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Stronger measures for the automotive industry

Today the Government will present measures to meet the challenges facing the Swedish automotive industry. These will take the form of increased investment in research and development and state credit guarantees for raising loans in the European Investment Bank.

Political priorities for the Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications

The Government's objective is to break the pattern of social exclusion by creating conditions for more jobs in more and growing businesses. Based on this goal the Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications has formulated the following political priorities for work during this electoral period:

- More jobs in more and growing businesses
- Dynamic development in all parts of Sweden
- Combining environment and enterprise

The Swedish EU Presidency

From 1 July 2009 and for six months Sweden will hold the Presidency of the EU.

Areas of responsibility

  • Business development

    Issues relating to business development, small and medium-sized companies, supply of capital, entrepreneurship, simplification of rules, issues relating to patents and innovation, cooperative enterprise and general conditions for enterprise growth.

  • Competition

    Issues concerning competition, freedom of trade and certain questions relating to business law as well as EC rules on state aid to the business sector.

  • Electronic communications

    Issues concerning electronic communications.

  • Energy

    Security of supply, reliable electricity transmission, renewable energy, wind power, electricity certificates and improved energy efficiency

  • IT

    Infrastructure and responsibility for coordination on issues relating to the use of information technology.

  • Primary idustries

    Forest industries and other energy-intensive primary industries, vehicle manufacturing industries together with their subcontractors and recycling.

  • Regional growth

    Regional aid areas, support to enterprises and regional policy coordination. Regional Growth Programmes. Target programmes 1 and 2, and the Community initiatives Interreg, Urban and Leader+. European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP).

  • R&D

    Research and development within technology, space exploration, energy, transport and communication, working life and testing and measuring techniques.

  • State-owned companies

    Management of enterprises wholly or partly owned by the state.

  • Tourism

    Tourism policy, international marketing of tourism.

  • Transport

    National and international transport of passengers and goods (roads, air traffic, shipping, railways). Competition conditions for Swedish transport companies. Infrastructure for roads and railways. The EU Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T).