremist circles are financed by tax funds and wants to strengthen monitoring of grant-giving. The plan furthermore identifies the same extremist circles as a threat to democracy.

»Inga skattemedel ska gå till verksamheter som vill förändra det demokratiska samhället med våld eller på annat sätt motarbetar grundläggande demokratiska värderingar.« — no grants to anti-democrats“No tax funds shall go to activities that want to change the democratic society by violence or in other ways oppose fundamental democratic values.”

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The election manifesto explicitly undertakes to prioritize police's hate crime work and that the state shall with force combat all kinds of racism, discrimination and intolerance. It is precisely that strengthened work in the justice chain that the counter-proposal demands. The plan also wants the justice system's capacity to be improved so more crimes are reported and cleared up, which directly bears the demand for better training and resources against hate crimes.

»Vi vill modernisera diskrimineringslagen, prioritera polisens hatbrottsverksamhet och säkerställa att alla skolor står upp för alla människors lika värde.« — prioritized hate crime work“We want to modernize the discrimination law, prioritize police's hate crime work and ensure that all schools stand up for everyone's equal value.”

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The election manifesto makes climate transition with cheap and reliable electricity throughout the country a main issue and states that climate goals shall be achieved within the framework of a growing economy. This is exactly the long-term political leadership for business transition that the counter-proposal demands. The plan also requires that policy quickly removes obstacles for business, which supports the requirement for smooth permit processes.

»Vi ska nå klimatmålen – inga nettoutsläpp av växthusgaser senast 2045 och därefter negativa utsläpp – inom ramen för en växande ekonomi.« — climate goals with growth“We shall meet climate goals – no net greenhouse gas emissions by 2045 at the latest and thereafter negative emissions – within the framework of a growing economy.”

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The election manifesto explicitly commits that the number of employees and conscripts in the defence organisation shall increase and that defence shall become significantly stronger, which is exactly what the counter-proposal's requirements for better recruitment conditions and a home defence target aim at. The plan also wants the space for voluntary work in total defence to increase, which carries the requirement to remove barriers for reserve officers and temporarily employed to serve. The plan's own line on expanded right to leave of absence points in the same direction.

»Antalet anställda och värnpliktiga i krigsorganisationen ska öka, ny materiel tillföras och det civila försvaret stärkas i samma takt som det militära.« — more employees and conscripts“The number of employees and conscripts in the defence organisation shall increase, new materiel shall be supplied and civil defence shall be strengthened at the same pace as military defence.”

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The election manifesto explicitly promises that the tax system shall be better adapted to the growing sharing economy and that tax levels shall be competitive and easy to understand. An investigation into clarified and simplified tax conditions for the sharing economy is exactly that commitment, and restraint with a streaming tax follows from not worsening incentives to produce in Sweden. The plan additionally wants to quickly remove obstacles for businesses.

»En startup-kommission ska tillsättas och skattesystemet anpassas bättre till den växande delningsekonomin.« — tax system adapted to sharing economy“A start-up commission shall be appointed and the tax system better adapted to the growing sharing economy.”

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The party programme wants more foundations for cultural financing to be created and private financing to be stimulated through deduction rights for donations and favorable conditions for cultural sponsorship. The election manifesto wants the state to steer less and that cultural creators, not politicians, make decisions about support. An investigation into a patronage model with a culture fund is precisely the direction the plan indicates to strengthen cultural life's independence.

»Fler stiftelser för kulturfinansiering ska skapas.« — more cultural foundations“More foundations for cultural financing shall be created.”

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The party programme explicitly establishes that special consideration shall be given to children's own asylum grounds and that unaccompanied children in particular shall be specially protected, and that the asylum process needs to change to live up to international legal obligations. The counter-proposal's requirements for the child's best interests, child-specific persecution grounds and that children get to have their voices heard follow directly from this. The election manifesto's requirement for EU-aligned legislation nuances but does not abolish the commitment.

»hänsyn ska tas till barns egna asylskäl, och ensamkommande barn ska särskilt värnas« — children's own asylum grounds“consideration shall be given to children's own asylum grounds, and unaccompanied children in particular shall be specially protected”

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The election manifesto explicitly establishes that the state shall take greater responsibility for healthcare's long-term competence supply and that a national mobilisation for more staffed care beds is needed. Driving forward and implementing the proposals in a national plan for healthcare's competence supply is precisely this commitment. The plan also requires better working conditions and professional development so that shortage occupations become dream jobs.

»Staten ska ta ett större ansvar för sjukvårdens strategiska planering, placering av högspecialiserad vård, beredskap och långsiktig kompetensförsörjning.« — state responsibility for competence supply“The state shall take greater responsibility for healthcare's strategic planning, placement of highly specialised care, preparedness and long-term competence supply.”

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The election manifesto explicitly establishes that we need more judges and more prosecutors, and the party programme that the justice system's capacity must be improved so that processing times are shortened. The counter-proposal's demand for long-term recruitment and training of judges carries the same commitment. Reviewing protection for exposed staff follows from the plan's line on protection for public employees and judicial independence.

»Samtidigt behöver vi fler domare och fler åklagare, och fler häkten och fängelser med fler kriminalvårdare.« — more judges and prosecutors“At the same time we need more judges and more prosecutors, and more remand facilities and prisons with more correctional officers.”

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The election manifesto establishes that Sweden shall participate fully in the EU's crime fighting and that Europol shall be given a clearer operative mandate against international crime and terrorism. A clearer obligation for EU countries to share information about arms smuggling and radicalized persons is precisely such deepened cooperation. The plan also establishes that cross-border crime must be met cross-border.

»Sverige ska delta fullt ut i EU:s brottsbekämpning och den europeiska polismyndigheten Europol ska ges ett tydligare operativt mandat att bekämpa internationell brottslighet och terrorism.« — Europol with operative mandate“Sweden shall participate fully in the EU's crime fighting and the European police authority Europol shall be given a clearer operative mandate to combat international crime and terrorism.”

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The party programme explicitly establishes that general legal aid shall be strengthened and that the individual's opportunities to assert their rights against authorities must increase. To investigate how people with intellectual disabilities get better access to legal aid is precisely that commitment. The plan also requires that the disability rights perspective is always included when political decisions are prepared.

»Den allmänna rättshjälpen ska stärkas.« — strengthened general legal aid“General legal aid shall be strengthened.”

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The election manifesto promises a new system with housing for groups with particularly large housing needs, explicitly those affected by violence and families with very weak finances. The counter-proposal's demand for clearer priority in the housing queue for precisely these groups carries the same commitment. The plan also wants to strengthen preventive work against eviction of families with children and introduce national support for safe housing.

»ett nytt system med behovsbostäder ska införas för grupper med särskilt stora bostadsbehov, såsom våldsutsatta och familjer med mycket svag ekonomi« — housing for vulnerable groups“a new system with housing shall be introduced for groups with particularly large housing needs, such as those affected by violence and families with very weak finances”

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The party programme explicitly requires that laws already introduced with strong impact on personal integrity be regularly evaluated and that all new legislative proposals be analysed from an integrity perspective. The counter-proposal's demand for continuous evaluation of coercive powers legislation is precisely that commitment. The plan simultaneously wants to expand the secret coercive powers, but this concerns the tools, not their follow-up.

»påverkan på den personliga integriteten ska regelbundet utvärderas.« — regular evaluation of integrity laws“impact on personal integrity be regularly evaluated.”

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The election manifesto explicitly states that we need charging stations where we live, work and travel, as part of transport sector fossil emissions being eliminated. The counter-proposal's requirement for expanded charging infrastructure throughout the country and coordinated information is precisely this commitment. The plan also wants to accelerate electrification of the transport sector.

»Det behövs laddstolpar där vi bor, arbetar och reser.« — charging infrastructure is expanded“We need charging stations where we live, work and travel.”

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The election manifesto explicitly promises to abolish the elevated amortization requirement so that more people can afford to own their own home. The counter-proposal's demand to eliminate the second amortization requirement is precisely this commitment. The plan also points out that the housing market's lock-in effects particularly affect those seeking to enter the market.

»slopa det förhöjda amorteringskravet« — abolished elevated amortization requirement“abolish the elevated amortization requirement”

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The election manifesto explicitly promises to stop hidden financing of religious congregations so they do not become tools for extremist forces. A prompt investigation into foreign financing of religious congregations is exactly the instrument needed to fulfil that promise. The plan also establishes that no tax funds shall go to activities that oppose democracy, while the congregations' own role in civil society is valued.

»Vi vill både stärka uppföljningen av bidragsgivning och stoppa dold finansiering av trossamfund så att de inte blir verktyg för extremistiska krafter.« — stop hidden financing of religious congregations“We want to both strengthen the follow-up of grant-giving and stop hidden financing of religious congregations so they do not become tools for extremist forces.”

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The election manifesto explicitly promises that academic freedom shall be given protection in the Basic Law. The counter-proposal's demand that the inquiry also test a Basic Law amendment is precisely that commitment. The party programme bears the same line by making individual academic freedom a guiding principle and valuing the independence of institutions of higher education from governmental power.

»Den akademiska friheten ska ges skydd i grundlagen.« — academic freedom in the Basic Law“Academic freedom shall be given protection in the Basic Law.”

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The party programme explicitly establishes that to facilitate local reform work it shall become easier for municipalities to during a trial period test new organizational forms. A new municipality experiment with exemptions and waivers is precisely that instrument. The plan also wants the state to facilitate for municipalities that themselves want to raise the quality of service.

»lättare för kommuner att under en försöksperiod pröva nya organisationsformer.« — municipal experiments with organizational forms“easier for municipalities to during a trial period test new organizational forms.”

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The party programme stipulates that everyone has the right to clean water and that drinking water supply must be secured and more water sources protected. The election manifesto wants to restore more wetlands, and the plan requires societal planning for the consequences of climate change. Accelerating climate adaptation of water and wastewater thus follows the plan, as does that civil defense shall be strengthened at the same rate as military defense.

»Alla har rätt till rent vatten. Dricksvattenförsörjningen måste säkras« — secured drinking water supply“Everyone has the right to clean water. Drinking water supply must be secured”

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The plan notes that too few homes are being built and requires that building regulations at both state and municipal levels be simplified, that appeals processes be shortened and that builders be allowed to develop detail plans. The counter-proposal's demand to prioritize regulatory simplification in planning and building legislation thereby aligns with the plan, as does the point that the housing shortage requires more than regulatory simplifications.

»Det byggs för få bostäder. För att öka byggandet i Sverige bör konkurrensen öka och reglerna« — more homes through simpler regulations“Too few homes are being built. To increase construction in Sweden, competition should increase and regulations”

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The party programme states that the seas surrounding Sweden need protection through an agreement between all coastal states, which is precisely what the counter-proposal requires. The election manifesto wants to limit industrial fishing and protect the most valuable sea areas as marine reserves. The plan notes that the marine environment is seriously damaged and wants to see more protected contiguous areas also in water.

»Sverige omges av hav som behöver skyddas genom avtal mellan alla kuststater.« — agreement between coastal states“The seas surrounding Sweden need protection through an agreement between all coastal states.”

