KD’s party group in Åtvidaberg leaves the party and becomes political savages, something like Corren was the first to report.
Instead, the group switches to Sara Skyttedal’s and Jan Emanuel’s newly started party Folklistan – which hereby enters its first municipal council.
– This is of course stressing Ebba Busch, whose party leadership will be questioned if KD does not enter the EU parliament after the elections in June, says TV4 Nyhetern’s political reporter Per Hermanrud.
Why is this happening right now?
Because the EU elections are approaching and Sara Skyttedal is now working intensively with all her contacts to create attention and thus try to win votes.
Will we see this development in other municipalities as well?
We just interviewed Sara Skyttedal about this, where she was asked if there will be more municipalities that will do the same thing as Åtvidaberg. She didn’t answer the question, other than to laugh, saying it’s an exciting time right now. Everything points to the fact that there will be more municipalities joining Åtvidaberg. Sara Skyttedal has a wide network of contacts around Sweden and she and the others within Folklistan do of course what they can to win voters and influence.
How concerned should KD be about this?
Åtvidaberg is admittedly a small municipality, and it is about two mandates that are now changing from the Christian Democrats to the Folklistan. But symbolically, it is extremely important both for Folklistan, but it is also stressful for the Christian Democrats and Ebba Busch. Sara Skyttedal was fired from KD, and now she is doing what she can to steal voters from her former party. The Christian Democrats currently have two mandates in the EU Parliament, but risk being left out completely after the elections in June. The block there is 4 percent. The Christian Democrats had 3.4 percent in the last comparison in TV4 Väljaropinion, and the party needs all the votes it can get in order not to end up out of the EU parliament. Every vote that goes to Folklistan could have gone to KD instead.
What does this mean for Folklistan?
Two mandates in Åtvidaberg have no major practical significance – but it is symbolically important. It creates attention, which is exactly what Folklistan needs and apparently manages to get. This of course stresses Ebba Busch, whose party leadership will be questioned if KD does not enter the EU Parliament after the elections in June. You can almost hear Sara Skyttedal and Jan Emanuel toasting the partial victory in champagne. It is an important symbolic step for Folklistan’s path towards the EU parliament.