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The election manifesto explicitly states that the party opposes Sweden's ever-deepening military cooperation with NATO and wants to restore non-alignment as well as tear up the host nation agreement. A Swedish contribution with armed forces to NATO's forward presence in Finland, including the role as framework nation, is precisely a deepening of that cooperation. The party programme furthermore points toward leaving NATO and opposes militarisation and arms race. The counter-proposal's demand that the proposal is not implemented therefore follows from the plan.

»Därför är Vänsterpartiet motståndare till Sveriges allt djupare militära samarbete med NATO och EU, och vi är det enda riksdagspartiet som konsekvent värnar och vill återupprätta svensk alliansfrihet.« — opposition to NATO cooperation“Therefore the Left Party opposes Sweden's ever-deepening military cooperation with NATO and the EU, and we are the only Riksdag party that consistently upholds and wants to restore Swedish non-alignment.”

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The party programme wants to create a more inclusive society by making all parts of society accessible and establishes that lack of accessibility leads to poverty and exclusion. Easings in accessibility and usability requirements are a departure from precisely that commitment and affect people with reduced mobility or orientation ability and the elderly. The plan therefore supports the counter-proposal's motion to reject.

»Vi vill skapa ett mer inkluderande samhälle genom att stärka välfärden« — make the whole society accessible“We want to create a more inclusive society by strengthening welfare”

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The election manifesto explicitly demands increased knowledge within the justice system about consent and about violence against women and children, and that social services are guaranteed stable support in work against violence in close relationships. The counter-proposal's demand for educational material to municipalities and regions and supplementary police training are precisely such competence-raising initiatives. The plan therefore supports the counter-proposal.

»För det behövs det fler poliser, ökad kunskap inom rättsväsendet om samtycke och om våld mot kvinnor och barn, och straff som gör att brotten prioriteras av rättsvårdande instanser.« — knowledge-raising in the justice system“For that, more police, increased knowledge within the justice system about consent and violence against women and children, and penalties that ensure the crimes are prioritised by law enforcement agencies are needed.”

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The election manifesto makes fighting the deeper causes of crime - class society, segregation, and lack of faith in the future - its main line and warns against repression being highlighted instead of problems being solved. The counter-proposal's demand that repressive measures be evaluated and matched by preventive, equality-creating measures is exactly that prioritization. That men's violence against women should be prioritized is also an explicit commitment.

»men framför allt med en kamp mot kriminalitetens djupare orsaker – klassamhället, segregationen, rasismen på arbetsmarknaden, trångboddheten och bristen på framtidstro.« — combat the causes of crime“but above all with a fight against the deeper causes of crime - class society, segregation, racism in the labor market, overcrowding, and lack of faith in the future.”

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The plan directly links women's economic independence to a well-developed welfare system: functioning childcare and elder care are prerequisites for women to be able to work for wages, and cuts hit particularly hard against women-dominated occupations. The counter-proposal's demand for continued work for women's economic freedom with a strong welfare system as the foundation is exactly this commitment. The position thus follows directly from the plan.

»En fungerande välfärd, så som bra förskola och trygg äldreomsorg, är också en förutsättning för att många kvinnor ska kunna lönearbeta istället för att göra traditionellt hemarbete.« — welfare enables women's work“A functioning welfare system, such as good childcare and secure elder care, is also a prerequisite for many women to be able to work for wages instead of doing traditional household work.”

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The plan establishes that the UN's position is of central importance for small countries, that Sweden should work for the UN to play a larger role and that international law needs to be defended and deepened. The counter-proposal's requirement that multilateralism develops and that the rules-based order and international norms are defended jointly is exactly that line. The plan also requires that Sweden strengthens the UN and increases aid.

»Vi vill därför att Sverige verkar för att FN ska spela en större roll« — strengthened UN“We therefore want Sweden to work for the UN to play a larger role”

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The plan explicitly states that the state must take greater responsibility for creating equal conditions in healthcare and that the state has overall responsibility for ensuring there is trained profession throughout the country. The counter-proposal's demands for expanded state responsibility and national coordination and sizing of healthcare education are precisely that commitment. The plan furthermore demands investments in staff to eliminate the staff shortage.

»Lösningen är inte att förstatliga sjukvården men för att säkerställa en jämlik vård i Sverige måste staten ta ett större ansvar för att skapa lika förutsättningar.« — state responsibility for equitable healthcare“The solution is not to nationalise healthcare but to ensure equitable healthcare in Sweden the state must take greater responsibility for creating equal conditions.”

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The election manifesto explicitly states that the party wants to counteract the privatisation of women's shelters and that it is a social responsibility to stop men's violence against women, not an opportunity for private companies to make profit. It also wants a total ban on profit-driven activities in welfare. To reserve all contracted operations of protected housing for idea-based organisations is exactly what the plan requires.

»Det är ett samhällsansvar att stoppa mäns våld mot kvinnor, inte en möjlighet för privata bolag att göra vinst.« — no profits from violence survivors“It is a social responsibility to stop men's violence against women, not an opportunity for private companies to make profit.”

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The plan establishes that folk high schools and adult education programmes need to exist throughout the country and that the study associations' position must be protected. It wants to particularly invest in civic education as part of democracy's infrastructure and gives folk high schools a particular role in the education system. That warning about reduced appropriations hollowing out the offering, particularly in sparsely populated areas and disadvantaged areas, lies directly in the plan's line.

»Folkhögskolor och Komvux behövs i hela landet.« — folk high schools throughout the country“Folk high schools and adult education programmes need to exist throughout the country.”

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The plan explicitly demands investments in student wellbeing, special education teachers and social support and finds that mental ill-health among young people is widespread. It also wants mental ill-health to be met with expanded care rather than left untreated. Making mental health a natural part of health checks and guaranteeing access to counsellor and psychologist is thus what the plan demands.

»Det krävs satsningar inte bara på undervisning utan också på elevhälsa, specialpedagoger, fritidsverksamhet och socialt stöd.« — investments in student wellbeing“Investments are needed not only in teaching but also in student wellbeing, special education teachers, recreational activities and social support.”

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The plan explicitly requires investments in student health, special educators and social support as well as more teachers and earlier interventions for children who are struggling. It is built on the premise that school should be compensatory and provide more support to those who need it most. Smaller classes, more specialist teachers and a review of the rules on special support for students with neuropsychiatric disabilities are precisely this.

»Det krävs satsningar inte bara på undervisning utan också på elevhälsa, specialpedagoger, fritidsverksamhet och socialt stöd.« — special education and student health“Investments are needed not only in teaching but also in student health, special educators, leisure activities and social support.”

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The election manifesto explicitly states that the Left Party defends independent culture and that politics must maintain arm's length distance from content. To base cultural policy more clearly in artistic freedom and freedom of expression, and protect arm's length distance even within cultural collaboration, is the same commitment. The plan furthermore links cultural freedom directly to democracy's strength in a time when authoritarian forces are trying to control content.

»Politiken ska skapa förutsättningar för en bred kultur som kommer alla till del och hålla armlängds avstånd till innehållet.« — arm's length distance“Politics must create conditions for broad culture that reaches everyone and maintain arm's length distance from content.”

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The plan states that culture must exist throughout the country and be available to all, and that it must counteract segregation and class differences. Actively lowering the barriers for children and young people and ensuring that cultural funds do not only end up in major cities is precisely that commitment put into practice. The election manifesto also describes how culture has been impoverished when provision has been withdrawn from smaller places.

»Det är viktigt att kulturen står fri från såväl kommersiell som politisk styrning och finns i hela landet.« — culture throughout the country“It is important that culture is free from both commercial and political control and exists throughout the country.”

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The plan's crucial commitment is that those who become unemployed shall receive good unemployment insurance without having to worry about their housing or food, and it establishes that political decisions have made benefits lowest in the Nordic region. The counter-proposal's opposition to a steeper phase-out and requirement for adjusted ceiling and benefit levels is the same thing in substance. The plan also wants to see strong, rights-based social insurance based on the income-loss principle.

»Du som blir arbetslös ska veta att du får en bra a-kassa och inte behöva oroa dig över att du måste flytta till en billigare lägenhet, sälja huset eller inte kunna ha mat på bordet.« — good unemployment insurance“You who become unemployed shall know that you will receive good unemployment insurance and do not need to worry about having to move to a cheaper flat, sell your house or not be able to put food on the table.”

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The plan demands massive investment in transition support, skills development and education so workers are not hit by unemployment when society leaves fossil fuel dependence, and identifies the shift to a circular economy as a key part. The counter-proposal's roadmaps for business activities and employment opportunities in a circular economy and secured transition support with sufficient resources are the same demands in substance. The plan also builds the entire employment policy on major green investments.

»Deras yrkeskompetens behövs också i den gröna omställningen, men för att kunna hantera de nya gröna jobben behövs massiva satsningar på omställningsstöd, kompetensutveckling och utbildning i vad hållbar samhällsutveckling innebär.« — massive investment in transition support“Their professional skills are also needed in the green transition, but to handle the new green jobs massive investment in transition support, skills development and education in what sustainable social development means is needed.”

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The plan requires that more of the value of natural resources stays where they are extracted and produced and that Sweden strengthens indigenous people's rights with particular awareness of land use's importance. The counter-proposal's two demands - a long-term direction for reindeer herding, hunting and fishing and that companies profiting from natural resources set aside a share to local community life, language and culture - are the same thing in substance. The plan also establishes that wind power shall benefit the municipality and nearby residents.

»Mer av naturresursernas värden måste stanna kvar där de utvinns och produceras.« — natural resource values stay local“More of the value of natural resources must remain where they are extracted and produced.”

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The plan explicitly states that the Swedish state has historically subjected indigenous peoples and national minorities to serious wrongs and that Sweden has a special task to strengthen their rights to identity, language and cultural heritage in light of that history. The counter-proposal's requirement for continued work based on the commission's conclusions and recognition of the historical wrongs is exactly that commitment. The plan also wants to spread knowledge about how these structures look.

