The Christian Democrats’ EU parliamentarian and party profile Sara Skyttedal is not giving up the fight to be able to run for a new term in the EU Parliament in the elections next year. – It has not been an entirely easy decision given how turbulent the recent period has been. But I have agreed that I will be available in the internal process, she says in a DN interview. She is referring to the trial elections before the EU parliamentary elections, which KD will start later this spring. A month ago, it emerged that Skyttedal had reported party secretary Johan Ingerö to the police for an incident that allegedly occurred after a polling station for the EU elections in 2014. The preliminary investigation was dropped, but Ingerö left his post. According to Skyttedal, what led to the police report was a work-related conflict they had last winter about statements and interviews she made about cannabis and her own use of cannabis. She felt mistreated again. The whole thing triggered a crisis in the party and Ebba Busch’s leadership and handling of the conflict has also attracted attention that the party did not want. She criticized Ingerö for not having functioned as party secretary and Sara Skyttedal for having spoken for a policy that KD does not have, despite Skyttedal saying that statements about cannabis use were her own, not the party’s. Sagittarius describes the recent period as very tough. – It has been extremely trying for my family and there have been moments when I have seriously considered whether it is worth continuing. The price you pay in politics is very high. What happens when my children learn to read and understand what is written about mom on social media? she says to DN and continues: – Yes, I have considered leaving politics.
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