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The election manifesto wants to shorten appeals processes and continue simplifying building regulations, and the party programme wants to simplify building standards and limit municipal special requirements. The counter-proposal's demand for more building-permit-exempt measures and notification obligation instead of building-permit obligation is precisely such regulatory simplification. That the exemptions shall also cover battery storage is supported by the plan's investment in energy storage.

»korta överklagandeprocesserna och fortsätta förenkla byggreglerna« — simplified building regulations“shorten appeals processes and continue simplifying building regulations”

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The plan requires a new comprehensive tax reform where tax policy favors the wealth-creating forces and reduced taxes on jobs and entrepreneurship are exchanged for increased consumption and environmental taxes. It also establishes that tax levels shall be competitive, not least corporate and capital taxes, and that consistency in capital income taxation shall increase. The counter-proposal's demand for a broad review for business competitiveness therefore follows directly from the plan.

»Skattepolitiken ska gynna de välståndsbildande krafterna« — tax reform for growth“Tax policy should favor the wealth-creating forces”

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The plan affirms that crimes should never be relativized with reference to honour concepts, that honour motives should be an aggravating circumstance and that a parent who subjected the other to serious violence should automatically lose visitation rights with the child. The same principle bears the counter-proposal's demand that those who subject a child to honour-based violence should not have parental custody. The plan also wants to broaden criminalization to include corrective travel, which affects the risk of abduction and thereby siblings.

»förälder som döms för att ha utsatt den andra föräldern för grovt eller dödligt våld bör automatiskt« — lost visitation rights for serious violence“parent convicted of subjecting the other parent to serious or fatal violence should automatically”

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The plan explicitly states that those in prostitution shall receive protection and support to move on and can be given victim-of-crime status, which is precisely what an exit program means. The sex purchase prohibition and the line that demand shall be removed are thus complemented with support measures for the vulnerable. The demand for equivalent treatment across the entire country follows from the support being seen as a public responsibility.

»Prostituerade ska få skydd och stöd att gå vidare och kunna ges brottsofferstatus.« — support to leave prostitution“Those in prostitution shall receive protection and support to move on and can be given victim-of-crime status.”

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The plan establishes that a national support for protected homes shall be introduced and that women's aid organisations are needed throughout the country with good and long-term terms. It moreover wishes to introduce housing accommodating need precisely for violence-affected persons and to organise public procurement so that idea-driven actors more often can contribute. The counter-proposal's requirement for more resources, valued non-profit aid organisations and a national protected home thus aligns with the plan.

»Ett nationellt stöd för skyddade boenden ska införas.« — national support for protected homes“A national support for protected homes shall be introduced.”

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The plan requires that municipalities' crime prevention work is enshrined in law, that social services can make more family interventions mandatory and that vulnerable schools get social teams that deal with young people at risk. It also wants police and social services to always be able to exchange information and for schools to take immediate action on unauthorised absence. The counter-proposal's requirements for resources, expanded parental support, school social workers and early interventions against gang recruitment thus follow from the plan.

»Kommuners brottsförebyggande arbete ska lagstadgas.« — enshrined municipal responsibility“Municipalities' crime prevention work should be enshrined in law.”

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The plan sees women's crisis centres as an indispensable complement to the public which is needed throughout the country and shall have good and long-term conditions, and wants to shape rules and procurements so that idea-driven actors more often can contribute in welfare. The counter-proposal's demand to develop the centres' activities and produce guidelines for collaboration with municipalities follows from this. The plan moreover wants particularly to support women's and girls' organizing.

»kvinnojourerna är ett omistligt komplement till det offentligas insatser. De behövs i hela landet« — women's crisis centres nationwide“women's crisis centres are an indispensable complement to public efforts. They are needed throughout the country”

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The plan demands that men's violence against women cease and that national support for protected shelters be introduced, thus a state role in what today rests with municipalities. The counter-proposal's requirement to investigate how the state can support and coordinate municipalities' efforts so that women can leave a violent relationship follows directly from that. The plan also wants to expand protection and support for victims and sees women's shelters as an indispensable complement.

»Ett nationellt stöd för skyddade boenden ska införas.« — national support for protected shelters“National support for protected shelters shall be introduced.”

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The plan requires new and differentiated placement forms for children and young people: special youth prisons where young people are kept away from older criminals, more places in special youth homes and an end to queues for emergency detention. The counter-proposal's requirement that new placement forms be developed is therefore precisely what the plan wants. The plan also wants more children being socialized into criminality to be taken into care.

»Vi vill inrätta särskilda fängelser så att unga kriminella både kan få bättre vård under sitt straff och hållas undan äldre brottslingar.« — special youth prisons“We want to establish special prisons so that young criminals can both receive better care during their sentence and be kept away from older criminals.”

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The plan requires that knowledge about honour-based oppression among professionals increases and that everyone gets knowledge of their rights, including through mandatory societal education. It also establishes that the main rule shall be that schools always make a report to authorities when crimes are suspected and that social services shall be able to make more family interventions mandatory. The counter-proposal's demands for mandatory parental education, always reporting and national guidelines thus follow from the plan.

»För att polis och socialtjänst alltid ska få kännedom om barn som är på fel väg i livet ska huvudregeln bli att skolan alltid gör polisanmälan och orosanmälan vid misstänkt brottslighet.« — always report to authorities“So that police and social services always get knowledge of children who are on the wrong path in life, the main rule shall be that schools always make a police report and report to authorities when crimes are suspected.”

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The plan points out that tax can be several kronor higher per hundred kronor in sparsely populated areas than in Stockholm and wants to create more equitable conditions and taxes throughout the country. It also states that municipalities' economic conditions should be equalised for factors they cannot influence and that equalisation should contain incentives for growth. That is precisely what the counter-proposal demands of a tax reform and redesigned equalisation that secures basic services throughout the country.

»Vi vill skapa mer likvärdiga villkor och skatter genom att flytta finansieringsansvaret för bland annat skolan och LSS till staten.« — equitable taxes throughout the country“We want to create more equitable conditions and taxes by transferring the financing responsibility for, among other things, schools and LSS to the state.”

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The plan explicitly states that it should be self-evident to choose your own home care company and care home and that elderly care should be characterised by choice and diversity in supply. The counter-proposal's demand for an investigation into how elderly people's choice in housing and home care can be improved through constitutional amendments follows directly from that commitment. The plan also wants care choice and establishment freedom to prevail throughout the country.

»att själv få välja hemtjänstföretag och äldreboende.« — free choice of home care and housing“to choose your own home care company and care home.”

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The plan explicitly states that all subsidies, including tax concessions and support, for fossil fuels should be abolished as soon as possible and phased out gradually, and that the polluter shall pay. To map environmentally harmful subsidies and develop a phase-out plan is the direct operational form of that commitment. The plan also wants to strengthen biological diversity, which the counter-proposal explicitly aims for.

»Alla subventioner, inklusive skattelättnader och stöd, till fossila bränslen i Sverige, Europa såväl som globalt ska avskaffas så fort som möjligt.« — abolish fossil subsidies“All subsidies, including tax concessions and support, for fossil fuels in Sweden, Europe as well as globally should be abolished as soon as possible.”

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The plan explicitly demands that already-adopted laws with strong impact on personal integrity are regularly evaluated and that all new legislative proposals are analyzed from an integrity perspective. New legislation on camera surveillance is precisely such a law. Setting a time for evaluation does not conflict with the plan's will to simplify camera surveillance, but is the control the plan demands as a counterweight.

»Redan införda lagar med stark påverkan på den personliga integriteten ska regelbundet utvärderas.« — regular evaluation of integrity laws“Already-adopted laws with strong impact on personal integrity shall be regularly evaluated.”

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The election manifesto explicitly requires that expulsion of highly skilled workers come to an end, which is exactly what the counter-proposal wants: the employee shall not be punished when the employer has made a mistake. The plan simultaneously wants more to be done against abuse of the immigration system for workers, which affects stricter sanctions against fraudulent employers. It also wants the individual's opportunities to assert their rights to increase and for legal aid to be strengthened.

»Kompetensutvisningarna av högkvalificerad arbetskraft måste få ett slut.« — stop to expulsions“The expulsion of highly skilled workers must come to an end.”

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The election manifesto explicitly establishes that it shall become simpler and cheaper to hire through reduced employer contributions for small businesses and for those who want to employ young people. The party programme clearly wants to lower tax on jobs and enterprise and facilitate the emergence of jobs with low barriers. The counter-proposal's demand for reduced employer contributions so that more work follows thus precisely the plan's own line.

»Därför vill vi att det ska bli enklare och billigare att anställa genom att arbetsgivaravgifterna sänks för både småföretagare och för dem som vill anställa unga.« — reduced employer contributions“Therefore we want it to become simpler and cheaper to hire through employer contributions being reduced for both small businesses and for those who want to employ young people.”

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The election manifesto requires that SVT, SR and UR receive increased legal protection for their independence from political control, and the party programme that public service financing shall protect the companies' independence. The counter-proposal's requirement for broad, cross-party agreements and that the multi-year financing security is not undermined follow directly from these commitments, since decisions based on a temporary majority are exactly the political control the plan wants to protect against. The plan therefore supports the requirement.

»Därför ska Sveriges Television, Sveriges Radio och Utbildningsradion ha ökat skydd i lagen för sitt oberoende från politisk styrning, och public service-bolagen ska fortsätta ha ett brett programutbud.« — legal protection against political control“Therefore, Sweden's Television, Sweden's Radio and Educational Radio shall have increased legal protection for their independence from political control, and public service companies shall continue to have a broad range of programming.”

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The election manifesto explicitly requires that Sweden strengthens the EU as a free trade union and works for more free trade agreements with the world, and the party programme that the EU completely abolishes tariffs and other trade barriers. The counter-proposal's requirement that the EU actively pursues more agreements, counteracts non-tariff trade barriers, and completes ongoing negotiations is exactly this. That agreements shall protect environment, climate, and rights aligns with climate aspects being integrated in the EU's trade policy.

»verka för fler frihandelsavtal med omvärlden« — more free trade agreements“work for more free trade agreements with the world”

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The election manifesto explicitly establishes that state agencies shall be present in all parts of Sweden, and the party programme that access to state services shall be secured throughout the country. The plan also demands equivalent quality of public services regardless of place of residence and points to functioning public service as a key measure for the whole country. That is precisely what the counter-proposal requests with more service offices and continuous monitoring.

»Vägnätet ska fungera och statliga myndigheter ska finnas närvarande i alla delar av Sverige.« — state presence throughout the country“The road network shall function and state agencies shall be present in all parts of Sweden.”

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The election manifesto requires that police and social services as main rule always shall be able to exchange information with each other, and the party programme that secrecy barriers are removed so that authorities can effectively share information with each other. The counter-proposal's demand that crime-fighting authorities both have the opportunity and obligation to share relevant information with municipalities that procure, for example, HVB follows directly from this. The plan also wants to tackle disreputable actors in welfare, which is precisely the problem in this matter.

»Polis och socialtjänst ska som huvudregel alltid kunna utbyta information sinsemellan och ska oftare dela lokaler.« — mutual information exchange“Police and social services shall as main rule always be able to exchange information with each other and shall more often share premises.”