»Den svenska staten har genom historien utsatt urfolk och nationella« — acknowledge historical wrongs“The Swedish state has historically subjected indigenous peoples and national”

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The election manifesto explicitly establishes that quality and accessibility need to increase throughout the education system, from preschool to university and vocational college, which directly supports the demand for an expanded vocational college. The plan further demands massive investments in adjustment support and competence development for the green transition's new jobs. The party programme sees vocational education as a crucial part of a well-functioning education system.

»Från förskola till universitet och yrkeshögskola behöver kvaliteten och tillgängligheten öka.« — expanded vocational college“From preschool to university and vocational college, quality and accessibility need to increase.”

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The election manifesto states that the child perspective must be strengthened in custody disputes and that it must not be possible for perpetrators of violence to retain joint custody. This directly requires that custody transfer must be possible for more forms of violence than fatal violence. The party programme furthermore requires comprehensive, research-based work against violent crime and that the child's best interests must guide.

»Barnperspektivet måste stärkas i vårdnadstvister och det ska inte vara möjligt för våldsutövare att behålla gemensam vårdnad.« — perpetrators must lose custody“The child perspective must be strengthened in custody disputes and it must not be possible for perpetrators of violence to retain joint custody.”

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The election manifesto requires that clear-cutting is phased out, which is the same issue as the counter-proposal's criticism of intensive clear-cutting in sensitive areas. The party programme wants to see thoughtful regulation of forestry based on a holistic perspective and ambitious environmental goals followed up with strict legislation, which argues for tightened requirements rather than relying on landowners' own responsibility. The role of forest in climate work is according to the plan central.

»därför behöver kalhyggesbruket fasas ut« — phased out clear-cutting“therefore clear-cutting needs to be phased out”

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The plan explicitly demands strong state ownership in arms production so that security-policy key decisions are made with a comprehensive perspective. The counter-proposal's demand that the state ensures control over the production of critical defence material, among other things through ownership or partial ownership, is therefore the same thing the plan itself advocates. It also follows from the commitment to gradually strengthen collective ownership in key sectors and to reclaim privatized socially-important activities.

»Vi vill se ett starkt statligt ägande i vapenproduktionen för att säkerhetspolitiska nyckelbeslut ska fattas med ett helhetsperspektiv.« — state ownership in arms production“We want to see strong state ownership in arms production so that security-policy key decisions are made with a comprehensive perspective.”

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The election manifesto requires that it become easier to get educated regardless of where in the country one lives and that the right to equal education applies everywhere. The counter-proposal's demands for expanded distance education, learning centers, examinations near home and higher education in each county are precisely this geographical accessibility. The plan also wants to see good opportunities for learning throughout life and that folk high schools and municipal adult education exist throughout the country.

»Det måste bli lättare att utbilda sig efter grundskolan oavsett vem du är, tjockleken på din plånbok eller var i landet du bor.« — education accessible throughout the country“It must become easier to get educated after compulsory school regardless of who you are, the thickness of your wallet or where in the country you live.”

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The party programme requires comprehensive work for rich ecosystems, including through nature restoration, and the election manifesto that drained wetlands be restored. The counter-proposal's requirements for resources for restoration plans and long-term appropriations for nature restoration is precisely that work in practice. The plan furthermore wants to see ambitious environmental goals followed up with practical work, which presupposes financing.

»skapa goda villkor för rika ekosystem, bland annat genom att återställa« — restored nature“create good conditions for rich ecosystems, including by restoring”

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The election manifesto establishes that reuse and recycling of materials need to increase and wants to see products that last and can easily be reused instead of throwaway consumption. The counter-proposal's requirements for instruments that prioritise reprocessing over energy recovery and that favour repairability are the same thing in substance. The party programme also identifies the shift to a circular economy as a key part of industry's transition.

»Återanvändning och återvinning av material behöver öka.« — increased recycling and reuse“Reuse and recycling of materials need to increase.”

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The plan stands for peace, de-escalation and long-term disarmament and wants Sweden to be able to act independently from superpowers to avoid being drawn into geopolitical conflicts. The counter-proposal's requirement that security and defense policy be characterized by peace, détente, disarmament and an independent line is the same thing in substance. The plan combines this with a modern total defense based on general military service, just like the counter-proposal.

»Världen behöver gå mot fred, nedrustning« — peace and disarmament“The world needs to move towards peace, disarmament”

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The election manifesto explicitly requires investment in school health and social support in school and notes that poor mental health among young people is widespread. The counter-proposal's demand for more counsellors, psychologists and school nurses and for mental health to be captured in health checks is exactly the expansion the plan seeks. The party programme also establishes that the school has the capacity to support each child.

»Det krävs satsningar inte bara på undervisning utan också på elevhälsa, specialpedagoger, fritidsverksamhet och socialt stöd.« — investment in school health“It requires investment not only in teaching but also in school health, special education teachers, leisure activities and social support.”

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The election manifesto explicitly requires more teachers, earlier interventions and investments in special educators. The counter-proposal's demand for more trained teachers, more routes into the profession and more special teachers is the same thing in substance. The party programme also wants to make large investments in education system quality, which presupposes that the teacher shortage is built away.

»Vänsterpartiet vill se fler lärare, tidigare insatser för barn som har det kämpigt och förbättrad tillgång till lärande genom hela livet.« — more teachers and early intervention“The Left Party wants to see more teachers, earlier interventions for children who are struggling and improved access to learning throughout life.”

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The plan explicitly emphasizes the importance of independent academies without political control and wants to protect the independence of universities. That the country, both nationally and internationally, clearly protects research freedom and open science, in a time of threats to researchers and authoritarian attacks on educational institutions, is precisely that commitment. The plan's desire to build digital commons with free access to knowledge also supports open science.

»självständiga akademier utan politisk styrning« — independent academies“independent academies without political control”

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The plan consistently names men's violence against women as the overriding problem and requires that work against it be prioritized in line with the scope and seriousness of the crimes. A zero vision formulated precisely this way follows directly from this, while a gender-neutral formulation would obscure the power order the plan bases its analysis on. The plan also gives Sweden a particular task to strengthen indigenous peoples' rights, which bears the requirement for research on violence against Sámi women.

»våld mot kvinnor behöver börja prioriteras på ett sätt som motsvarar« — prioritize men's violence against women“violence against women needs to begin being prioritized in a way that matches”

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The plan requires Sweden to be a voice for peace and justice in the world, increase aid and strengthen the UN, and for the UN to have a greater role in world politics. The counter-proposal's demand for a return to an active foreign policy that values multilateralism and the rule-based order is the same commitment. The plan also places international solidarity high and wants Sweden to participate wholeheartedly in climate transition and poverty reduction work.

»Vänsterpartiet anser att Sverige ska vara en röst för fred och rättvisa, inte för ökad militarisering. Sverige ska öka biståndet, stärka FN och skriva under kärnvapenkonventionen.« — strengthened UN and aid“The Left Party believes that Sweden should be a voice for peace and justice, not for increased militarization. Sweden should increase aid, strengthen the UN and sign the nuclear weapons convention.”

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The plan requires that incomes and costs be distributed in solidarity across the country and that redistribution from state to municipality and region increases, with special regard to municipalities with weak economies. The counter-proposal's demand for clearer state responsibility for fair resource distribution and concrete state support for sustainable urban planning is the same commitment. The plan furthermore wants housing construction to be part of a social development with meeting places and services.

»Omfördelningen från stat till region och kommun måste öka och särskild hänsyn ska tas till de många kommuner och regioner som idag inte får ihop sin ekonomi samtidigt som de redan har bland landets högsta skatter totalt sett.« — increased state redistribution to municipalities“Redistribution from state to region and municipality must increase and special regard should be given to the many municipalities and regions that today cannot balance their budgets while they already have among the country's highest taxes in total.”

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The plan establishes that women's work is valued lower than men's and that stronger economic independence is crucial for each person to organize their life freely. Measures for a gender-equal economy that strengthen women's position in working life are exactly that commitment. The plan also directly links the revaluation of women's work and raised wages in low-wage occupations to women's ability to live free lives.

»yrken än idag tydligt mans- eller kvinnodominerade och kvinnors arbete värderas generellt lägre än mäns« — women's work is undervalued“occupations than today are clearly male- or female-dominated and women's work is generally valued lower than men's”

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The plan explicitly says that segregation shall be broken up through a mixing of house types and tenure forms, so that people meet in everyday life, and that housing shall be part of urban development with greenery, meeting places and services. The counter-proposal's demand that urban planning be actively used against divides and that the strategy contain concrete measures against segregation is the same commitment. The plan moreover demands massive housing construction for different groups.

»Vi vill bryta upp segregationen och skapa en blandning av hustyper och« — mixed tenure forms against segregation“We want to break up segregation and create a mix of house types and”

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The plan demands societal planning that as far as possible avoids locking people into car dependence and a coherent strategy for electrified transport where urban planning and public transport have leading roles. An urban development strategy that downplays fossil-free transport in favor of cars conflicts with this. The plan also states that all political decisions shall take climate crisis into account and that greenery and climate resilience are part of societal building.

»Vi vill se en samhällsplanering som så långt som möjligt undviker« — planning without car dependence“We want to see societal planning that as far as possible avoids”

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The plan explicitly states that schools and preschools need to work preventively against destructive norms so that all children regardless of gender can live free, and that society should take forceful action against honour-based oppression. The counter-proposal's demands for mappings, staff training and an explicit mandate in the preschool curriculum are a direct operationalisation of this. The plan also wants to see targeted preventive work against the different expressions of honour-based oppression.

