SD today presents a proposal to reduce the tax on petrol and diesel by SEK 2.

- We do not see this as a crisis measure but as a permanent measure.

Even before Putin's invasion of Ukraine, Sweden had the highest prices in the world, says Oscar Sjöstedt, economic policy spokesman for the Sweden Democrats.

The party also wants to reduce the reduction obligation, ie the proportion of biofuels that must be mixed into the tank, from 30.5 percent to 5 percent for diesel, and from 7.8 percent to 2 percent for gasoline.

This is also a permanent measure.

- It is not something we should have for three or six months, says Sjöstedt.

More than SEK 9

VAT on fuel should be temporarily reduced from 25 percent to 6 percent.

The party's calculation is that the measures would reduce the price at the pump by SEK 9.45 for diesel and SEK 6.50 for petrol.

Just reducing the tax by SEK 2 would cost SEK 18.4 billion in one year and reduced VAT an additional SEK 16.1 billion.

It is by no means cheap, Sjöstedt states.

- We do not see the need to introduce new taxes to cover this type of increased expenditure.

Fuel prices are one thing and then we have defense forces that need to be financed.

Here, there will be even tougher priorities on the expenditure side.

He mentions the aid and that the state is expected to go with a surplus.

- Is it wisest to save in the barns, as it is called a little carelessly, when you have a surplus of SEK 139 billion when we have entire industries that risk going bankrupt and households that go on their knees?

It may be enough for the state to go with a surplus of 100 billion, for example.

Added in April

On Monday, the government presented a package of measures to support households and companies for the price increases that have taken place since Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine.

That package included a temporarily reduced fuel tax, which would mean SEK 1.30 lower price per liter at the pump.

- It is completely inadequate.

I have said before that there is a value of unity in times of crisis.

But that train has passed.

There are no conditions for acting jointly according to the government's decision, says Oscar Sjöstedt.

The party will now talk to other parties in the finance committee and hopes to get measures in the spring amendment budget that will be submitted on 19 April.

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Oscar Sjöstedt (SD), economic policy spokesman and Lorentz Tovatt (MP) climate policy spokesman on the government's support package.