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The plan explicitly states that already implemented laws with strong impact on personal integrity shall be regularly evaluated and that protection for the individual's integrity shall be strengthened. An opaque regulatory framework for secret coercive measures is exactly such a legislative complex. A comprehensive review is not in conflict with the plan's will to give the police more tools, but answers its requirement for legal security.

»Redan införda lagar med stark påverkan på den personliga integriteten ska regelbundet utvärderas.« — regular evaluation of integrity laws“Already implemented laws with strong impact on personal integrity shall be regularly evaluated.”

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The party programme explicitly states that childcare shall be offered at inconvenient working hours to families that need it because of their work and their family situation – that is, a right connected to need, not to the municipality's will. The plan also emphasizes that access to childcare is central for both women and men to be able to work and that single parents have it particularly difficult. The counter-proposal's demand that the legislation be reviewed is therefore substantively supported.

»Barnomsorg ska erbjudas på obekväm arbetstid till de familjer som behöver det på grund av sitt« — care at inconvenient hours“Childcare shall be offered at inconvenient working hours to families that need it because of their”

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The election manifesto requires a new daily allowance for work-capable persons with a clear requirement for reciprocal effort, and the party programme that maintenance allowance shall lead back to self-support where demands on the individual are combined with measures. The counter-proposal's demand that social services be able to require active rehabilitative measures to grant maintenance allowance is exactly this. The plan also speaks of reduced maintenance allowance for those who refrain from learning Swedish.

»Vi vill införa en ny dagersättning för arbetsföra personer med ett tydligt krav på motprestation i form av anvisat arbete, språkutbildning eller annan kompetenshöjande verksamhet.« — requirement for reciprocal effort“We want to introduce a new daily allowance for work-capable persons with a clear requirement for reciprocal effort in the form of assigned work, language training or other skills development activities.”

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The election manifesto explicitly demands that the job bonus is strengthened so that the person who goes from social support to work gets to keep more of their income increase – exactly what the counter-proposal wants to have investigated urgently. The plan is based on that it shall always pay to work and that social support shall be a help onwards, not a dead end, and the party programme wants to lower marginal effects. The plan therefore supports the demand.

»Samtidigt ska dagens jobbonus förstärkas så att den som går från försörjningsstöd till arbete får behålla mer av sin inkomstökning.« — keep more upon transition to work“At the same time, today's job bonus shall be strengthened so that the person who goes from social support to work gets to keep more of their income increase.”

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The election manifesto makes foreign-born women's establishment its own point and demands reforms of parental insurance, large-family allowance and a more individualized support for self-provision so that more come into work – thus both increased efforts and individualization rather than removed compensation. The counter-proposal's demand for more places in labour market education and workplace-based efforts as well as individualization of establishment allowance is in line with this. The plan is at the same time clear with the requirement for own self-provision, which qualifies but does not abolish the support.

»Fler utrikes födda kvinnor ska komma i arbete genom reformer av föräldraförsäkringen och flerbarnstillägget och ett mer individualiserat försörjningsstöd.« — individualized compensation“More foreign-born women shall come into work through reforms of parental insurance and large-family allowance and a more individualized support for self-provision.”

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The party programme establishes that all municipalities shall be able to receive newly arrived and that newly arrived shall have conditions and incentives to live in municipalities with good labor markets – precisely what the counter-proposal wishes to protect when it warns that municipalities get to opt out of receiving. The same segregation argument carries the plan's demand that asylum seekers' own housing be abolished. The plan therefore supports keeping distribution criteria that steer toward municipalities with good settlement conditions.

»Alla kommuner ska kunna ta emot nyanlända.« — all municipalities receive“All municipalities shall be able to receive newly arrived.”

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The party programme establishes that the rules for debt relief should be changed so that over-indebted persons get greater opportunity to become debt-free, which is precisely the direction of the counter-proposal's requirement for a shorter repayment plan with payment-free months. This is linked to the plan's fundamental idea that the individual gets new chances throughout life and that those in debt should have access to budget and debt advice. The plan does not specify the number of years, but the direction is unambiguous.

»Reglerna för skuldsanering ska ändras så att överskuldsatta får större möjlighet att bli skuldfria.« — easier to become debt-free“Rules for debt relief should be changed so that over-indebted persons get greater opportunity to become debt-free.”

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The party programme explicitly says that there shall be drives for students to graduate with normal or higher study pace, for example through the introduction of a graduation bonus. The counter-proposal's requirement to investigate an examination premium system is in substance exactly this commitment. The plan moreover wishes to facilitate faster completion through a three-term system and intensive courses.

»normal eller högre studietakt, exempelvis genom införandet av en examensbonus.« — graduation bonus“normal or higher study pace, for example through the introduction of a graduation bonus.”

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The party programme explicitly establishes that Swedish drug policy shall be investigated in its entirety, with reference to Sweden's high drug-related mortality, and that policy shall be based on a harm-reduction principle. The counter-proposal's demand for a fundamental review with focus on harm reduction is thus precisely the plan's line, as is the demand for scientifically-based measures. The plan's zero tolerance towards drugs in the handling chain does not stand in the way of this.

»den svenska narkotikapolitiken utreds i sin helhet.« — comprehensive review of drug policy“Swedish drug policy is investigated in its entirety.”

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The party programme explicitly establishes that the requirement for meal service for alcohol service at restaurants shall be removed, which is exactly what the counter-proposal requests. The relief occurs within an otherwise restrictive alcohol policy where the state retail monopoly is kept and complemented with regulated licensed stores, so it applies to the serving sector and not to total consumption. The plan thus supports the counter-proposal's demand in substance.

»Krav på matservering för alkoholservering på restaurang ska tas bort.« — removed meal service requirement“Requirement for meal service for alcohol service at restaurants shall be removed.”

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The party programme explicitly states that asylum seekers' possibility of own accommodation shall be abolished to prevent overcrowding and segregation. The counter-proposal's demand for clearer abolition with exceptions only in special cases is thus precisely the plan's line, whereas a change that in practice lets half stay in own accommodation does not reach the plan's goal. The plan also binds itself to that Sweden in 2030 shall not have a single vulnerable area and that all municipalities shall be able to receive newly arrived.

»För att motverka trångboddhet och segregation ska asylsökandes möjlighet till eget boende (EBO)« — EBO shall be abolished“In order to prevent overcrowding and segregation asylum seekers' possibility of own accommodation (EBO)”

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The party programme establishes that protection for the individual's integrity should be strengthened and that the individual should have extensive opportunities to gain insight into how their personal data is handled by private companies, with an expressed need for increased awareness of companies' storage of personal data online and in customer databases. It is in substance precisely what the counter-proposal requires regarding digital marketing. The plan also requires that laws with major impact on integrity are regularly evaluated, which argues against settling for existing regulation.

»Den enskilde ska ha vidsträckta möjligheter att få insyn i hur de egna personuppgifterna hanteras« — insight into personal data handling“The individual should have extensive opportunities to gain insight into how their personal data is handled”

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The party programme establishes that the public shall only conduct business if there is a strong public interest, that the state shall not own airlines, banks and telephone companies and that public activity shall not crowd out functioning private alternatives. A review of the company portfolio in order to identify companies that can be divested is precisely the examination the plan presupposes. The plan gives no support for keeping state ownership that does not rest on a strong public interest.

»Det offentliga ska endast driva affärsverksamhet om det finns ett starkt samhällsintresse.« — only where there is strong public interest“The public sector shall only conduct business if there is a strong public interest.”

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The election manifesto establishes that police and social services as a main rule shall always be able to exchange information between themselves, and the party programme that secrecy barriers shall be removed so that information can be shared more smoothly between authorities. The counter-proposal's demand for a thorough review of secrecy legislation and amendments to the Public Access to Information and Secrecy Act is in substance precisely this. The plan also emphasizes that crime prevention work presupposes that authorities can effectively share information.

»Polis och socialtjänst ska som huvudregel alltid kunna utbyta information sinsemellan och ska oftare dela lokaler.« — information exchange police and social services“Police and social services shall as a main rule always be able to exchange information with each other and shall more often share premises.”

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The party programme explicitly says that women's situation in war and importance for peace shall be made visible, and that a gender-equality perspective shall be integrated into all relevant public decisions. The counter-proposal's demand that the agenda for women, peace and security shall permeate the Swedish contribution is in substance precisely this commitment. The party describes itself as feminist and pursues gender equality also as part of foreign policy.

»Kvinnors situation i krig och betydelse för fred ska synliggöras.« — women, peace and security“Women's situation in war and importance for peace shall be made visible.”

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The party programme explicitly states that sickness insurance shall provide economic security for both short-term and chronic illness and be linked to support and rehabilitation to facilitate return to work. That is substantially the goal formulation the counter-proposal wants to write into the law. The plan's work line, that it should always be worthwhile to work, points in the same direction.

»Sjukförsäkringen ska ge ekonomisk trygghet vid både kortvarig och kronisk sjukdom« — security in illness“Sickness insurance shall provide economic security for both short-term and chronic illness”

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The election manifesto explicitly promises that Ukraine shall be given increased economic, political and military support and that Sweden shall wholeheartedly support Russia's war of aggression on Ukraine ending in complete Russian military retreat. The counter-proposal's requirement for continued and increasing support in cooperation with the EU and Nato is thus precisely what the plan commits to. The plan also drives for broad sanctions coalitions and a fast track for Ukrainian EU membership.

»En ny regering ska vara garanten för att Ukraina ges ökat ekonomiskt, politiskt och militärt stöd.« — increased support to Ukraine“A new government shall be the guarantor that Ukraine is given increased economic, political and military support.”

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The plan establishes that more civilian and military peace operations are needed and that more Swedes should be made available for operations under the UN's, EU's or NATO's auspices. That is exactly what the counter-proposal wants to establish. The plan's value-driven foreign policy points in the same direction; the requirement for an international legal mandate is addressed more indirectly.

»svenskar bör ställas till förfogande för internationella insatser i FN:s, EU:s eller Natos regi.« — Swedish participation in peace operations“Swedes should be made available for international operations under the UN's, EU's or NATO's auspices.”

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The party programme establishes that witnesses shall have the right to effective protection and makes support for crime victims a main task for the justice system and social services. The requirement for further measures to protect all witnesses and their relatives in gang environments follows directly from that commitment, particularly given the manifesto's statement that too few gang crimes lead to convictions. The plan, however, says nothing about ongoing work being sufficient.

»Vittnen ska ha rätt till ett effektivt skydd« — effective witness protection“Witnesses shall have the right to effective protection”

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The party programme explicitly says that perpetrators in close relationships can be imposed comprehensive restrictions in geographical freedom of movement, and the election manifesto wants both to increase capacity to act against violence against women and test residence bans. An expanded contact ban that can cover an entire municipality is precisely such a geographic restriction to protect the violence-exposed person. The plan gives protection of the victim priority over the perpetrator's freedom of movement.

»Förövarna ska genomgå behandling samt kunna åläggas omfattande begränsningar i den« — geographic restrictions for perpetrators“Perpetrators shall undergo treatment and can be imposed comprehensive restrictions in”

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The plan explicitly requires that criminalization be broadened to expressions of honour thinking such as virginity checks. A prohibition for healthcare workers to participate in virginity checks and a strengthening of the legislation are thereby exactly what the plan wants. The plan also establishes that crimes shall never be relativized by reference to honour concepts and that parallel justice systems shall never be accepted.