»Skolor och förskolor behöver arbeta förebyggande mot destruktiva normer för att alla barn, oavsett kön, ska kunna leva fria.« — preventive norm work in preschool and school“Schools and preschools need to work preventively against destructive norms so that all children, regardless of gender, can live free.”

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The plan explicitly says that the government shall work with an emissions budget that connects climate targets with concrete, quantified proposals, and that fixed frameworks shall be set to take Sweden out of fossil dependency. The counter-proposal's demand for an annual national carbon dioxide budget grounded in climate research is the same commitment. That authorities and state-owned enterprises receive their own emissions budgets follows from the plan's demand that jointly owned operations be managed based on a climate strategy.

»Vi vill att regeringen arbetar med en utsläppsbudget som knyter ihop« — national emissions budget“We want the government to work with an emissions budget that connects”

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The plan explicitly states that forest's function as a carbon sink needs to be preserved for climate targets to be met and that drained wetlands shall be restored. The counter-proposal's requirements for a national goal of doubled natural carbon sink and a coordinator for implementation is a direct operationalization of that commitment. The plan furthermore calls for ambitious environmental goals that are followed up with strict legislation and practical work.

»För att uppnå klimatmålen behöver skogens funktion som kolsänka bevaras de kommande decennierna, därför behöver kalhyggesbruket fasas ut.« — preserved carbon sink in forests“To meet climate goals forest's function as a carbon sink needs to be preserved in the coming decades, therefore clear-cutting forestry needs to be phased out.”

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The plan establishes that the Swedish state has historically subjected indigenous peoples and national minorities to serious wrongs and that Sweden has a special task to strengthen their rights to identity, language and cultural heritage. First acknowledging the historical violations against Tornedalians, Kven and Loantalaiset and then proceeding with the investigation's proposals is a direct implementation of that commitment. The plan also emphasizes that knowledge about these structures needs to be spread.

»Den svenska staten har genom historien utsatt urfolk och nationella« — acknowledge historical wrongs“The Swedish state has throughout history subjected indigenous peoples and national”

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The plan explicitly requires a functioning and present justice system with more patrolling police, together with work on the deeper causes of crime. More community police and better opportunities to report crimes or get help on location in particularly disadvantaged areas is precisely what the plan seeks. The plan also emphasises that people in the poorest areas must not be left with the feeling that society has abandoned them.

»Kriminaliteten behöver mötas både med ett fungerande och närvarande rättssystem som fler patrullerande poliser« — more patrolling police“Crime needs to be met both with a functioning and present justice system with more patrolling police”

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The party programme explicitly identifies laws protecting workers' conditions by strengthening safety representatives as a strategic reform, and requires regulations securing serious occupational health and safety work at all workplaces, including those prioritising short-term profit. The counter-proposal's requirement for significant and escalating sanction fees, linked also to organisational and social working environment and to obstacles to safety representatives, is that commitment in concrete form. The plan also wants to give unions better opportunities to ensure that laws and agreements are complied with.

»till exempel handla om lagar som försvarar människors arbetsvillkor« — laws strengthening safety representatives“for instance by enacting laws protecting people's working conditions”

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The election manifesto demands massive investments in transition support, competence development and education so people can handle new green jobs, and establishes that adult education and community colleges are needed throughout the country. The counter-proposal's requirement for continued and strengthened investment in regional vocational adult education, with the possibility of additional state subsidies when needs change rapidly, is this commitment in practice. The plan also wants to make it easier to educate oneself regardless of wallet and place of residence.

»men för att kunna hantera de nya gröna jobben behövs massiva satsningar på omställningsstöd, kompetensutveckling och utbildning i vad hållbar samhällsutveckling innebär« — massive investments in transition“but to be able to handle new green jobs, massive investments in transition support, competence development and education in what sustainable societal development means are needed”

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The party programme establishes that taxes can play an important complementary role in driving the transition but need to be designed wisely to have a real effect. The counter-proposal's requirement for a new review of the chemical tax, after an evaluation has shown it has delivered neither the intended environmental effects nor been cost-effective, is precisely that examination. The plan also wants ambitious environmental targets followed up with sharp legislation and practical work, which presupposes that ineffective instruments are redesigned.

»De behöver utformas klokt för att få verklig effekt och« — taxes should have a real effect“They need to be designed wisely to have a real effect and”

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The election manifesto demands that culture exists throughout the country and specifically points out public libraries and popular education as what should be invested in and developed. The counter-proposal's demands that state, regions and municipalities together create better conditions for gathering places and local popular education is the same commitment in concrete form. The party programme wants to see plenty of space for cultural creation that reaches everyone in society.

»Därför är det särskilt viktigt att satsa på och utveckla folkbiblioteken, folkbildningen och public services oberoende ställning.« — invest in libraries and popular education“Therefore it is especially important to invest in and develop public libraries, popular education and public service's independent position.”

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The election manifesto establishes that culture is part of welfare and should exist throughout the country, and that cultural life has been impoverished when institutions disappear from more places. The counter-proposal's requirement for permanent support, more funding for the cooperation model and a strengthened infrastructure for visual and applied art are concrete expressions of that commitment. The party programme also requires good economic conditions for both institutions and free culture.

»Det är viktigt att kulturen står fri från såväl kommersiell som politisk styrning och finns i hela landet.« — culture throughout the country“It is important that culture stands free from both commercial and political control and exists throughout the country.”

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The party programme demands that cultural policy create good economic conditions for both institutions and free culture, which is exactly what the counter-proposal wants to secure as unemployment among cultural workers rises. The plan is also explicitly critical of technological development where capital increases replaceability instead of building up people's knowledge, which supports the demand that AI's effects are followed and met with measures. According to the plan, culture's independence presupposes that creators can support themselves.

»Kulturpolitiken behöver skapa goda ekonomiska villkor för såväl« — good conditions for culture creators“Cultural policy needs to create good economic conditions for both”

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The party programme establishes that all people have the right to protection of their personal integrity and that the presumption of innocence is fundamental, and that legal security must be maintained through public scrutiny and independent review. The counter-proposal's requirement that coercive powers legislation be time-limited and continuously evaluated is exactly such a review of proportionality. The plan also requires that the police are clearly embedded in democratic structures.

»har rätt till skydd av sin personliga integritet.« — personal integrity“have the right to protection of their personal integrity.”

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The party programme states that society should take greater responsibility for ensuring that workplaces in welfare have good working conditions and wages, which is precisely what the counter-proposal demands of the state. The election manifesto links staff turnover to resource shortages and demands investments in staff and their working environment. The plan furthermore emphasizes particularly the female-dominated welfare professions, which have long been pressured hard.

»Vi vill att samhället tar ett större ansvar för att arbetsplatserna i« — greater societal responsibility for welfare workplaces“We want society to take a greater responsibility for ensuring that workplaces in”

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The party programme establishes that legal certainty needs to be upheld through, among other things, legal aid, and that those who have a disability should be able to participate in society on the same conditions as everyone else. The counter-proposal's demand for an investigation into legal aid for people with intellectual disability lies directly at the intersection of the two commitments. The plan also wants the disability perspective to be included in all policy areas.

»Rättssäkerheten behöver upprätthållas genom rättshjälp, medborgerlig« — legal aid as legal certainty“Legal certainty needs to be upheld through legal aid, public”

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The election manifesto explicitly requires investments in healthcare personnel so that staff shortages are eliminated and conditions are strengthened, and the party programme places an overarching state responsibility for trained professionals being available across the country. The counter-proposal's requirement that the national plan's proposals for skills supply be taken forward and implemented is the same thing in substance. The plan also requires increased resources for healthcare.

»Därför vill Vänsterpartiet satsa mer resurser på hälso- och sjukvården och äldreomsorgen, samt satsa på personalen så att vi samtidigt får bort personalbristen och stärker personalens villkor och arbetsmiljö.« — eliminate staff shortages in healthcare“Therefore the Left Party wants to invest more resources in healthcare and elderly care, and invest in staff so that we simultaneously eliminate staff shortages and strengthen staff conditions and work environment.”

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The plan explicitly states that customs and police resources must increase to address the money that drives drug trafficking. The counter-proposal's demands for means to educate and employ more customs officials is exactly that commitment. The plan additionally demands effective action against drugs at all levels and good resources for the authorities that shall implement it.

»Tullens och polisens resurser måste öka för att komma åt de pengar som driver narkotikahandeln.« — increased customs resources“Customs and police resources must increase to address the money that drives drug trafficking.”

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The plan requires that urban planning has genuine democratic anchorage and is rooted in people's love for the place they live, and wants democratic processes to permeate all of society. Investigating greater resident influence over shared spaces, local councils, and cultural planning is directly in line with this, as is the protection of cultural heritage. Security is created, according to the plan, through strong local communities.

»Planeringen behöver en genuin demokratisk förankring och utgå från människors kärlek till platsen man bor på.« — democratically anchored planning“Planning needs genuine democratic anchorage and must be rooted in people's love for the place they live.”

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The plan explicitly states that it should not be possible for perpetrators of violence to retain joint custody and that the child's perspective must be strengthened in custody processes. The counter-proposal's requirement that a parent who exposes a child to honour-related violence should not share custody is the same thing in substance. The plan also demands strong action against honour-based oppression and targeted work against its various expressions, which includes siblings' exposure.

»Barnperspektivet måste stärkas i vårdnadstvister och det ska inte vara möjligt för våldsutövare att behålla gemensam vårdnad.« — no custody for perpetrators of violence“The child's perspective must be strengthened in custody disputes and it should not be possible for perpetrators of violence to retain joint custody.”

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The plan explicitly requires that much greater focus is directed at preventing the recruitment of children into gang crime, with better resources for school, leisure activities and social services. The counter-proposal's demands for resources for long-term preventive social work in disadvantaged areas, parental support, school social workers and immediate interventions at recruitment are the same thing in substance. The plan, however, provides no support for repressive elements such as youth criminal committees.

