Many IT goodies among this year's motions - but several areas missing

IT-related issues have received greater attention in recent months, as evidenced by some 60 motions submitted to Parliament

- In the flood of motions, however, surprisingly few address IT and the environment or R&D issues related to IT. And not a single one addresses the justice system's lack of IT use, despite the intense criticism of how it works," says Mikael von Otter, industry policy expert at IT&Telecom companies within Almega.

Otherwise, the motions cover a spectrum of important societal areas: privacy, schools, taxes, healthcare, infrastructure and many others. Interestingly, schools are the area that receives the most IT-related motions.

It is gratifying that the realization of the importance of IT for the whole of society is finally beginning to have an impact. Several interpellations and questions have been debated in the Riksdag during the year, and now there are also a large number of motions in this area. At the same time, this speaks volumes; the political parties must take these issues seriously.

- The fact that there are significantly more motions from the Alliance than from the opposition raises hopes that the government is feeling the pressure to address IT issues. We hope, of course, that our report presented during Almedalen Week, "Roadmap for growth and welfare - an updated IT policy", can be a source of ideas in this context. It will be interesting to follow all the motions, and we will do everything we can to help keep IT issues alive until the elections next year," concludes Mikael von Otter.

Read the report Roadmap for growth and welfare - an updated IT policy
Read our summary of the IT-related motions here (pdf)