»straffen för hedersrelaterade brott skärpas och kriminaliseringen breddas till uttryck för hederstänkande såsom oskuldskontroller och uppfostringsresor.« — criminalize virginity checks“penalties for honour-related crimes are increased and criminalization is broadened to expressions of honour thinking such as virginity checks and disciplinary trips.”

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The election manifesto explicitly promises to stop secret financing of religious communities and strengthen monitoring of grants so that communities do not become tools for extremist forces. The counter-proposal's demand to promptly appoint an investigation on prohibiting foreign financing of Islamist and extremist actors, with tightened regulations and supervision, is precisely what the plan calls for. The party programme furthermore establishes that no tax funds shall go to anti-democratic activities.

»Vi vill både stärka uppföljningen av bidragsgivning och stoppa dold finansiering av trossamfund så att de inte blir verktyg för extremistiska krafter.« — stop secret financing of religious communities“We wish both to strengthen monitoring of grants and stop secret financing of religious communities so that they do not become tools for extremist forces.”

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The plan wants to protect social workers from persecution through a new crime, make youth crime a mandatory educational component of social work training and introduce a specialization for social workers, and improve wage careers in qualified female-dominated professions. A package for social services personnel focused on safety, competence and career opportunities is therefore precisely what the plan requires.

»Socialsekreterare och andra offentliganställda ska skyddas mot förföljelse och utsatthet genom att ett nytt brott – tjänstemannaförföljelse – införs.« — protection for social workers“Social workers and other public employees shall be protected against persecution and exposure through a new crime—official persecution.”

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The plan requires that primary care's role be strengthened and that everyone has the right to a fixed doctor at the health centre, and that the state takes greater responsibility for healthcare's strategic planning and long-term competence provision. A national primary care reform with long-term financing and regional plans for more fixed doctor contacts is thus precisely the plan's line, as is strengthened preventive work.

»Du ska ha rätt till en fast läkare på din vårdcentral som har tid för – och som lär känna – just dig.« — right to fixed doctor“You shall have the right to a fixed doctor at your health centre who has time for – and who knows – just you.”

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The plan wishes to introduce legal protection against conversion therapy and establishes that no tax money shall go to activities that work against fundamental democratic values. That all conversion therapy, regardless of the victim's age, shall violate the democracy requirement and can justify rejection of government grants follows directly from these commitments. The plan also wishes to tighten monitoring of grants to religious communities.

»Hbtqi-kompetensen i vård, skola och omsorg ska stärkas och ett lagskydd mot omvändelseterapi ska införas.« — legal protection against conversion therapy“LGBTQ+ competence in healthcare, school and care shall be strengthened and legal protection against conversion therapy shall be introduced.”

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The election manifesto explicitly states that special initiatives are needed to strengthen maternal and childbirth care throughout Sweden, and that the state shall take greater responsibility for healthcare's strategic planning. The counter-proposal's requirement that the state investigates regions' conditions for childbirth care and support after childbirth follows directly from that commitment. The plan also speaks against the committee's reasoning, as it wants to shift responsibility upwards rather than leave the issue to healthcare providers.

»Särskilda initiativ krävs för att mödra- och förlossningsvården ska stärkas i hela Sverige.« — strengthened childbirth care“Special initiatives are needed to strengthen maternal and childbirth care throughout Sweden.”

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The plan particularly points out that care opportunities for rare diagnoses shall be improved through expanded national coordination, and that public services for children with disabilities shall be designed so they provide good conditions for the whole family. Targeted support measures to families struck by rare illnesses are therefore what the plan requires. The plan furthermore wants to improve support to relatives.

»vårdmöjligheterna för sällsynta diagnoser« — care for rare diagnoses“care opportunities for rare diagnoses”

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The plan requires that consumers have access to budgeting and debt advice throughout the country and that consumer and contract legislation improves, which is preventive work against indebtedness. It also wants debt settlement to be changed so that over-indebted people more easily become debt-free. Strengthening the preventive work with concrete proposals therefore follows directly from the plan, which simultaneously sees maintenance support as a path back to self-sufficiency.

»Konsumenter ska ha tillgång till budget- och skuldrådgivning och opartisk« — debt advice throughout the country“Consumers shall have access to budgeting and debt advice and impartial”

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The plan requires that already enacted laws with strong impact on personal privacy are regularly evaluated and that all new legislative proposals are analysed from a privacy perspective. A broad investigation of all preventive and secret coercive measures and their privacy consequences is precisely such an evaluation. The plan also wants oversight of authorities' exercise of power against individuals to be developed.

»påverkan på den personliga integriteten ska regelbundet utvärderas.« — regular evaluation of privacy laws“impact on personal privacy shall be regularly evaluated.”

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The plan requires that a gender equality perspective be integrated into all relevant public decisions and sees the difference in economic power between women and men as a central gender equality issue. A gender equality and distribution analysis of the tapering rules' effects is precisely such an integration. Making the analysis does not change the plan's own line that compensation should be tapered stepwise.

»jämställdhetsperspektiv ska integreras i alla relevanta offentliga beslut.« — gender equality perspective in all decisions“gender equality perspective should be integrated into all relevant public decisions.”

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The plan explicitly states that defence of democracy, even far beyond Europe's borders, shall always form the foundation for Sweden's foreign policy, and that Sweden shall do much more for freedoms and rights, free elections and cooperation in the free world. A statement that foreign policy needs to be more active and global, not solely focused on Europe and the near-abroad, is thus precisely the plan's line. The plan also wishes aid to amount to one per cent of GNI.

»Och vi är rösten för att försvaret av demokratin – även långt bortom Europas gränser – alltid ska utgöra grunden för Sveriges och EU:s utrikespolitik.« — global democracy defence as foundation“And we are the voice for defence of democracy—even far beyond Europe's borders—always to form the foundation for Sweden's and the EU's foreign policy.”

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The plan explicitly states that the state shall have overall responsibility for personal assistance and that equivalence in assessments shall be improved. The counter-proposal's requirement to implement a state-run main role is therefore precisely what the plan requires. The plan also wants to transfer financing responsibility for LSS to the state and deal with unprofessional providers within assistance.

»ha det samlade huvudmannaskapet för den personliga assistansen.« — state main responsibility for assistance“have overall responsibility for personal assistance.”

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The plan establishes that the deficiencies in today's personal assistance allowance are so serious that a crisis commission is needed, and that fewer and fewer people have been granted personal assistance since 2014. The party programme requires that the personal right to assistance is protected in law and that consistency in assessments is improved. The counter-proposal's demands for prompt action against the deterioration and a review of the regulations lie directly in line with this.

»Bristerna i dagens assistansersättning – vårt viktigaste stöd till många med funktionsnedsättning – är så allvarliga att det krävs en kriskommission.« — crisis commission for personal assistance“The deficiencies in today's personal assistance allowance – our most important support for many people with disabilities – are so serious that a crisis commission is needed.”

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The plan explicitly requires that chemical legislation is tightened and that particular consideration is given to children's and young people's sensitivity and to the combined effect when several chemicals interact, with the precautionary principle as foundation. It also wants use of the most dangerous chemicals to end. The counter-proposal's demand to actively drive legislation against endocrine-disrupting substances is precisely this commitment translated into action.

»kemikalielagstiftningen behöver skärpas, och särskild hänsyn tas till barn och ungas känslighet« — tightened chemical legislation“chemical legislation needs to be tightened, and particular consideration given to children's and young people's sensitivity”

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The plan requires increased action against violence against women with better protection and support for victims and new national support for secure housing. The party programme also stipulates that women's shelters are an indispensable complement needed throughout the country and shall have good and long-term conditions, and that victim support is a main task for social services. The counter-proposal's requirements for standardized procedures, review of the shelters, and clearer financial support for protected persons directly follow from these commitments.

»Vi vill se en ökad handlingskraft mot sexuellt våld och våld mot kvinnor genom bland annat högre straff för sexualbrott och ett bättre skydd och stöd för offren. Ett nationellt stöd för skyddade boenden ska införas.« — national support for secure housing“We want to see increased action against sexual violence and violence against women through, among other things, higher penalties for sexual crimes and better protection and support for victims. National support for secure housing shall be introduced.”

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The plan explicitly requires that European chemical legislation be tightened with special regard to children's and young people's sensitivity and to the combined effect when several chemicals interact. That is exactly what the counter-proposal requests: faster and more ambitious tightening, a children's perspective and consideration of combination effects. The plan also bases chemical policy on the precautionary principle and sees the EU as the most important instrument.

»kemikalielagstiftningen behöver skärpas, och särskild hänsyn tas till barn och ungas känslighet« — tightened EU chemical legislation“chemical legislation needs to be tightened, and special regard is given to children's and young people's sensitivity”

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The plan explicitly promises to improve civil society's financing through broader tax deductions for donations, and the party programme stipulates that there shall be a right of deduction for donations from both individuals and legal entities. The counter-proposal's requirement for a raised ceiling and broadened general purposes is exactly the expansion the plan promises. The commitment is explicit and the position therefore certain.

»Vi vill fortsätta förbättra civilsamhällets finansiering genom både bredare skatteavdrag för gåvor och långsiktiga statsbidrag.« — broader donation tax deductions“We want to continue improving civil society's financing through both broader tax deductions for donations and long-term state grants.”

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The plan explicitly demands expanded vocational higher education with high quality and supplementary vocational education in shortage occupations, and that education that holds the highest quality is expanded. The counter-proposal's demands for more places, long-term financing and strengthened cooperation with working life directly answer this. The plan also emphasises that the opportunity to learn a new trade in mid-life must be improved substantially.

»kompletterande yrkesutbildningar i bristyrken samt en utbyggd yrkeshögskola med hög kvalitet.« — expanded vocational higher education“supplementary vocational education in shortage occupations and an expanded vocational higher education with high quality.”

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The plan requires net zero by 2045 at the latest, that dependence on fossil fuels is broken throughout the transport sector and that electricity demand is doubled, which requires several new reactors. To broaden the target from pure electricity production to a fully fossil-free energy system with continued significant nuclear power and doubled production is precisely the direction the plan indicates. The counter-proposal's substantive requirements are thus supported.

»Klimatomställningen kräver dubbelt så mycket el som i dag. Då kan vi inte avveckla kärnkraften.« — doubled electricity demand and nuclear power“Climate transition requires twice as much electricity as today. Then we cannot phase out nuclear power.”

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The plan explicitly requires that more flights shall be made fossil-free and that fossil emissions from the transport sector shall go away, with technical development as a central part of the solution. The counter-proposal's target of fossil-freedom for aviation from Swedish airports and investments in sustainable aviation fuel respond to this. The plan's reservation about bioenergy coming primarily from waste and land with minor nature values is a qualification.

»Fler flygresor ska göras fossilfria och all kollektivtrafik på väg och spår ska vara fossilfri senast 2030.« — fossil-free aviation“More flights shall be made fossil-free and all public transport on road and rail shall be fossil-free by 2030.”