»Vissa straff kan behöva höjas men mycket mer fokus måste riktas mot att förhindra rekryteringen av nya barn till gängkriminalitet.« — stop recruitment of children“Some punishments may need to be increased but much more focus must be directed at preventing the recruitment of new children into gang crime.”

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The plan establishes that those living with disability shall be able to trust that they receive the support they need and that LSS (support and service for people with certain functional impairments) and personal assistance shall be developed so that they genuinely cover the needs. A rule that causes assistance to lapse during hospital stays is precisely such a gap. A review of the regulation therefore directly follows from the plan's commitment.

»På samma sätt ska du som lever med funktionsnedsättning kunna lita på att du får det stöd du behöver, och på att din rätt att delta i samhället på det sätt du vill inte ständigt ifrågasätts och försvåras.« — reliable support for disability“Similarly, you who live with disability shall be able to trust that you get the support you need, and that your right to participate in society in the way you want is not constantly questioned and made difficult.”

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The party programme requires that the state takes over primary responsibility for schools and that the free school system is abolished, precisely because market-driven sizing does not give an equal school. The election manifesto establishes that upper secondary school should be able to meet all children's needs and not as today be based on competition. Increased state steering and sizing with clearer frameworks for both public and private operators thus lies at the heart of the plan.

»För att bygga upp en jämlik skola vill vi att staten tar« — state primary responsibility for schools“To build an equal school we want the state to take”

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The election manifesto establishes that the right to seek asylum can never be compromised and demands that only permanent residence permits be issued when asylum is granted, and calls today's policy of temporary and conditional permits a form of psychological violence. The party programme requires that those seeking asylum are guaranteed individual and legally secure examination and that the criteria should lead to fewer people living in legal vulnerability, which is exactly the counter-proposal's objection to examination being cut and the shadow society growing. The plan therefore stands behind the demand for rejection.

»Rätten att söka asyl kan aldrig tummas på, vi kräver att endast permanenta uppehållstillstånd ska utfärdas vid beviljad asyl.« — asylum right and permanent permits“The right to seek asylum can never be compromised, we demand that only permanent residence permits be issued when asylum is granted.”

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The party programme explicitly establishes that the state has a special responsibility to ensure that the country is sufficiently self-sufficient with food, and that Sweden has good opportunities to become more self-sufficient in energy and food. An inquiry into how supply capacity can be strengthened throughout the country, with emergency stockpiles and investments in drinking water infrastructure, responds directly to that. The plan wants to see a robust society built to handle different kinds of crises.

»se till att landet är tillräckligt självförsörjande med livsmedel.« — state responsibility for self-sufficiency“ensure that the country is sufficiently self-sufficient with food.”

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The plan explicitly demands a strong, broad and independent role for public broadcasting with a mission that stands independent from political power, and the election manifesto highlights public broadcasting's independent position at a time when right-wing populist forces try to control information more tightly. Demanding broad cross-party agreements and protecting multi-year funding security is precisely that independence in practice. A temporary majority's decision on funding allocation is the opposite.

»public service, med ett uppdrag som utgår från grundlagen men står« — public broadcasting independent of politics“public broadcasting, with a mission that derives from the Constitution but stands”

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The election manifesto asserts that welfare shall exist everywhere and that the state needs to take greater responsibility for expansion nationwide, with services remaining even in smaller towns. The party programme repeats that school, healthcare, elderly care and other services need to function everywhere and that incomes and costs shall be distributed solidaristically across the country. It is exactly what the counter-proposal demands when it wants more state service offices and ongoing evaluation of the state's presence.

»Skola, vård, omsorg och annan service behöver fungera överallt.« — societal services nationwide“School, healthcare, elderly care and other services need to function everywhere.”

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The election manifesto explicitly requires that more of the value of natural resources stays where they are extracted and produced and that wind power should benefit both the municipality and residents in the surrounding area. The counter-proposal's requirement that property tax from electricity and industrial facilities is distributed to affected municipalities and regions is the same principle applied to tax revenues. The plan also wants to prevent local communities from being depleted while values are taken away.

»Mer av naturresursernas värden måste stanna kvar där de utvinns och produceras.« — values remain where they are created“More of the value of natural resources must stay where they are extracted and produced.”

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The party programme wants to build up digital commons with free access to humanity's accumulated knowledge and culture, which is exactly what accelerated digitalization of the cultural heritage aims at. The election manifesto moreover establishes that fiber expansion is going too slowly and that the state needs to take greater responsibility for it, which covers the requirement for broadband throughout the country. The plan also requires resources for culture so that it reaches everyone.

»Vi vill bygga upp digitala allmänningar med fri tillgång« — digital commons with free access“We want to build up digital commons with free access”

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The party programme requires that Sweden works for fair trade terms and is critical of trade agreements that restrict room for democratic decisions. A trade policy goal of free, sustainable and fair trade directly answers that commitment, as does the demand that all countries be able to control their production and natural resources. The plan also requires that global inequality be significantly reduced.

»solidariskt bistånd och rättvisa handelsvillkor.« — fair trade terms“fair trade terms and solidarity development assistance.”

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The election manifesto explicitly requires that social services be strengthened with sufficient resources and knowledge, and that it is guaranteed lasting and stable support. The party programme adds that society should take greater responsibility for welfare workplaces having good working conditions and salaries. The counter-proposal's package for staffing security, competence and career opportunities is exactly the strengthening the plan demands.

»förstärk socialtjänsten med tillräckliga resurser och kunskap för att arbeta både förebyggande och med barnskydd« — strengthened social services“strengthen social services with sufficient resources and knowledge to work both preventively and with child protection”

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The party programme wants Sweden to participate wholeheartedly in work on the historical challenges the world faces and to be a steady voice for human rights, peace and national self-determination, and wants the UN to play a larger role. The election manifesto demands increased aid and a stronger UN. The counter-proposal's demand for a statement on a more active and global foreign policy, not only focused on Europe, follows directly from these commitments.

»Vi vill att Sverige ska vara ett land som deltar helhjärtat i arbetet med« — wholehearted global engagement“We want Sweden to be a country that participates wholeheartedly in work on”

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The party programme establishes that LSS services and personal assistance need to be developed so they genuinely cover needs, and the election manifesto that anyone living with a disability shall be able to rely on getting support without their right to participate being constantly made difficult. The counter-proposal requires urgent action against deteriorations in access to assistance, non-discrimination of people with protection needs and a review of the regulations. It aligns directly with the plan's commitment.

»lig assistans behöver utvecklas så att de på riktigt täcker behoven.« — assistance covering needs“al assistance need to be developed so they genuinely cover needs.”

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The party programme states that aviation should begin to bear its socio-economic costs and that the investment plan for transport should include, among other things, an expansion of the railway. The counter-proposal requires that state support to the aviation sector is withheld and that the railway is prioritized for fossil-free transport. The election manifesto furthermore directs heavy transport to rail and sustainable shipping.

»stå för sina samhällsekonomiska kostnader. Det skulle sänka utsläppen« — aviation should bear its costs“bear its socio-economic costs. That would reduce emissions”

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The election manifesto explicitly requires that Sweden signs the nuclear weapons convention and strengthens the UN, and the party programme wants to see a ban on nuclear weapons on Swedish soil and works for a world completely free from nuclear weapons. The counter-proposal's requirement for a more driving role in nuclear weapons disarmament, including as an observer to the prohibition convention, thus lies within the plan's stated commitment. That disarmament would be sufficient through the NPT track is not encompassed by the plan's ambition level.

»Sverige ska öka biståndet, stärka FN och skriva under kärnvapenkonventionen.« — sign the nuclear weapons convention“Sweden should increase aid, strengthen the UN and sign the nuclear weapons convention.”

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The election manifesto demands massive investments in transition support, skills development and education in sustainable societal development, and states that workers should not be hit by unemployment when society leaves fossil dependence. This is precisely what a green knowledge boost within adult education, vocational college, upper secondary school and higher education means. The party programme also links full employment to a strong education system.

»massiva satsningar på omställningsstöd, kompetensutveckling och utbildning i vad hållbar samhällsutveckling innebär« — skills boost for the transition“massive investments in transition support, skills development and education in what sustainable societal development means”

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The election manifesto states that the party wants to invest in the entire education system and that quality and accessibility from preschool to vocational university needs to increase, and that it should become easier to educate oneself after compulsory school regardless of where you live. An expansion of vocational university with more places and long-term funding instead of short-term project grants lies directly in that line. The party programme also wants to make major investments in the education system's quality.

»Från förskola till universitet och yrkeshögskola behöver kvaliteten och tillgängligheten öka.« — expanded vocational university“From preschool to university and vocational university, quality and accessibility need to increase.”

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The election manifesto explicitly points out that mental illness is increasing especially among women and young people without leading to expanded care or improved working conditions, and demands the right to rapid help also for burnout. The counter-proposal's demand for developed rehabilitation for mental illness with a focus on women's health and early signs directly responds to this. The plan further wants to see a humane sickness insurance and an end to delisting from insurance.

»Stressrelaterade sjukdomar blir allt vanligare och psykisk ohälsa ökar särskilt bland kvinnor och hos unga utan att det leder till utbyggd vård eller förändrad arbetsmiljö.« — mental illness among women“Stress-related illnesses are becoming increasingly common and mental illness is increasing particularly among women and young people without leading to expanded care or improved working conditions.”

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The party programme states that control systems built on control and bureaucratic surveillance destroy creativity and that trust in those who perform the work is crucial. The election manifesto directs the same criticism against micromanagement and models developed without asking the operation, and wants to give employees greatly increased influence. The counter-proposal's requirement for high trust in teachers' professional expertise instead of detailed management of the classroom is thus the plan's own line.

