Published 9 November 2022 at 07.01
Domestic. Above all, the Moderates and the Sweden Democrats raged against the tax on plastic bags that the S-led government introduced. Despite that, the new government allows the tax to remain, reports SVT Nyheter.
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The plastic bag tax was introduced in 2020 as part of the January agreement between the Green Party, the Social Democrats, the Liberals and the Center Party.
Although L was involved in introducing the heavily criticized tax, the party backed down after a year and took removed it in his budget motion.
– Now we see the effect of the tax. It is negative. It does not fulfill its function, said Jakob Olofsgård (L), a member of the environment and agriculture committee, to the Alting at the time.
M and SD have simultaneously used the tax to leverage the S-led government.
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But now the government allows the plastic bag tax to be a requirement, shows the budget that Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson (M) presented on Tuesday.
– Yes. It remains, says the finance minister's press contact Hanna Strömberg to SVT.