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The plan requires that the regulatory burden on small businesses is reduced through efforts at the European level as well and that public decisions are analysed from a small business perspective. This is exactly what the counter-proposal requests: an impact analysis of the new reporting requirements for smaller businesses and active work against increased requirements in the EU. The plan's view on women's underrepresentation in business leadership is a refinement, but its tool is the public sector's own example.

»europeisk nivå, och offentliga beslut analyseras ur småföretagarperspektiv.« — decisions assessed from a small business perspective“European level, and public decisions are analysed from a small business perspective.”

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The plan requires that financing responsibility for the school is moved to the state and that a state school allowance provides equivalent conditions throughout the country, because every student has the right to equivalent preconditions regardless of where the student lives. The counter-proposal's demand for greater state financing responsibility and equivalent preconditions for principals in different parts of the country directly responds to this. The plan also requires evaluation to measure results and provide support in time.

»I ett första steg kommer vi att införa en statlig skolpeng som ger likvärdiga villkor i hela landet och ha statliga skolakuter som kan ta över de skolor som inte fungerar.« — state school allowance“In a first step we will introduce a state school allowance that provides equivalent conditions throughout the country and have state school emergency services that can take over schools that do not function.”

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The plan requires that the asylum process is changed to live up to international law commitments and that special consideration is given to children's own asylum grounds, with unaccompanied children specially protected. The counter-proposal's requirements for child-adapted investigation units, children's right to be heard and shorter processing time for children are precisely the strengthening of child rights perspective the plan calls for. The substantive requirement is therefore supported.

»hänsyn ska tas till barns egna asylskäl, och ensamkommande barn ska särskilt värnas.« — children's own asylum grounds“consideration shall be given to children's own asylum grounds, and unaccompanied children shall be specially protected.”

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The plan establishes that those without papers are not without rights and that undocumented persons as long as they are here should have access to schooling and healthcare and be protected against exploitation. An information requirement that forces school and healthcare staff to report them undermines precisely that access. The counter-proposal's requirement to reject the information requirement is therefore supported, even though the plan simultaneously wants those without asylum grounds to leave the country.

»Att vara papperslös är inte att vara rättslös.« — undocumented persons have rights“Being without papers is not being without rights.”

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The plan explicitly states that landlords shall always have a responsibility to warn the social services when there is a risk of eviction, and that preventive work against evictions, particularly of families with children, needs to be strengthened. The counter-proposal's demand to maintain correction notice and notification to the social welfare board when minor children risk being evicted is the same commitment in substance. The substantive requirement is therefore supported.

»alltid ha som ansvar att förvarna socialtjänsten när det uppstår risk för vräkning.« — social services shall be warned before eviction“always have a responsibility to warn the social services when there is a risk of eviction.”

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The plan explicitly requires that subsidies and tax allowances for fossil fuels shall be abolished in Sweden as well as globally, and that climate aspects shall be integrated in trade policy. It also wants a time-bound plan to wind down coal and gas use. The counter-proposal's requirement for sharper requirements against fossil exploitation and an international subsidy ban is therefore directly supported.

»Subventioner, inklusive skattelättnader och stöd, till fossila bränslen i Sverige såväl som globalt ska successivt avskaffas.« — abolish fossil fuel subsidies globally“Subsidies, including tax allowances and support, for fossil fuels in Sweden as well as globally shall gradually be abolished.”

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The plan requires that fossil emissions from the transport sector are eliminated, that more fossil-free electricity is built throughout the country and that the power system and transmission are expanded. The counter-proposal's requirement for rapidly scaled-up electrification and rapid expansion of fossil-free electricity and power grid thus responds to the plan's commitments. That the counter-proposal particularly points to wind power is a partly different prioritisation from the plan's nuclear line, but the substantive requirement is supported.

»Ska vi få ner elpriserna krävs att vi bygger inte bara kärnkraft utan också mer sol- och vindkraft i hela landet, investerar i kraftsystemet och satsar på energilagring.« — more fossil-free electricity and power system“To bring down electricity prices we need to build not just nuclear power but also more solar and wind power throughout the country, invest in the power system and invest in energy storage.”

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The plan explicitly states that the state, if needed, shall co-finance the expansion of IT capacity outside cities and in sparsely populated areas, precisely to compensate for the high expansion costs there. It also requires that all regions be assigned a digital accessibility that is at least as good as the physical. The counter-proposal's requirement for state financial responsibility for broadband and technology for remote care in sparsely populated areas is thus directly supported.

»utbyggnadskostnader i dessa områden, ska staten vid behov medfinansiera denna utbyggnad.« — the state co-finances IT in sparsely populated areas“expansion costs in these areas, the state shall, if needed, co-finance this expansion.”

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The party programme explicitly establishes that well-functioning school libraries under the leadership of trained librarians are crucial, which is exactly the counter-proposal's requirement for staffing and library-trained personnel. The plan prioritizes reading in all stages of school and gives libraries a central role for everyone's access to literature. The election manifesto's requirement for a private school law that stops short-term profits from coming before students' knowledge also supports a legally regulated minimum level.

»Väl fungerande skolbibliotek under ledning av utbildade bibliotekarier är avgörande.« — staffed school libraries“Well-functioning school libraries under the leadership of trained librarians are crucial.”

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The plan establishes that teaching quality is maintained with the help of teacher certification and also wants to introduce requirements for subject competence to award grades, which argues for removing exceptions to the competence requirement. The demand for more colleagues with other competence has explicit support in that a good working environment is created through support staff who handle administration and planning. The election manifesto promises that teachers shall be relieved to be able to be teachers.

»Läraryrkets ställning och kvalitet upprätthålls med hjälp av lärarlegitimationen.« — teacher certification maintains quality“Teaching quality is maintained with the help of teacher certification.”

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The plan explicitly requires that the School Act clarifies that it is the teacher and not anyone else who determines how teaching is structured, and that teachers are relieved of other duties so they can be teachers. The counter-proposal's requirement for trust in teachers' professional expertise instead of detailed control of daily classroom work is the same thing in substance. The plan also talks about the teacher's central role for pupils' results.

»tydliggöra i skollaget att det är läraren – inte eleverna – som ska bestämma över undervisningens upplägg« — the teacher controls teaching“clarify in the School Act that it is the teacher – not the pupils – who shall determine how teaching is structured”

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The election manifesto explicitly requires that Sweden does much more, both individually and in international cooperation, for freedom and rights and free choice, which is precisely the sharpening the counter-proposal seeks. The party programme makes Sweden a crystal-clear voice for freedom of expression and press freedom internationally and wants to defend free information flow. The requirement for clear rules for social media has support in that access to the entire internet shall be recognized as a human right.

»Därför vill vi att Sverige gör mycket mer, både som enskilt land och inom internationella samarbeten, för fri- och rättigheter, frihandel, fria val och samarbete i den fria världen.« — Sweden shall do much more“Therefore we want Sweden to do much more, both as a single country and within international cooperation, for freedom and rights, free trade, free choice and cooperation in the free world.”

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The party programme explicitly states that the opportunity for camera surveillance in public places shall be simplified and that municipalities in particularly vulnerable areas as a general rule should always be able to set up camera surveillance. That is precisely what the counter-proposal wants to achieve by abolishing the permit requirement. The plan assumes at the same time that clear rules on supervision and responsibility remain, which the counter-proposal also does.

»Möjligheten till kamerabevakning på offentlig plats ska förenklas.« — simplified camera surveillance“The opportunity for camera surveillance in public places shall be simplified.”

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The election manifesto explicitly establishes that state authorities shall be present in all parts of Sweden, and the party programme that access to state service shall be secured across the country. That is precisely what the counter-proposal demands through continued relocation and more local service offices. The plan also links a functioning public service to the prerequisites for business and growth across the country.

»Vägnätet ska fungera och statliga myndigheter ska finnas närvarande i alla delar av Sverige.« — state presence across the country“The road network shall function and state authorities shall be present in all parts of Sweden.”

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The election manifesto requires that the state with force combats all kinds of racism and intolerance, modernizes the discrimination act and prioritizes police hate crime work, which is precisely what the counter-proposal wants investigated for the Jewish group. The party programme moreover establishes that Jews' position as a national minority shall be maintained and that minority language and cultural offerings shall be supported. The demand that Jewish life be facilitated throughout the country therefore lies in line with the plan.

»Därför ska staten med kraft bekämpa all slags rasism, diskriminering och intolerans. Vi vill modernisera diskrimineringslagen, prioritera polisens hatbrottsverksamhet och säkerställa att alla skolor står upp för alla människors lika värde.« — combat racism and hate crime“Therefore the state shall with force combat all kinds of racism, discrimination and intolerance. We want to modernize the discrimination act, prioritize police hate crime work and ensure that all schools stand up for all people's equal worth.”

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The election manifesto establishes that civil society is not a complement to but a prerequisite for democracy and that its financing shall be improved through long-term state grants, which is precisely what the counter-proposal wants to investigate in integration work. The plan furthermore wants the democratic civil society in disadvantaged areas to be supported more and that regulations are designed so that idea-driven actors more often can contribute. The counter-proposal's demands thus lie directly in the plan's line.

»Det demokratiska civilsamhället i utsatta områden ska stödjas mer – särskilt kvinnors och flickors organisering.« — more support for civil society“The democratic civil society in disadvantaged areas shall be supported more – especially women's and girls' organization.”

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The election manifesto establishes that the defence of democracy, even far beyond Europe's borders, shall always form the basis for Sweden's and the EU's foreign policy, which is exactly the direction the counter-proposal wants to give the EU's joint policy. The plan moreover wants to see closer European cooperation against internal and external threats and builds security policy on cooperation with other democracies. The EU is pointed out as the foremost forum for Swedish foreign and security policy.

»Och vi är rösten för att försvaret av demokratin – även långt bortom Europas gränser – alltid ska utgöra grunden för Sveriges och EU:s utrikespolitik.« — democracy defence as basis“And we are the voice for that the defence of democracy – even far beyond Europe's borders – shall always form the basis for Sweden's and the EU's foreign policy.”

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The election manifesto establishes that Sweden must be driving for as comprehensive a sanctions regime against Russia as possible and guarantee that Ukraine receives increased economic, political and military support. This is exactly what the counter-proposal demands through maintained sanctions against decision-makers and oligarchs, use of frozen assets for reconstruction and listing of Russian military companies. The plan furthermore demands complete Russian military withdrawal.

»Sverige ska vara pådrivande för att så breda globala koalitioner som möjligt bygger ut en så heltäckande sanktionsregim mot Ryssland som möjligt.« — comprehensive sanctions regime“Sweden must be driving for as broad global coalitions as possible to build as comprehensive a sanctions regime against Russia as possible.”

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The election manifesto wants to offer more flexible forms for Swedish teaching, explicitly in combination with open preschool, which is the same thing as the counter-proposal's demand to be able to learn Swedish during parental leave. The plan also demands good opportunities to validate formal and informal qualifications and that immigrants' competence is better utilized, which responds to capturing profession-specific obstacles. Targeted establishment measures thus lie in the plan's line.