»Tillit till kunskapen och engagemanget hos dem som gör« — trust in professional expertise“Trust in the knowledge and commitment of those who do”

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The plan identifies temporary staffing jobs as a source of insecurity in the labour market and wants there to be no profit-driven actors in healthcare and care services at all. The counter-proposal's requirement that healthcare should become independent of hired personnel and instead have its own permanent staffing is exactly the direction the plan indicates. The plan also wants to invest in staff to eliminate staff shortages.

»Otryggheten skapas genom tillfälliga anställningar, sms-jobb, gig-jobb, deltidsjobb och bemanningsjobb.« — away with insecure employment“Insecurity is created through temporary employment, SMS jobs, gig jobs, part-time jobs and temporary staffing.”

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The plan requires targeted work against the sale of sex and affirms that trafficking in women's bodies through sex work and pornography should cease, which is precisely the area the counter-proposal wants to bring into the strategy. It also wants to see effective follow-up of organised economic crime and stricter regulation of banks' socially impacting activities. Both additions therefore follow from the plan.

»de olika uttryck det tar sig, som sexköp och hedersförtryck.« — targeted work against sex work“its various manifestations, such as sex work and honour-based oppression.”

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The plan establishes that much more focus must be directed at preventing the recruitment of children into gang crime and that school, leisure activities and social services need better resources. It explicitly warns against repression being used instead of tackling the problems and requires that measures do not worsen the problems. The counter-proposal's requirement for early social prevention measures in cooperation between care, social services and preschool is exactly that line.

»Vissa straff kan behöva höjas men mycket mer fokus måste riktas mot att förhindra rekryteringen av nya barn till gängkriminalitet.« — prevent new recruitment“Some penalties may need to be increased but much more focus must be directed at preventing the recruitment of new children into gang crime.”

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The plan establishes that everyone shall have the same right and opportunity to practice culture and participate in cultural life, and that state cultural policy shall guarantee equivalent distribution across the country. The counter-proposal's demand for free and accessible culture regardless of place of residence, disability or background is the same commitment. The plan also sees culture as a tool against segregation and class differences. The plan supports the demand.

»Alla ska ha samma rätt och möjlighet att utöva kultur och att ta del av kulturlivet.« — equal right to culture“Everyone shall have the same right and opportunity to practice culture and participate in cultural life.”

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The plan explicitly requires that drained wetlands leaking emissions be restored, which is the heart of the demand to investigate the potential for carbon storage through wetland rewetting. It also wants to address environmental threats with strong legislation and economic instruments, which requires knowledge of PFAS emissions and drinking water pollution. The plan therefore supports the demand.

»torrlagda våtmarker som läcker utsläpp ska återställas« — restore wetlands“drained wetlands leaking emissions shall be restored”

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The plan explicitly points to an effective exit programme as one of the tools against crime and says that focus must primarily be directed toward preventing recruitment of children into gang crime. To adapt exit activities to prevent children being exploited by criminal networks, with special requirements for children and functioning cooperation, is the same commitment. The plan supports the demand.

»ett effektivt avhopparprogram« — effective exit activities“an effective exit programme”

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The plan states that public procurement is an important tool for transition and that public purchases should prioritize sustainable solutions. It also demands that reuse and recycling of materials increase. Gradual raised targets for the share of recycled material in procurements are precisely such a tightening. The plan therefore supports the demand.

»Offentlig upphandling är ett viktigt verktyg för omställningen.« — procurement as transition tool“Public procurement is an important tool for transition.”

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The plan requires that family law treats everyone equally and that no special treatment of homosexual, bisexual and transgender people can be accepted. A gender-neutral regulation of parenthood with a unified concept is precisely such equal treatment. The plan also puts the children's best interests first, which speaks for introducing the bill without further delay. The plan supports the requirement.

»Det innebär till exempel att äktenskapslagstiftning, arvsrätt och familjerätt ska behandla alla lika.« — equal family law“This means for example that marriage legislation, inheritance law and family law shall treat everyone equally.”

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The plan states that certain penalties may need to be increased and demands penalties that ensure crimes against women and children are prioritized by law enforcement authorities. Increased minimum penalties and new serious categories for offences against bodily integrity are precisely such a marking of the seriousness of these crimes. The plan also supports the law on violence against women. The demand therefore lies in the direction of the plan, even though the emphasis otherwise lies on preventive work.

»För det behövs det fler poliser, ökad kunskap inom rättsväsendet om samtycke och om våld mot kvinnor och barn, och straff som gör att brotten prioriteras av rättsvårdande instanser.« — penalties that prioritize violence against women offences“For that, more police is needed, increased knowledge within the justice system about consent and about violence against women and children, and penalties that ensure crimes are prioritized by law enforcement authorities.”

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The plan explicitly says that focus must be directed towards preventing recruitment of new children into gang crime and that this requires comprehensive prevention efforts. It points out precisely school, leisure activities and a strengthened social service with a prevention mandate and child protection as the tools. The counter-proposal's demands for structured, knowledge-based prevention work with early interventions for children and young people are the same line. The plan therefore supports the demand.

»Vissa straff kan behöva höjas men mycket mer fokus måste riktas mot att förhindra rekryteringen av nya barn till gängkriminalitet.« — prevent new child recruitment“Certain punishments may need to be increased but much more focus must be directed at preventing recruitment of new children into gang crime.”

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The election manifesto explicitly requires the state to take an active role in industry's transition through a massive investment program, major state investments in the transition from fossil to renewable and significantly increased electricity production. It also links the transition to housing construction and massive education initiatives for the new green jobs. The counter-proposal's requirements for active state leadership with fast permit processes, electricity, housing and competence supply are thus the plan's own commitments.

»Vänsterpartiet föreslår ett massivt investeringsprogram för den gröna industrin.« — massive green investment program“The Left Party proposes a massive investment program for the green industry.”

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The party programme explicitly requires that long animal transports be abolished and that all animal husbandry be based on the fact that animals are sentient beings with the right to a good life. The programme also wants to phase out animal factories, that is, the large-scale handling that long transports go hand in hand with. The counter-proposal's demands for stricter and shorter transport times, regardless of whether the transport takes place within or outside the EU, are therefore precisely what the plan requires.

»Långa djurtransporter« — abolish long animal transports“Long animal transports”

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The party programme explicitly demands that cultural school be given statutory support and that a state cultural policy shall guarantee a democratically equitable distribution of resources across the country. The counter-proposal wants the state to take greater responsibility for making cultural school accessible on equal terms throughout the country, which is the same commitment. The programme furthermore states that culture is a public responsibility area like school.

»Kulturskolan ska få lagmässigt stöd och bibliotekslagen ska skärpas« — statutory cultural school“Cultural school shall receive statutory support and the library act shall be sharpened”

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The party programme establishes that the power of financial capital must be broken through regulation and that the financial sector should be taxed more heavily. A temporary tax on banks' extraordinary net interest income is exactly such a measure, and the exemption for municipal financing collaboration responds to the plan's defence of municipal self-government. The plan also requires redistribution from the rich to households with tight margins.

»Vi vill beskatta finanssektorn« — harder taxation of the financial sector“We want to tax the financial sector”

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The election manifesto ties women's ability to leave destructive relationships directly to their finances, which carries the requirement that economic violence is recognised as its own form of men's violence against women. The party programme explicitly defends the law banning the purchase of sexual services and requires that women's violence prevention work is based on knowledge of how violence affects different women differently. The counter-proposal's requirements align with these commitments.

»Många kvinnor kan inte lämna destruktiva förhållanden för att deras ekonomi är för dålig, därför hänger arbetet med att uppvärdera kvinnors arbete och höja löner i låglöneyrken ihop med arbetet mot våld mot kvinnor.« — women's finances and violence“Many women cannot leave destructive relationships because their finances are too poor, which is why work to revalue women's work and raise wages in low-wage occupations is linked with work against violence against women.”

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The plan explicitly demands that nationally agreed central collective agreements apply also to workforces provided through foreign contractors, which is precisely what the counter-proposal wants to achieve with toughened posting rules and the Mobility Package. The plan also establishes that Swedish collective agreements shall fully apply to everyone on the Swedish labour market and points to gig jobs as a source of insecurity.

»Vänsterpartiet arbetar för att nationellt träffade centrala kollektivavtal ska gälla även för arbetskraft som tillhandahålls genom utländska entreprenader, privata eller som enskilda bolag eller bemanningsföretag.« — collective agreements for foreign contractors“The Left Party works for nationally agreed central collective agreements to also apply to workforces provided through foreign contractors, whether private or as individual companies or staffing agencies.”

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The plan states that market power has a strong grip on the internet and that it is strategically important to break companies' increasing influence over opinion formation, and that media monopolies limit free speech. An investigation into platform companies' impact on democracy follows directly from this, as does the demand for a diversity of channels for opinion formation. The plan also warns that right-wing populist forces increasingly control information.

»Marknadsmakten har ett starkt grepp om Internet, tv och kultur.« — break platform companies' power“Market power has a strong grip on the internet, television and culture.”

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The plan explicitly establishes that politics should keep arm's length from content and that the independence of civic education and public service shall in particular be developed. A statement in support of free education and arm's length distance is exactly this commitment. The plan moreover wants to protect the study associations' position and sees a free culture as decisive for democracy.

»Vänsterpartiet försvarar den oberoende kulturen. Politiken ska skapa förutsättningar för en bred kultur som kommer alla till del och hålla armlängds avstånd till innehållet.« — arm's length distance“The Left Party defends independent culture. Politics shall create conditions for broad culture that reaches everyone and keep arm's length from content.”

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The plan requires that folk education is invested in and developed and that folk high schools and Komvux exist throughout the country, as well as that the position of study associations is valued. An impact analysis of cutbacks in folk education's basic financing follows directly from that commitment, as does the demand not to change governance before the investigation is complete, because policy shall maintain arm's length distance.

»Därför är det särskilt viktigt att satsa på och utveckla folkbiblioteken, folkbildningen och public services oberoende ställning.« — invest in folk education“Therefore it is particularly important to invest in and develop public libraries, folk education and public service's independent position.”

