Sweden
Did you know that Vänsterpartiet has the most progressive climate politics? Meanwhile, Centerpartiet has strong political demands in terms of water safety and toxic chemicals? We took the temperature of some of the political parties in Sweden and this was our result. Check out below where we have summarised the parties’ political demands.
Please note though, it was rather difficult to score the Swedish parties on how ecofeminist their EU politics is. The reason for it is because the manifestos varied a lot in length, some were 3 pages long while others were 40. It means that some of the most progressive parties did not go deep enough into the topics, while the less progressive parties touched a lot of issues but missed the bar for the social impact analysis.
The parties we looked at
- Feministiskt Initiativ – manifesto, 3 pages
- Vänsterpartiet – manifesto, 7 pages
- Socialdemokraterna – manifesto, 7 pages (updated 6 May 2019)
- Miljöpartiet – manifesto, 28 pages (updated 2 May 2019)
- Centerpartiet – manifesto, 13 pages
- Liberalerna – manifesto, 40 pages
- Kristdemokraterna – manifesto, 4 pages
- Moderaterna – manifesto, 6 pages (updated 6 May 2019)
- Sverigedemokraterna – manifesto, 34 pages
Ecofeminist scorecard
Remember, the scorecard is a first step in finding your way through party jargon. It is based on party manifestos. From past experience, we know that manifestos can be filled with empty words. So we encourage you to dig deeper, to read articles and look at how they have voted within the EU in the past. It might also be useful to check up which EU group your party belongs to, and the EU parties' manifestos.
Committed
This scoring indicates that the party has made a strong social impact analysis on the issue and mentioned many of policies which is listed under the heading on the left-hand side on the scorecard.
Partially committed
This scoring indicates that the party has demands around the issue, but the social impact analysis is lacking or very weak.
Not committed
This scoring indicates that the party has either not mentioned the issue at all in their manifesto, or the committment is there but it is very vague as to how they will achieve it. It might also mean that the party is actively opposed taken action on the issue.
Scoring
Drastic action on climate change, now!
Feministiskt Initiativ
Vänsterpartiet
Socialdemokraterna
Miljöpartiet
Centerpartiet
Liberalerna
Kristdemokraterna
Moderaterna
Sverigedemokraterna
Gender-just energy transition
Feministiskt Initiativ
Vänsterpartiet
Socialdemokraterna
Miljöpartiet
Centerpartiet
Liberalerna
Kristdemokraterna
Moderaterna
Sverigedemokraterna
Toxic chemicals, no thank-you
Feministiskt Initiativ
Vänsterpartiet
Socialdemokraterna
Miljöpartiet
Centerpartiet
Liberalerna
Kristdemokraterna
Moderaterna
Sverigedemokraterna
Safe water for all
Feministiskt Initiativ
Vänsterpartiet
Socialdemokraterna
Miljöpartiet
Centerpartiet
Liberalerna
Kristdemokraterna
Moderaterna
Sverigedemokraterna
Period power for all
Feministiskt Initiativ
Vänsterpartiet
Socialdemokraterna
Miljöpartiet
Centerpartiet
Liberalerna
Kristdemokraterna
Moderaterna
Sverigedemokraterna
Act on single-use plastics ban
Feministiskt Initiativ
Vänsterpartiet
Socialdemokraterna
Miljöpartiet
Centerpartiet
Liberalerna
Kristdemokraterna
Moderaterna
Sverigedemokraterna
Slow down fasion
Feministiskt Initiativ
Vänsterpartiet
Socialdemokraterna
Miljöpartiet
Centerpartiet
Liberalerna
Kristdemokraterna
Moderaterna
Sverigedemokraterna
Gender quotas
Feministiskt Initiativ
Vänsterpartiet
Socialdemokraterna
Miljöpartiet
Centerpartiet
Liberalerna
Kristdemokraterna
Moderaterna
Sverigedemokraterna
Informed decisions matter
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Sustainable development
The demands used on this scorecard are based on the issues that matters to us based on the work we do on Agenda 2030 and sustainable development. We have work on climate justice (SDG 13), sustainable energy solutions (SDG 7, 13, 15), a toxic free and healthy environment (SDG 3, 8, 11, 12), safe and clean water and menstruation (SDG 4, 6, 8, 16) through a gender equality (SDG 5) and human rights lens.