»erbjuda fler flexibla former för undervisning, exempelvis i kombination med öppna förskolan« — flexible Swedish teaching“offer more flexible forms of teaching, for example in combination with open preschool”

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The party programme establishes that the care guarantee shall cover the entire care chain, from diagnostics and examinations to follow-up visits and rehabilitation, which is precisely the direction the counter-proposal wants to establish. The plan moreover requires that the guarantee is designed with consideration for patients with special needs and that power is shifted to patients. The requirement for assistive devices has support in the commitment to equal assistive device conditions throughout the country.

»Vårdgarantin ska omfatta hela vårdkedjan, från diagnostik och undersökningar till återbesök och rehabilitering.« — care guarantee for entire care chain“The care guarantee shall cover the entire care chain, from diagnostics and examinations to follow-up visits and rehabilitation.”

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The election manifesto establishes that Swedish aid shall reach one percent of GNI, which is exactly what the counter-proposal demands and what the committee's decoupling from GNI abandons. The plan also makes democracy the overarching goal of development aid and prioritizes support to democratizing forces and institution-building. The commitment that Sweden shall support democracy forces in the world's dictatorships speaks against too narrow a focus on the neighbouring region.

»Därför vill vi att det svenska biståndet ska uppnå till en procent av BNI.« — one percent target in aid“Therefore we want Swedish aid to reach one percent of GNI.”

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The party programme explicitly says everyone has the right to clean water, that drinking water supply must be secured and that more surface and groundwater sources shall be given protection, which is precisely what the counter-proposal demands. The plan also demands strong protection for lakes and watercourses with high nature values and continued measures against pollution in water. Further measures for drinking water sources are thereby in line with the plan.

»Alla har rätt till rent vatten. Dricksvattenförsörjningen måste säkras och fler yt- och grundvattentäkter ges skydd.« — protect drinking water sources“Everyone has the right to clean water. Drinking water supply must be secured and more surface and groundwater sources be given protection.”

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The party programme requires that the Health and Medical Services Act establishes the individual's right to choose a healthcare provider even if it means treatment in another location or in another region, which is the core of the counter-proposal's requirement that the healthcare-seeking system be opened for the patients themselves. The plan further requires that patient information be developed online so that comparisons between healthcare providers and regions are facilitated. The right to information about where treatment can be given is an explicit commitment.

»Hälso- och sjukvårdslagen ska fastslå individens rätt att välja mellan olika offentliga eller privata vårdgivare, även om detta betyder behandling på annan ort, i annan region eller i annat EU-land.« — right to choose care in another region“The Health and Medical Services Act shall establish the individual's right to choose between different public or private healthcare providers, even if this means treatment in another location, in another region or in another EU country.”

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The election manifesto explicitly promises that support for victims of honour-based abuse shall be expanded, that knowledge among professionals shall increase and that criminalization shall be extended to educational journeys, that is, children taken abroad. That speaks for increased efforts for abducted children and for scrutiny of social services' conditions for implementing the legislation. The plan also establishes that crime shall never be relativized by reference to concepts of honour.

»Samtidigt ska stöden till offren byggas ut, kunskapen hos yrkesverksamma öka, straffen för hedersrelaterade brott skärpas och kriminaliseringen breddas till uttryck för hederstänkande såsom oskuldskontroller och uppfostringsresor.« — expanded support against honour-based abuse“At the same time, support for victims shall be expanded, knowledge among professionals shall increase, penalties for honour-based crimes shall be strengthened and criminalization shall be extended to expressions of honour thinking such as virginity checks and educational journeys.”

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The election manifesto explicitly states that the number of employees and conscripts in the military organization should increase as part of a significantly stronger defence, which is exactly what the counter-proposal seeks to achieve through better conditions for officers, soldiers and sailors. The plan also wants more armed personnel to undergo military basic training, which supports a larger home guard. The requirement for equality in recruitment has support in the plan's line on gender-neutral conscription.

»Antalet anställda och värnpliktiga i krigsorganisationen ska öka, ny materiel tillföras och det civila försvaret stärkas i samma takt som det militära.« — more employees and conscripts“The number of employees and conscripts in the military organization shall increase, new equipment be supplied and the civil defence be strengthened at the same rate as the military.”

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The election manifesto wants to reform the shoreline-protection rule so that it becomes easier to build near the shore in rural areas while protection is maintained where ecosystems are sensitive and building pressure is high. The party programme wants to decentralise the shoreline-protection rule but keep strict protection at very high development pressure, while the public's access to beaches is valued. The counter-proposal's combination of easings and tightenings is exactly this balance.

»samtidigt som strandskyddet reformeras så att det blir enklare att bygga strandnära på landsbygden medan skyddet upprätthålls där det finns känsliga ekosystem och högt tryck på byggande« — reformed shoreline protection“while the shoreline-protection rule is reformed so that it becomes easier to build near the shore in rural areas while protection is maintained where there are sensitive ecosystems and high building pressure”

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The election manifesto explicitly promises to increase teacher-led instruction in higher education and to sharpen evaluation. The party programme wants high quality to give increased resources and for resource allocation not to reward throughput alone, and that good higher education shall exist throughout the country. The counter-proposal's review of teacher-led time where it is lowest is thus the plan's own line.

»Vi vill öka den lärarledda undervisningen, skärpa utvärderingen och bygga ut de utbildningar och lärosäten som håller högst kvalitet.« — more teacher-led instruction“We want to increase teacher-led instruction, sharpen evaluation and develop the educations and institutions that hold the highest quality.”

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The party programme establishes that publicly financed activities shall be subject to the same rules on confidentiality and source protection regardless of whether they are conducted in public or private form, and that this is especially important in schools. The principle of public access is described as fundamental to democracy and scrutiny. The counter-proposal's demand for transparency in independent schools is thus the plan's own line, and also facilitates school choice.

»ska omfattas av samma regler om sekretess och meddelarskydd oavsett om den bedrivs i allmän« — same rules regardless of form“shall be subject to the same rules on confidentiality and source protection regardless of whether they are conducted in public”

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The election manifesto establishes that academic freedom shall be given protection in the constitution, without limiting the protection to research. The party programme makes individual academic freedom a fundamental principle for all public activities in research and higher education and wants to give educational institutions an organizational form with greater autonomy from government power. The counter-proposal's demand for clearer constitutional protection that also covers education and the organization of educational institutions is therefore the plan's line.

»Den akademiska friheten ska ges skydd i grundlagen.« — constitutional protection for academic freedom“Academic freedom shall be given protection in the constitution.”

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The party programme wants explicitly that a scene lacking ordinary national assignment shall be able to get a special assignment and state support to develop the activity, with the aim of increasing accessibility to high-quality culture across the country. At the same time the Sámi's status as indigenous people shall be maintained and the public support a culture and media offering with minority language profile. The counter-proposal's assignment to a Sámi national scene is precisely this.

»scen som inte har ett ordinarie nationellt uppdrag får ett särskilt uppdrag och statligt stöd för att« — special national scene assignment“scene that does not have an ordinary national assignment gets a special assignment and state support to”

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The election manifesto requires that police and social services as a rule shall always be able to exchange information and more often share facilities, that municipalities' crime prevention work is prescribed by law and that measures against young people sliding into crime become earlier and clearer. National programs such as home visits in disadvantaged areas show that the plan wants to spread working methods widely. The counter-proposal's dissemination and evaluation of local cooperation projects follow directly from this.

»Polis och socialtjänst ska som huvudregel alltid kunna utbyta information sinsemellan och ska oftare dela lokaler.« — cooperation between police and social services“Police and social services shall as a rule always be able to exchange information with each other and shall more often share facilities.”

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The election manifesto requires that academic freedom is given constitutional protection, and the party programme makes individual academic freedom a guiding principle and wants state-funded institutions to be given greater autonomy from executive power. The counter-proposal's demands for a clearer stance on academic freedom and criticism of political control of board composition and mandates follow directly from this.

»Den akademiska friheten ska ges skydd i grundlagen.« — constitutional protection for academic freedom“Academic freedom shall be given constitutional protection.”

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The party programme states that everyone has the same right to respect for their family life and that no laws may disadvantage anyone with regard to sexual orientation or gender identity, and that the same-sex family should be recognised fully. The election manifesto also wants to make it easier to recognise parenthood in more family constellations. Gender-neutral regulation of parenthood is thereby the plan's own line.

»Alla ska ha samma rätt till respekt för sitt privat- och familjeliv. Inga lagar får missgynna personer« — no disadvantaging laws“Everyone has the same right to respect for their private and family life. No laws may disadvantage persons”

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The election manifesto requires continued efforts to prevent litter and pollutants such as plastic and medicines from spreading in our waters, and the party programme establishes that waste policy must prevent medicine residues and other dangerous substances from spreading in nature. Everyone also has the right to clean water and drinking water supply must be secured. A national target for wastewater treatment from these substances follows directly from the commitments.

»Samtidigt behövs fortsatta insatser för att förhindra att skräp och föroreningar, som plast och läkemedel, sprids i våra vatten.« — stop medicines and plastic in water“At the same time, continued efforts are needed to prevent litter and pollutants, such as plastic and medicines, from spreading in our waters.”

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The party programme requires the public sector to increase at all levels the accessibility of culture to the entire population and to create economic conditions also for culture that is not commercially profitable. Sweden shall be a model when it comes to culture by and for children and young people, and gender equality within culture shall increase. The counter-proposal's demand for free and accessible culture regardless of place of residence, disability or background follows directly from this.

»Det offentliga ska på alla nivåer gynna mångfalden av kulturuttryck, öka kulturens tillgänglighet« — increased accessibility to culture“The public sector shall at all levels promote diversity of cultural expression, increase the accessibility of culture”

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The party programme requires adapted teaching materials for students who need them due to disability, establishes that Sweden shall be an accessible country and that lack of accessibility shall be regarded as discrimination. Everyone shall also have the right to support regardless of individual circumstances. The counter-proposal's accommodations in university entrance tests and examinations are exactly what the plan provides.

»Undervisning i teckenspråk ska vara fritt tillgänglig för alla som behöver det, liksom anpassade« — accommodations for students“Teaching in sign language shall be freely available to all who need it, as well as adapted”

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The election manifesto explicitly wants to strengthen natural carbon sequestration by restoring more previously wet areas, which is the counter-proposal's second element. The party programme establishes that everyone has the right to clean water and that drinking water supply must be secured, and the election manifesto requires continued efforts to prevent medicines and other pollution from spreading in the water. Strengthened monitoring of drinking water and PFAS follows directly from this.

»Den naturliga koldioxidinlagringen ska stärkas genom att fler tidigare våtmarker återställs.« — rewetting of wetlands“Natural carbon sequestration shall be strengthened by restoring more previously wet areas.”

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The election manifesto states that Sweden has shorter school days than other countries and that this affects the students who need school the most, and wishes to expand teaching time and extend school days and holiday school for those at risk of falling behind. The party programme wishes to strengthen the right to teacher-led instruction through more lessons per school year. The counter-proposal's long-term change to the school year is thereby the plan's own line.

»Vi vill bygga ut undervisningstiden i bland annat svenska och matematik så att det finns tid till att lära sig mer.« — expanded teaching time“We wish to expand teaching time in, among other things, Swedish and mathematics so that there is time to learn more.”