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The plan requires that all parts of society are made accessible and that everyone shall have the right to be included in society, with a clear disability perspective within all policy areas. Adapted polling stations, easy-to-read voting information and accessible venues where democracy is practised are a direct application of that commitment, since discrimination based on disability can never be tolerated.

»delar av samhället göras tillgängligt och den alltför svaga diskrimineringslagstiftningen stärkas.« — the whole of society shall be made accessible“parts of society are made accessible and the all too weak discrimination legislation is strengthened.”

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The plan requires that public procurement is used strategically to guarantee and strengthen labor rights and working conditions and that collective agreement requirements are set. Making it easier to exclude unserious bidders and strengthening control against exploitation of foreign workers is the same commitment in practice. Wage dumping and economic crime are identified as central threats, and it is companies that are responsible for economic crimes.

»Den offentliga upphandlingen omfattar mycket stora ekonomiska värden. Den måste användas strategiskt av upphandlare på olika nivåer för att garantera och stärka arbetsrätt och arbetsvillkor.« — strategic procurement for labor rights“Public procurement comprises very large economic values. It must be used strategically by procurement officers at different levels to guarantee and strengthen labor rights and working conditions.”

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The plan explicitly defends free basic research and wants to protect the independence and funding of universities. The counter-proposal's requirement for free choice of research subject and method, free publication and that political actors must not direct research is the same commitment. The plan also warns that right-wing populist forces are attempting to control information and content increasingly, which justifies stronger protection for researchers.

»Forskning utgör en del av den samhälleliga infrastrukturen och behöver växa i omfång. Vänsterpartiet försvarar den fria grundforskningen.« — free basic research“Research forms part of society's infrastructure and needs to grow in scope. The Left Party defends free basic research.”

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The plan wants to safeguard universities' independence and financing and defends free basic research, while seeing a need for complementary research based on different societal needs. To review a financing system where matching requirements let external funders direct research direction follows directly from that independence commitment. The plan also rejects privatisation of higher education institutions.

»Vänsterpartiet vill värna universitetens oberoende och finansiering och höja studiestödet så att fler kan välja att vidareutbilda sig.« — universities' independent financing“The Left Party wants to safeguard universities' independence and financing and raise study support so more people can choose to continue their education.”

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The election manifesto explicitly states that clear-cutting should be phased out to preserve the forest's carbon sink, that the forest's ability to store emissions should be strengthened and that only residual products should go to biofuel. The counter-proposal's requirements for selective cutting and shelterwood instead of clear-cutting, ceased clear-cutting and avoided forest fertilisation follow directly from this commitment.

»För att uppnå klimatmålen behöver skogens funktion som kolsänka bevaras de kommande decennierna, därför behöver kalhyggesbruket fasas ut.« — clear-cutting phased out“To achieve climate goals, the forest's function as a carbon sink needs to be preserved in the coming decades, therefore clear-cutting needs to be phased out.”

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The plan requires that redistribution from state to municipality and region increases, with special attention to municipalities and regions that cannot make ends meet, and that the equalization rate is raised. The counter-proposal's requirement for inflation-protected state grants, a guarantee model and credit guarantees is exactly such an expanded state financial responsibility. The plan also wants the share of the public sector in the economy to grow, which requires that welfare revenues are not eroded.

»Omfördelningen från stat till region och kommun måste öka och särskild hänsyn ska tas till de många kommuner och regioner som idag inte får ihop sin ekonomi« — increased state responsibility for municipalities' finances“Redistribution from state to region and municipality must increase and special consideration must be given to the many municipalities and regions that today cannot make ends meet”

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The plan requires that growing surveillance and registration be counteracted and that everyone has the right to a broad private sphere, and that there are effective and independent systems to monitor the occupational groups that get to exercise violence. The counter-proposal's demands for a clearly regulated, limited intelligence operation with independent oversight including secret operations follow directly from this. The plan thereby also argues against the committee's assessment that data protection is already sufficient.

»oberoende system för att granska de yrkesgrupper, till exempel polisen« — independent oversight of force-using authorities“independent systems to monitor the occupational groups, for example the police”

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The plan generally opposes proposals that increase EU power in daily work and wants to return power to member states, and drives the demand for Swedish withdrawal from the EU. It furthermore demands that the right to sign national collective agreements is constitutionally protected and that negotiation rights and strong labour law are defended. Countering EU legislation that threatens the Swedish model therefore follows directly from the plan.

»med andra vänsterkrafter. I det dagliga arbetet motsätter sig Vänsterpartiet generellt förslag som ökar EU:s makt och försöker istället föra« — no to increased EU power“with other left forces. In daily work, the Left Party generally opposes proposals that increase EU power and instead tries to return”

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The plan requires that the law prevent the employer's disclaimer of responsibility through contract chains and notes that work purchasers disclaim responsibility through subcontractors. Extending the principal contractor's responsibility for wage claims to also include rented personnel closes precisely that circumvention possibility, in line with the plan's wish to ban staffing agencies and let collective agreements apply to hired labour. The committee's reference to ongoing preparation is not affected by the plan.

»över arbetsmiljön och förhindra arbetsgivarens praktiska ansvarsfriskrivelse genom olika kedjor av kontrakt.« — stop responsibility dodging via contract chains“over the working environment and prevent the employer's practical disclaimer of responsibility through various contract chains.”

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The plan demands that publicly important activities and infrastructure that have been privatised be taken back and that public ownership is strong in key sectors such as transport systems. Increasingly carrying out railway maintenance in-house and reclaiming lost expertise is exactly this. The plan explicitly opposes the market rules the committee relies on when evaluating deregulation as positive.

»Det är hög tid att agera och ta tillbaka den samhällsviktiga verksamhet och infrastruktur som har privatiserats.« — reclaim privatised activities“It is high time to act and take back the publicly important activities and infrastructure that have been privatised.”

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The plan requires that the share of the economy held by collectively owned enterprises increases, that state-owned companies are used as tools for purposes other than high returns and that incorporation cannot be used to prepare for privatisations. Not utilising the authorisation to sell the company and instead giving it a public mission in occupations with shortages and the green transition follows directly from this, as does the plan's requirement for massive investment in transition support and skills development.

»utnyttjas fullt ut. De gemensamt ägda företagens andel av ekonomin« — increase collective ownership“utilised fully. The share of the economy held by collectively owned enterprises”

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The plan establishes that everyone has the right to participate in society, be able to study, have work, use public transport, and have active leisure, and that all of society must be made accessible with a disability perspective in all policy areas. A clear statutory purpose for specialized transport services and a right to specialized transport services even in other municipalities realizes precisely this. The plan also requires equivalent welfare to be guaranteed throughout the country, which speaks against letting municipal implementation decide.

»ha arbete och försörjning, kunna använda kollektivtrafik och ha en« — the right to live as others“have work and livelihood, be able to use public transport and have an”

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The plan requires that the share of collectively owned enterprises in the economy increases, that privatised socially important activities are taken back and that services should exist also in smaller towns. Refraining from selling the company and instead considering a public mandate or re-regulation of inspection follows directly from these commitments, especially when mobile inspection in rural areas has been discontinued. The plan also requires a regional policy that reduces the gaps.

»utnyttjas fullt ut. De gemensamt ägda företagens andel av ekonomin« — increase collective ownership“is fully utilised. The share of collectively owned enterprises in the economy”

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The plan wants to expand dental insurance with a high-cost protection precisely because a large group refrains from dental care for economic reasons, and it wants to finance welfare through those with large capital assets and high incomes contributing more. Instead financing high-cost protection with savings that hit those with the worst dental health conflicts with both commitments. The counter-proposal's demand for different financing therefore follows the plan.

»Vänsterpartiet vill därför införa en tandvårdsförsäkring liknande den som finns inom övrig hälso- och sjukvård med ett högkostnadsskydd som gör att vuxna människor med behov inte ska behöva tacka nej till god tandvård.« — expanded high-cost protection in dental care“The Left Party therefore wants to introduce dental insurance similar to that which exists in other healthcare with a high-cost protection that ensures that adults with needs do not have to forgo good dental care.”

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The plan requires massive investments in transition support, skills development and education so that workers can handle the new green jobs and are not hit by unemployment when society transitions from fossil dependence. A green knowledge lift and measures against barriers to mobility in emerging green industries are precisely this. The plan thus also speaks against the committee's reasons that ongoing measures are sufficient.

»men för att kunna hantera de nya gröna jobben behövs massiva satsningar på omställningsstöd, kompetensutveckling och utbildning i vad hållbar samhällsutveckling innebär« — green skills lift“but to be able to handle the new green jobs there is a need for massive investments in transition support, skills development and education in what sustainable social development means”

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The plan requires that it shall be a right to receive help with a long-term secure housing solution for those who need to leave violence exposure, and that social services are guaranteed lasting support in the work against violence in close relationships. It sees the women's and girls' shelter movement as a unique actor that the state and municipalities should cooperate with and strengthen. Thus, promptly implementing the finalized legislative proposals and utilizing the shelters' expertise is the plan's own line.

»Vänsterpartiet anser att det därutöver måste vara en rättighet att få hjälp med en långsiktig trygg boendelösning för den som behöver det för att lämna våldsutsatthet.« — right to secure housing“The Left Party believes that it must furthermore be a right to receive help with a long-term secure housing solution for those who need it to leave violence exposure.”

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The plan demands a dental insurance with a high-cost protection similar to other health and medical care, because adults lack a high-cost protection worth the name and many therefore refrain from dental care. The counter-proposal wants to push forward the existing proposals towards a new high-cost protection instead of waiting for a new review. It corresponds to the plan's demand that needs should guide and that no one should need private insurance for good dental care.

»Vänsterpartiet vill därför införa en tandvårdsförsäkring liknande den som finns inom övrig hälso- och sjukvård med ett högkostnadsskydd som gör att vuxna människor med behov inte ska behöva tacka nej till god tandvård.« — dental insurance with high-cost protection“The Left Party therefore wants to introduce dental insurance similar to that which exists in other health and medical care with a high-cost protection that ensures that adults with needs do not have to decline good dental care.”

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The plan demands that today's meat consumption is changed to more energy-efficient food consumption with an increased share of plant-based products and that all animal husbandry is based on the understanding that animals are sentient beings. It also makes public procurement an important tool in the transformation, where purchases should prioritize sustainable solutions. Steering public food procurement toward organic animal husbandry and less but better animal products is therefore the plan's own line.

»Dagens köttkonsumtion, som leder till klimatförändringar, skövling av regnskog och överutnyttjande av vatten« — reduce meat consumption“Today's meat consumption, which leads to climate change, forest destruction and overuse of water”

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The plan states that the state must ensure good access to internet connection throughout the country and that fiber expansion is going far too slowly, which is why the state needs to take greater responsibility. A swift action plan and targeted state funds for coverage where the market does not invest is precisely what the plan calls for. The plan furthermore presupposes that targeted state support must be able to be given so the whole country holds together.

»Utbyggnaden av transportinfrastruktur och fiber går alldeles för sakta, staten behöver gå in och ta ett större ansvar för utbyggnaden.« — the state must expand“Expansion of transport infrastructure and fiber is going far too slowly, the state needs to go in and take greater responsibility for the expansion.”

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The election manifesto establishes that it is policy's, not the individual's, responsibility to create opportunities for people to choose simple and cheap climate-smart alternatives, which is exactly the counter-proposal's direction of making the transition accessible for ordinary people. The plan also proposes a massive investment programme where industry transitions from fossil to renewable with major state investments. Continued and developed support to process industry and to biofuels follows from that.

»Det är politikens, och inte individens, ansvar att skapa möjligheter för människor att välja enkla och billiga klimatsmarta alternativ.« — transition accessible for all“It is policy's, and not the individual's, responsibility to create opportunities for people to choose simple and cheap climate-smart alternatives.”

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The plan explicitly states that the forest's role in naturally reducing and storing emissions shall be strengthened, that drained wetlands that leak emissions shall be restored and that the forest's function as a carbon sink must be preserved. It moreover links the climate crisis to the depletion of biological diversity. A national strategy for negative emissions that includes nature-based solutions and rewetting is therefore directly in line with the plan.

»Skogens roll att naturligt minska och lagra utsläpp behöver stärkas och torrlagda våtmarker som läcker utsläpp ska återställas.« — restore wetlands“The forest's role in naturally reducing and storing emissions needs to be strengthened and drained wetlands that leak emissions shall be restored.”

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The election manifesto asserts that it is particularly important to invest in and develop folk education, that folk high schools and adult education are needed throughout the country and that study associations' position should be protected. The party programme wants to expand the number of places in folk high schools and adult education. The counter-proposal's demands that folk education's role be protected and strengthened with more places, investments in folk high school pedagogy and support to study associations throughout the country are precisely these commitments.

»Därför är det särskilt viktigt att satsa på och utveckla folkbiblioteken, folkbildningen och public services oberoende ställning.« — invest in folk education“Therefore it is particularly important to invest in and develop public libraries, folk education and public services' independent position.”

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The party programme wants to expand the number of places in higher education and vocational colleges and break social recruitment bias among other things through more institutions and relocating education to more places. The election manifesto states that the right to equivalent education is fundamental regardless of where in the country you live. The counter-proposal's demand for continued good access to college places throughout the country, instead of temporary places, is exactly this.

»Vänsterpartiet vill se en utökning av antalet platser inom såväl« — more college places“The Left Party wants to see an expansion of the number of places in both”

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The plan defends independent culture, requires arm's length distance to content and that culture is free from both commercial and political control; the party programme also wants to enshrine culture's position. The counter-proposal's demand for a review of legal protection, including arm's length distance in sponsorship and public-private cooperation, hits exactly this. The demand for more decentralised cultural policy clashes with the plan's state equality ambition, but does not determine the judgment.

»Det är viktigt att kulturen står fri från såväl kommersiell som politisk styrning och finns i hela landet.« — culture free from commercial control“It is important that culture is free from both commercial and political control and exists throughout the country.”

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The election manifesto establishes that heavy transport needs to be directed to rail and sustainable maritime transport and proposes a massive green investment programme and a transition fund that moves money from polluting activities to climate-friendly production. The counter-proposal's demand for a green coastal shipping strategy with associated financing for green investments is precisely such coordinated steering with money behind it. The party programme also points out the transport sector as the one where the transition has the greatest effect.

»Tunga transporter behöver styras till järnväg och hållbar sjöfart.« — goods to rail and maritime transport“Heavy transport needs to be directed to rail and sustainable maritime transport.”

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The plan requires that schools and preschools work preventatively against destructive norms so that all children regardless of gender can live free, and that preschool and school should be both equitable and gender-equal. Heteronormativity is seen as part of the gender power structure that school must break. That school does more to counteract traditional gender patterns is therefore precisely what the plan advocates.

»Skolor och förskolor behöver arbeta förebyggande mot destruktiva normer för att alla barn, oavsett kön, ska kunna leva fria.« — preventive norm work in school“Schools and preschools need to work preventatively against destructive norms so that all children, regardless of gender, can live free.”

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The plan explicitly requires investments not only in teaching but also in student health, special education teachers and social support, because too many children are doing poorly and mental ill-health among young people is widespread. The right to equal education should apply regardless of where in the country you live. Expanded student health with more school counselors and support that reaches students throughout the country is thus exactly what the plan advocates.

»Det krävs satsningar inte bara på undervisning utan också på elevhälsa, specialpedagoger, fritidsverksamhet och socialt stöd.« — investments in student health“It requires investments not only in teaching but also in student health, special education teachers, leisure activities and social support.”

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The plan demands massive investments in transition support, skills development, and education so that the climate transition's new jobs can be managed without workers facing unemployment. It wants to expand the number of places in adult education, folk high schools, and vocational colleges and raise study support. An increased and needs-adapted educational offering at all levels is therefore exactly what the plan advocates.

»men för att kunna hantera de nya gröna jobben behövs massiva satsningar på omställningsstöd, kompetensutveckling och utbildning i vad hållbar samhällsutveckling innebär« — transition support and skills development“but in order to handle the climate transition's new jobs, massive investments in transition support, skills development and education in what sustainable social development means are needed”

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The plan states that persons with non-normative functionality have higher unemployment and are excluded from society, and explicitly requires efforts for the right to work and support as well as a disability perspective across all policy areas. It also establishes that support should not constantly be questioned or made more difficult. The counter-proposal's demands for an action plan, individual support and involvement of the disability rights movement are therefore supported in substance.

»Insatser behöver göras för rätten till arbete« — the right to work“Efforts need to be made for the right to work”

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The plan explicitly points out that culture has been impoverished when cinemas exist in fewer places and demands that culture exists throughout the country and is counted as part of welfare. To especially protect cinemas in smaller places as cultural infrastructure is therefore exactly what the plan advocates. The party programme moreover demands an equivalent distribution of cultural resources across the country.

»Även kulturen och idrotten har utarmats när skolbibliotek läggs ned, simskolan blivit dyrare och biografer finns på färre orter.« — cinemas disappearing from towns“Culture and sport have also been impoverished when school libraries are closed, swimming schools have become more expensive and cinemas exist in fewer places.”

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The plan builds industrial policy on the industry shifting from fossil to renewable with large state investments, that electricity production needs to increase substantially and that the road network should be electrified. The importance of electrification for the green transition is thus a core commitment, not a side matter. Highlighting the issue is therefore supported in substance, even though the plan wants to go significantly further with joint ownership of the electricity network.

»Industrier ska ställa om från fossilt till förnybart med hjälp av stora statliga investeringar« — state-financed industrial transition“Industries should shift from fossil to renewable with the help of large state investments”

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The party programme states that all women shall have the same protection and rights, even those who have come to Sweden and are waiting for residence permits, and that today's time limits shall be removed. This directly supports both the review of rules for broken family relations and the review of the reflection period for victims of human trafficking. The plan furthermore rejects an arrangement where residence permits are made conditional and create dependency.

»Alla kvinnor ska ha samma skydd och rättigheter, även kvinnor som har kommit« — same protection regardless of residence status“All women shall have the same protection and rights, even women who have come”

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The plan explicitly requires increased knowledge within the legal system about consent and violence against women and children, and that all professional groups that meet victims of violence have training in what men's violence against women means. Training measures for court lawyers is exactly this. The plan moreover requires that the child perspective is strengthened in custody disputes, which is the question courts decide.

»För det behövs det fler poliser, ökad kunskap inom rättsväsendet om samtycke och om våld mot kvinnor och barn, och straff som gör att brotten prioriteras av rättsvårdande instanser.« — increased knowledge in the legal system“For that there is a need for more police, increased knowledge within the legal system about consent and violence against women and children, and sentences that make the crimes prioritized by law enforcement agencies.”

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The programme explicitly demands that the equalization rate in the municipal tax equalization system be raised so that the regional policy goals are fully achieved, and that the same welfare is guaranteed across the country through a national redistribution system. The election manifesto wants to increase redistribution to municipalities and regions that cannot balance their budgets despite high taxes. A review for more equitable welfare is therefore the plan's own line.

»Utjämningsgraden i kommunala skatteutjämningssystemet bör höjas så att systemet når de regionalpolitiska målsättningarna fullt ut.« — raised equalization rate“The equalization rate in the municipal tax equalization system should be raised so that the system achieves the regional policy objectives fully.”