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The election manifesto requires that police and social services as a rule shall always be able to exchange information and that schools shall always report suspected criminality. The party programme explicitly wants secrecy restrictions removed so that information can be shared more smoothly between authorities. The counter-proposal's demand for a swift review and new legislation so that at-risk children do not fall through the cracks is precisely this commitment.

»Polis och socialtjänst ska som huvudregel alltid kunna utbyta information sinsemellan och ska oftare dela lokaler.« — information sharing between police and social services“Police and social services shall as a rule always be able to exchange information among themselves and shall more often share premises.”

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The party programme requires that all new bill proposals be analysed from a privacy perspective and that already enacted laws with strong impact on personal privacy be regularly evaluated. That is precisely what the counter-proposal asks for the new rules. The plan moreover emphasises the fundamental importance of the public access principle and that legal certainty needs strengthening, which are the two protective interests the counter-proposal invokes.

»påverkan på den personliga integriteten ska regelbundet utvärderas.« — regular evaluation of laws“impact on personal privacy shall be regularly evaluated.”

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The election manifesto promises a national exit programme so that more shall be able to leave a criminal life, and wants significantly more children raised into criminality to be able to be taken into care. The party programme emphasises early and clear interventions for young offenders and civil society's role for the way out. The counter-proposal's requirement for exit activities adapted to children exploited by criminal networks is precisely this.

»Ett nationellt avhopparprogram ska införas för att fler ska kunna lämna ett kriminellt liv bakom sig.« — national exit programme“A national exit programme shall be introduced so that more shall be able to leave a criminal life behind.”

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The party programme requires that high-quality artistic creation have good conditions, that the performing arts be given new opportunities through a new artistic national mandate and that the quality of cultural schools be secured through a national knowledge centre. The counter-proposal's demand for strengthened infrastructure for dance and an investigation of music's conditions lies directly in that line, as does the goal to increase culture's accessibility throughout the country.

»Konstnärligt skapande av hög kvalitet ska ha goda villkor.« — good conditions for artists“High-quality artistic creation shall have good conditions.”

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The election manifesto demands earlier, clearer and tougher measures to prevent young people from sliding into crime and wants to legislate municipalities' crime prevention work. Home visiting programmes for new parents in disadvantaged areas and violence prevention work in all schools are precisely the early detection the counter-proposal seeks. The plan thereby supports the demand for structured and long-term preventive work.

»Tidigare, tydligare och tuffare insatser för att förebygga och förhindra att unga glider in i brottslighet måste till.« — early measures against youth crime“Earlier, clearer and tougher measures to prevent and stop young people from sliding into crime are essential.”

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The election manifesto requires that much more is done against the financing of extremist circles, that monitoring of donations is strengthened and that hidden financing is stopped, which corresponds to the counter-proposal's requirement for measures against terrorist financing. The plan also identifies segregation and Islamism as root causes, wants to support democratic civil society in disadvantaged areas and requires early interventions to prevent young people from being drawn into criminality. The counter-proposal's specifics therefore align with the plan's direction.

»Vi vill både stärka uppföljningen av bidragsgivning och stoppa dold finansiering av trossamfund så att de inte blir verktyg för extremistiska krafter.« — stop the financing of extremism“We want to both strengthen the monitoring of donations and stop hidden financing of religious communities so that they do not become tools for extremist forces.”

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The party programme requires that the possibility of camera surveillance in public places be simplified and that police and municipality as a rule always shall be able to set up cameras in particularly vulnerable areas. The election manifesto wants to give police more tools and expanded secret coercive measures against gang crime. The counter-proposal's demand to investigate obstacles and give police access to traffic and congestion tax cameras aligns with this, with the plan's requirement that privacy protection is simultaneously strengthened.

»Möjligheten till kamerabevakning på offentlig plats ska förenklas.« — simplified camera surveillance“The possibility of camera surveillance in public places shall be simplified.”

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The party programme demands that the justice system's capacity is improved so that processing times are shortened and more crimes are cleared up. The election manifesto states that fewer and fewer shootings are cleared up and wants to strengthen the entire justice chain with more police, prosecutors and judges. The counter-proposal's demands for more investigators of serious violent crime and an overview of forensic processing times are the same thing in fact.

»handläggningstiderna kortas, fler brott anmäls och klaras upp samt färre brottsanmälningar« — shorter processing times“processing times are shortened, more crimes are reported and cleared up as well as fewer crime reports”

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The election manifesto wants to see a new parental insurance that both values choice and strengthens gender equality in the labor market. The party programme earmarks three months for each guardian and wants to increase the right to transfer days because families look different. The counter-proposal's review for equal use and different family constellations is precisely what the plan requires, and the plan thus considers that the insurance needs to be reformed.

»Vi vill se ny föräldraförsäkring som både värnar valfriheten och stärker jämställdheten på arbetsmarknaden.« — reformed parental insurance“We want to see new parental insurance that both values choice and strengthens gender equality in the labor market.”

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The party programme explicitly establishes that expansion of cycling paths shall be facilitated and that coherent corridors are needed both within and between communities. The counter-proposal's demand for more national cycle paths, cycle motorways and interconnected cycle networks is the same thing in substance. The plan also wants to give goods transport and public transport more space at the expense of private cars in cities with congestion or environmental problems.

»cykelvägar ska underlättas.« — facilitate expansion of cycling paths“cycling paths shall be facilitated.”

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The plan explicitly states that Systembolaget's retail monopoly shall be retained and that Sweden shall have a restrictive alcohol policy where total consumption is kept down. Commercial intermediation that undermines the monopoly's legal status thus goes against the plan's stated line. To investigate restrictions against such intermediation is precisely what the commitment to retain the monopoly requires.

»Systembolagets detaljhandelsmonopol ska behållas« — retain the retail monopoly“Systembolaget's retail monopoly shall be retained”

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The plan wants to limit industrial fishing and protect the most valuable marine areas, and requires that fishing stays within scientific assessments of what the stocks can sustain. The regulatory framework shall also favour selective and gentle gear. Managing fishing differently in spawning areas and limiting gear in certain areas to save herring and cod stocks is thus directly in line with the plan.

»industrifisket ska begränsas och de mest värdefulla havsområdena skyddas som marina reservat« — limit industrial fishing“industrial fishing shall be limited and the most valuable marine areas protected as marine reserves”

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The plan states that Sweden shall be a voice for global freedom and provide support to brave people who work for democratization of the world's dictatorships, and that foreign policy shall be value-driven with a freer world as the goal. Political and economic support to Iranians struggling for women's rights and democracy is that commitment in practice. The plan also requires that freedoms and rights be protected globally, not only in Sweden.

»Sverige ska vara en röst för global frihet och ge stöd åt de modiga människor som verkar för« — support for democratic forces“Sweden shall be a voice for global freedom and support brave people who work for”

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The plan establishes that children should have the right to their own advocate when an entire family needs support from social services, and that placed children should have the right to receive information. The counter-proposal's requirements for public legal aid regardless of age, independent children's advocate, and mandatory own advocate in case of transfer of custody are precisely this commitment put into practice. The plan also wants to increase the individual's opportunities to assert their rights against authorities.

»När en hel familj behöver socialtjänstens stöd ska barn ha rätt« — children's right to own advocate“When an entire family needs support from social services, children should have the right”

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The plan explicitly demands that industrial fishing is limited and that the most valuable sea areas are protected, at the same time as the regulations shall favour small-scale and coastal fishing. Fishing shall moreover keep itself within scientific assessments of what the stocks can bear. Significantly reduced quotas directed towards large-scale industrial fishing, with an allocation system that protects local fishing, is thereby exactly what the plan advocates.

»industrifisket ska begränsas och de mest värdefulla havsområdena skyddas som marina reservat« — limit industrial fishing“industrial fishing shall be limited and the most valuable sea areas protected as marine reserves”

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The plan explicitly requires clear sanctions for violations of provisions concerning fishing, and that fishing is conducted sustainably within the framework of what stocks can bear. The election manifesto also wants to limit industrial fishing and protect the most valuable sea areas. Stricter control and stronger penalties against misreported catches is thus precisely what the plan demands.

»sanktioner vid överträdelser av bestämmelser gällande utsläpp, vattenrening, transportsäkerhet« — clear sanctions for fishing violations“sanctions for violations of provisions concerning emissions, water purification, transport safety”

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The plan explicitly wants to lower the tax on investment savings accounts rather than raise it, and make the first 300,000 kronor completely tax-free. The party programme establishes that it shall be more worthwhile for the individual to save. Restoring the calculation of the fee base to the original level is a lowering of precisely this tax and is therefore in line with the plan.

»Vi vill sänka skatten på investeringssparkonton genom att bland annat göra de första 300 000 kronorna på ett ISK helt skattefria.« — lowered ISA tax“We want to lower the tax on investment savings accounts by, among other things, making the first 300,000 kronor in an ISA completely tax-free.”

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The plan explicitly establishes that the regulatory framework shall promote the development of fishing methods and fishing gear with high selectivity that prevent undesired bycatch. To investigate how incentives for such gear can be strengthened, inter alia through economic policy instruments, is precisely the tool the plan advocates in the environmental field. The requirement is also in line with fishing being conducted in a long-term sustainable manner.

»främja utveckling av fiskemetoder och fiskeredskap med stor selektivitet« — selective fishing gear“promote the development of fishing methods and fishing gear with high selectivity”

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The plan explicitly establishes that Swedish drug policy shall be investigated in its entirety, against the background of high drug deaths and gang criminality. The counter-proposal's demands for a comprehensive mapping of the dependency and drug situation and a fundamental review of policy are thereby precisely that commitment. The plan simultaneously requires continued zero tolerance toward drugs and a scientifically-grounded dependency care.

»att den svenska narkotikapolitiken utreds i sin helhet« — investigate drug policy in its entirety“that Swedish drug policy be investigated in its entirety”

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The plan demands that parties' obligation to disclose sources for their financing is regulated in law, which supports the requirement to also examine hidden ways for party contributions. To examine whether state-owned enterprises indirectly finance parties' opinion-forming follows from the plan's line that the public should only conduct business when there is strong public interest and from the importance of the principle of public access. An expansion of the committee's mandate is thereby in line with the plan.

»källorna för sin finansiering ska vara reglerad i lag.« — law-regulated party financing“sources for their financing shall be regulated in law.”

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The plan explicitly requires a waiting period rule for cabinet ministers and state secretaries who move on to private assignments where sensitive government information could be used. A set of rules without sanctions and without reporting obligations when transitioning to the public sector does not fulfill that commitment. The plan's demands for strengthened oversight and for transparency as the basis for scrutiny point in the same direction.

»En karensregel ska finnas för statsråd och statssekreterare« — waiting period for ministers“A waiting period rule shall exist for cabinet ministers and state secretaries”

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The election manifesto explicitly promises to abolish the elevated amortization requirement and introduce an incentive to save for the first deposit. The counter-proposal's demand to ease the amortization requirement to simplify entry into the housing market is thus the plan's own line. The plan moreover points out the lock-in effects that particularly affect young people and newcomers.

»Vi vill införa en stimulans för att spara ihop till den första insatsen, slopa det förhöjda amorteringskravet, korta överklagandeprocesserna och fortsätta förenkla byggreglerna.« — abolish elevated amortization requirement“We want to introduce an incentive to save for the first deposit, abolish the elevated amortization requirement, shorten appeal processes and continue simplifying building rules.”