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The programme explicitly mentions emergency services as a service all municipalities should have equivalent conditions to offer, and the election manifesto states that welfare should be for everyone and exist everywhere. Support for recruitment of part-time firefighters and more training places is exactly what equality throughout the country requires. The plan also wants to build out the education system and allow targeted state support outside the equalization system.

»En generell välfärd betyder samtidigt att alla kommuner och landsting ska ha likvärdiga förutsättningar att erbjuda sina medborgare bra skola, vård, omsorg och service, som t.ex. räddningstjänst.« — equivalent emergency services throughout the country“A general welfare at the same time means that all municipalities and regions should have equivalent conditions to offer their citizens good school, health, care and services, such as emergency services.”

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The programme explicitly requires a fair trade policy that counteracts the unequal conditions in the world market and a foreign policy where human rights, sustainable development and women's liberation are guiding. A trade policy goal aimed at fair world trade with consideration for environment, working conditions and equality is thus the plan's own line, and the party defines itself as feminist. Social and ecological considerations should come before capital interests.

»En rättvis handelspolitik« — fair trade policy“A fair trade policy”

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The party programme makes public procurement an important tool for the transition and requires that public purchases prioritize efficient energy use and sustainable solutions. The programme further requires that meat consumption shift toward more plant-based food consumption, which carries the requirement for plant-based food as a norm. That all procurement must take environmental and climate impacts into account is thus directly the plan's direction.

»Offentlig upphandling är ett viktigt verktyg för omställningen.« — procurement as a transition tool“Public procurement is an important tool for the transition.”

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The party programme explicitly establishes that long animal transports shall be abolished and that all animal husbandry shall be based on the fact that animals are sentient beings that shall be given a good life. The counter-proposal's requirements for stricter transport rules and protected animal welfare are thus directly what the plan requires. That animal welfare at the same time would benefit food production's competitiveness changes nothing in substance.

»Långa djurtransporter« — abolish long animal transports“Long animal transports”

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The election manifesto explicitly demands that reuse and recycling of materials increase and opposes constant overexploitation of nature's resources that depletes biodiversity. Continued forceful transition to a circular economy, including measures against plastic, is exactly the direction the plan indicates. The plan also points to products that last and can be reused instead of throwaway consumption.

»Återanvändning och återvinning av material behöver öka.« — increased reuse and recycling“Reuse and recycling of materials needs to increase.”

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The plan establishes that environmental policy shall be regulated across borders without preventing countries from going ahead with more radical legislation, and requires powerful legislation where long-term environmental considerations are subordinate. Access to clean water counts as a fundamental need. Temporary national limit values for PFAS in drinking water pending EU rules therefore follow directly from the plan.

»gå före med radikalare lagstiftning« — go ahead pending EU“go ahead with more radical legislation”

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The plan establishes that men's violence against women is a structural societal problem that must lead to concrete measures in the legal system, and that the entire legal chain needs to function and that sentences shall make crimes a priority. Building peace protection crimes on the perpetrator's controlling and demeaning behaviour, raising the minimum sentence and letting the statute of limitations begin running when the relationship ends directly answer these demands.

»Mäns våld mot kvinnor är ett strukturellt samhällsproblem.« — structural violence requires legislation“Men's violence against women is a structural societal problem.”

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The plan states that the Sámi are Sweden's indigenous people who have historically been wronged by the state, that the Sámi Parliament's self-determination should be strengthened and that Sweden must prioritize ratifying ILO 169. It also emphasizes Sweden's commitments to protect Sámi rights to cultural heritage. Promptly securing regulations and financing for the return of Sámi remains and cultural artifacts follows directly from these commitments.

»Samer är Sveriges ursprungsbefolkning och har historiskt utsatts av« — the state's historical wrongs against the Sámi“The Sámi are Sweden's indigenous people and have historically been subjected to”

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The plan establishes that everyone shall have equal rights and opportunities to participate in cultural life and that culture can prevent segregation and class differences. It explicitly criticizes that culture is impoverished when fees rise and supply shrinks. Free admission to more museums, which allows low-income families to participate in the cultural heritage, is therefore a measure in the plan's direction.

»Alla ska ha samma rätt och möjlighet att utöva kultur och att ta del« — equal access to culture“Everyone shall have equal rights and opportunities to practise culture and to participate”

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The plan explicitly demands that children and young people be given opportunities for municipally supported leisure activities and that leisure activities and social support be expanded, as a central part of crime prevention work. It also highlights that psychological distress among young people is widespread. Developing new proposals for open leisure activities and strengthened living conditions for young people therefore lies directly in line with the plan.

»Ge barn och ungdomar möjligheter till kommunalt stödda fritidsaktiviteter« — supported leisure activities for youth“Give children and youth opportunities for municipally supported leisure activities”

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The plan establishes that many women cannot leave destructive relationships because their economy is too poor, and that the children's perspective must be strengthened in custody disputes. It also requires that the woman gets counsel as the norm in legal proceedings and the right to support to leave violence. Removing the waiting period so that legal protection applies to custody disputes directly hits exactly this obstacle and is therefore supported by the plan.

»Många kvinnor kan inte lämna destruktiva förhållanden för att deras ekonomi är för dålig, därför hänger arbetet med att uppvärdera kvinnors arbete och höja löner i låglöneyrken ihop med arbetet mot våld mot kvinnor« — economy prevents women from leaving“Many women cannot leave destructive relationships because their economy is too poor, so work to raise the value of women's work and raise wages in low-wage occupations is connected to work against violence against women”

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The plan demands feminist urban planning that identifies and addresses unsafe routes and places to increase women's freedom, and wants to expand public transport and make it cheaper and more accessible throughout the country. Men's violence against women is described as a structural social problem that should shape, among other things, urban planning. To actively promote more equal use of public transport is thus directly in line with the plan.

»innebär att identifiera och åtgärda otrygga stråk och platser, kan problemen minska och kvinnors frihet öka« — address unsafe places“means identifying and addressing unsafe routes and places, the problems can be reduced and women's freedom can increase”

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The plan demands action against violence and sexual abuse of women, children and LGBTQI persons, and the party programme describes how violence against women and children is exploited by the pornography industry. The best interests of children shall come first in the party's politics, and voluntary helplines are seen as an actor the state should strengthen. Strengthened efforts against sexual crimes, pornography and children's exposure online, with support to voluntary organizations, therefore follow from the plan.

»I ett tryggt samhälle tar vi krafttag mot våld, hedersförtryck och sexuella kränkningar mot kvinnor, barn och hbtqi-personer« — action against sexual abuse“In a safe society, we take action against violence, honour-related oppression and sexual abuse of women, children and LGBTQI persons”

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The plan makes fighting segregation a core issue and requires redistribution of resources to poor areas and suburbs, as well as general measures against unemployment, housing shortage and inequality. It is also explicitly feminist and anti-racist, which includes fighting oppressive values. Thus further measures against segregation are precisely what the plan calls for.

»det kräver en annan politik och att vi omfördelar resurserna från rika till fattiga människor, från rika områden till fattiga områden och förorter« — redistribution to suburbs“it requires different policy and that we redistribute resources from rich to poor people, from rich areas to poor areas and suburbs”

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The party programme explicitly demands that study grants be raised so that no one is forced to discontinue studies for personal financial reasons, and the election manifesto wants to increase study support so that more people can pursue further education. The plan also emphasizes that the opportunity to study should not depend on the thickness of one's wallet. Raising the grant portion and strengthening the study grants system is thus directly in line with the plan, in contrast to the committee's assessment that the system is well balanced.

»Studiemedlen ska höjas« — increased study support“Study grants shall be increased”

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The plan requires that discrimination and racism in the labor market are stopped, states that employees with foreign background are overrepresented in insecure and low-paid jobs, and describes class society as ethnicized. It furthermore wants rights to be tied to individuals instead of families, which is precisely what the requirement for equal requirements and payment to both parties means.

»Diskrimineringen och rasismen på arbetsmarknaden måste stoppas.« — stop labor market discrimination“Discrimination and racism in the labor market must be stopped.”

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The plan generally opposes proposals that increase EU power and wants to return power to member states, and rejects supranational bodies that violate the sovereignty of elected parliaments. It also requires that politics respect the Swedish model of industrial relations. That decisions on the labor market and social safety nets are made nationally and that EU legislation threatening the model is countered follows directly from this.

»I det dagliga arbetet motsätter sig Vänsterpartiet generellt förslag som ökar EU:s makt« — against increased EU power“In its daily work, the Left Party generally opposes proposals that increase EU power”

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The plan requires that welfare and services exist everywhere and that elderly care, schools and shops should exist in more small towns, and that regional policy is driven to reduce gaps. Publicly-owned companies shall be guided by public benefit. To clarify and strengthen the regional responsibility of state-owned companies therefore aligns with the plan.

»Äldreomsorg, förskola, skola och matbutik behöver finnas på fler mindre orter.« — services in more places“Elderly care, preschool, schools and grocery stores need to exist in more small towns.”

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The plan generally opposes proposals that increase the EU's power, wants to return power to member states and opposes the centralization of economic policy in the EU, and establishes that municipalities should have their own taxation power. A marking that member states retain taxation power and that new EU taxes are rejected follows directly from this.

»I det dagliga arbetet motsätter sig Vänsterpartiet generellt förslag som ökar EU:s makt« — against increased EU power“In the daily work, the Left Party generally opposes proposals that increase the EU's power”

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The plan requires a humane insurance system and an end to being uninsured when sick, and that the person who becomes ill can trust the National Insurance Administration without having to fight tooth and nail. It also directs explicit criticism at resources going to digital health services. An investigation that follows up and deepens the decision support, especially for digital medical certificates, aligns with this.

»Vänsterpartiet vill se en mänsklig sjukförsäkring och ett slut på utförsäkrandet av sjuka.« — humane insurance system“The Left Party wants to see a humane insurance system and an end to people becoming uninsured when sick.”

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