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The election manifesto formulates the commitment exactly as the counter-proposal wishes: men's violence against women shall cease. The party programme calls men's violence and oppression of women the most extreme expression of women's vulnerability and makes the insight that this particularly affects women the foundation of the party's feminism. That the plan also wants to prevent all forms of violence in relationships does not change the overarching formulation.

»Mäns våld mot kvinnor ska upphöra.« — men's violence against women shall cease“Men's violence against women shall cease.”

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The plan calls the shortcomings in today's assistance allowance so serious that a crisis commission is required, and demands that the personal right to assistance be protected by law and that equality in assessments be improved. A standard deduction that in application cuts away children's assistance hits precisely that commitment. The plan also wants LSS basic intentions to be restored and that support for children be designed so that it benefits the whole family.

»Bristerna i dagens assistansersättning – vårt viktigaste stöd till många med funktionsnedsättning – är så allvarliga att det krävs en kriskommission.« — restore assistance“The shortcomings in today's assistance allowance – our most important support for many with disabilities – are so serious that a crisis commission is required.”

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The plan explicitly says that state film policy should be replaced by a broad industry agreement with broad participation from the industry, which is the same redesign of the financing model that the counter-proposal calls for. The plan also wants to see more funding sources for culture and good conditions for artistic creation. That the intrinsic value of culture should be valued against purely utilitarian purposes is an objection to the growth argument, but not to the redesign.

»Det statliga filmpolitiken bör ersättas av en bred« — redesign of state film policy“State film policy should be replaced by a broad”

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The plan requires that publishing licences are granted only for media with journalistic content, which is exactly the limitation of the voluntary constitutional protection that search services with sensitive personal data raise. The plan also wants to strengthen protection for the individual's integrity and the individual's insight into how personal data is handled. That press and opinion freedom shall be protected at the same time makes the intervention narrow, but not unlawful.

»Utgivningsbevis ska enbart beviljas för media med« — publishing licences only for journalism“Publishing licences shall only be granted for media with”

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The plan states that fossil emissions from the transport sector must end and that blending of fossil-free fuels shall continue, which is exactly what the blend obligation does. The plan also binds itself to the climate goals to 2045 and wants to take advantage of forests' potential in energy production. Requiring consequence analyses and reporting of compensating measures when lowering follows from the goals to be reached and that the polluter shall pay.

»Fossilutsläppen från transportsektorn ska bort. Fler ska välja elbilen och en inblandning av fossilfria bränslen ska fortsätta.« — continued blending of fossil-free fuels“Fossil emissions from the transport sector must end. More shall choose the electric car and a blend of fossil-free fuels shall continue.”

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The plan explicitly states that it should become easier for municipalities to test new organizational forms during a trial period to facilitate local reform work. That is exactly what a new free municipality experiment with exemptions and exceptions entails. That the plan at the same time wants to shift the financing responsibility for schools and LSS to the state concerns governance, not the right to test new working methods locally.

»lättare för kommuner att under en försöksperiod pröva nya organisationsformer« — municipal trial activities“easier for municipalities to test new organizational forms during a trial period”

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The plan establishes that no tax funds shall go to activities that seek to alter the democratic society by violence or otherwise undermine fundamental democratic values. The election manifesto moreover states that much more must be done when extremist environments are financed by taxpayer money, and wishes to strengthen the monitoring of grant-giving. A democracy clause in law with the ability to demand support back is exactly that tool.

»Inga skattemedel ska gå till verksamheter som vill förändra det demokratiska samhället med våld« — no grants to anti-democrats“No tax funds shall go to activities that seek to alter the democratic society by violence”

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The plan explicitly states that liberals value educational ideals and support free folk education, and that public funding shall take place in forms that guarantee independence from political detailed control. The counter-proposal's demand for a statement in support of free education and arm's-length distance is thus the plan's own line. The election manifesto sharpens it: the state shall govern less and decisions on support shall be made by cultural creators, not politicians.

»värnar liberaler bildningstanken, främjar bildningsresor och stödjer den fria folkbildningen« — support for free folk education“liberals value educational ideals, promote study trips and support free folk education”

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The plan wants to introduce a new crime, harassment of civil servants, to protect social workers and other public employees from harassment and exposure, and wants to strengthen follow-up of grant-giving. That is exactly the unwarranted influence and infiltration of publicly financed operations that the counter-proposal wants to investigate measures against. A broad investigation therefore aligns with the plan's requirement for a strengthened rule-based state.

»Socialsekreterare och andra offentliganställda ska skyddas mot förföljelse och utsatthet genom att ett nytt brott – tjänstemannaförföljelse – införs.« — protection against harassment of civil servants“Social workers and other public employees shall be protected against harassment and exposure through a new crime – harassment of civil servants – being introduced.”

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The plan wants academic freedom protected in the constitution and states that individual academic freedom shall be a foundational principle and that educational institutions' independence shall be protected. The counter-proposal's requirement for freedom to choose research topic and method, free publication and freedom from political pressure is precisely this. The plan simultaneously sees non-democratic states' access to strategic knowledge as a security issue, which supports strengthened security work at educational institutions.

»Den akademiska friheten ska ges skydd i grundlagen.« — constitutionally protected academic freedom“Academic freedom shall be given protection in the constitution.”

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The plan explicitly establishes that access to state services shall be secured across the entire country and that state authorities shall be present in all parts of Sweden. The counter-proposal's demand that more municipalities receive a state service office is precisely this commitment. The plan furthermore connects the right to equivalent quality in public services to the fact that it should not depend on place of residence.

»Tillgången till statlig service ska säkras i hela landet.« — state services across the entire country“Access to state services shall be secured across the entire country.”

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The plan's decisive commitments are that deportations of highly qualified workers must end and that more needs to be done to prevent the system for work-based immigration from being abused. The counter-proposal's demand for strengthened sanctions against employers who cheat and protection so that the employee does not lose the permit when the fault lies with the employer follows directly from this. The plan furthermore establishes that people staying here shall be protected against exploitation and that the permit rules shall be simplified.

»Kompetensutvisningarna av högkvalificerad arbetskraft måste få ett slut.« — stop deportations of skilled workers“Deportations of highly qualified workers must end.”

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The election manifesto requires a European FBI where Sweden participates fully in the EU's crime-fighting and Europol is given a clearer operational mandate, and the party programme wants to develop Europol into a European police force with investigative authority. The counter-proposal's demands for strengthened police cooperation via Europol against human smuggling and human trafficking is exactly this. The plan also wants to see joint police and response forces, which goes further than what the counter-proposal asks for.

»Sverige ska delta fullt ut i EU:s brottsbekämpning och den europeiska polismyndigheten Europol ska ges ett tydligare operativt mandat att bekämpa internationell brottslighet och terrorism.« — operational mandate for Europol“Sweden shall participate fully in the EU's crime-fighting and the European police agency Europol shall be given a clearer operational mandate to combat international crime and terrorism.”

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The party programme states that there is a need for good conditions and social security for doctoral candidates and researchers, and the election manifesto wants to create better career paths for younger researchers. The counter-proposal's requirement for secure employment conditions for doctoral candidates and junior researchers and strengthened conditions for postdoctoral researchers follows directly from this. The plan also wants foreign expertise to remain in Sweden and protects collective agreements as the basis for conditions.

»Det behövs goda villkor och social trygghet för doktorander och forskare, ökad samverkan mellan« — security for doctoral candidates“Good conditions and social security are needed for doctoral candidates and researchers, increased cooperation between”

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The party programme says that the forest's potential in renewable materials and energy production shall be utilised and that forest policy rests on two equal goals, the production goal and the environmental goal. It is precisely this the counter-proposal requires: climate-smart and sustainable forestry as the basis for employment and a growing bio-economy. The election manifesto moreover protects Swedish forestry and wants that blending of fossil-free fuels continues, which supports increased domestic biofuel production.

»Skogens potential inom förnybara material, kemiska produkter, textilier och energiproduktion« — forest's raw material potential utilised“The forest's potential in renewable materials, chemical products, textiles and energy production”

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The election manifesto requires that rules and procurement be designed so that idea-driven actors can more often contribute in welfare, and the party programme that room for voluntary initiatives in welfare shall increase and that a clear political objective be established for civil society's role in welfare services. The counter-proposal's requirement for continued work to promote idea-driven welfare is exactly this commitment.

»Regelverk och upphandlingar bör utformas så att det är oftare är möjligt för idéburna aktörer att bidra i välfärden.« — idea-driven actors in welfare“Rules and procurement should be designed so that it is more often possible for idea-driven actors to contribute in welfare.”

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The party programme explicitly states that child care shall be offered at inconvenient working hours to families who need it because of their work and family situation. The counter-proposal's demand for a permanent solution for child care evenings, nights, and weekends is precisely this commitment. The plan also links access to child care to gender equality and shared responsibility for home and children, and highlights the difficult situation of single parents.

»Barnomsorg ska erbjudas på obekväm arbetstid till de familjer som behöver det« — child care at inconvenient working hours“Child care shall be offered at inconvenient working hours to families who need it”

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The party programme explicitly says that copyright must be adapted to new technology and new distribution forms, that digital commons shall be facilitated and that protection periods should become more uniform. At the same time the free flow of information shall be defended and free speech valued. The counter-proposal's requirement for modernized copyright with better balance against free opinion formation on the internet thus follows directly from the plan.

»Upphovsrätten måste dock anpassas till ny teknik« — copyright adapted to new technology“Copyright must however be adapted to new technology”

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The party programme establishes that copyright must be adapted to new technology and new distribution forms, because copyright holders' right to control their works is a prerequisite for cultural freedom. The counter-proposal's demand for a review of copyright law against the backdrop of AI development is precisely such adaptation. The plan also wants regulations harmonized within the EU and protection periods to become more uniform.

»Upphovsrätten måste dock anpassas till ny teknik och« — copyright adapted to new technology“Copyright must however be adapted to new technology and”

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The plan requires that economic conditions for municipalities and regions be equalized with respect to factors that cannot be influenced and that individuals regardless of residence have the right to equivalent quality in welfare services. The counter-proposal's requirement for an equalization system that more greatly promotes equivalent welfare across the country is the same commitment. The plan simultaneously requires that conditions for growth be strengthened across the country.

»utjämnas med avseende på faktorer som inte går att påverka.« — equalization for uncontrollable factors“equalized with respect to factors that cannot be influenced.”

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The party programme explicitly establishes that carrier liability shall be abolished and that safe and legal refugee routes to the EU must be created, because the right to asylum is a fundamental human right. The counter-proposal opposes precisely a ban on carriers transporting persons without valid travel documents, which is the same thing the plan wants to remove. The plan therefore supports the counter-proposal's demands.

»Transportörsansvaret ska avskaffas.« — abolish carrier liability“Carrier liability shall be abolished.”

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The party programme explicitly requires that the upper age limit, the right to remain in working life, be raised to 71 years as a first step and that the limit be tied to life expectancy. The counter-proposal's requirement for a proposal on a higher age limit is therefore exactly what the plan wants. The plan also emphasises that older people's continued work increases freedom of choice and improves the economy.