"Teodorescu Måwe will save KD in the EU Parliament by taking voters from M"

Much is at stake for the Christian Democrats and for Ebba Busch in this summer's EU elections.

The party has not been above four percent since May 2023. Admittedly, KD usually makes good election campaigns, but the risk is imminent that they will leave.

It is not an exaggeration to describe the election as existential for Ebba Busch's continued party leadership.

Especially important then to have a top candidate who can draw votes.

Sara Skyttedal (KD) has previously been considered such a float, but when she revealed that she used cannabis and went against the party line on the drug issue, she became a burden.

Added to that were the accusations against former party secretary Johan Ingerö (KD) of alleged sexual abuse.

"Became too much for the party leadership"

Overall, it made her impossible for many members.

Nevertheless, Sara Skyttedal managed to grab first place on the EU list.

She is a combative person with a strong base in parts of the party that lobbied hard for her to be given another chance.

But when it came out that she had probed the terrain for a place on SD's list, it became too much for the party leadership.

Nevertheless, Ebba Busch's actions raise some question marks.

For example, why the poke has been delayed.

The party leadership received information about Sara Skyttedal's SD attempt at the beginning of autumn.

Nevertheless, it was only at the executive committee this week that the decision was made.

Perhaps because Sara Skyttedal had an explanation that the party leadership chose to accept until the opposite was considered proven.

No matter what, Sara Skyttedal's probes show that Ebba Busch has a reason to change the top candidate that the members probably see as legitimate.

After all, trying to get a place on another party's list, while representing the party for which you are elected, shows a certain amount of disloyalty.

And once that knowledge was with the party leadership, it would have been difficult not to act.

"Not a surprising choice"

That it was precisely Alice Teodorescu Måwe that the choice fell on is not particularly surprising.

Her opinion formation is well in line with what KD created under Ebba Busch.

A clear shift to the right, where issues such as immigration, crime and cultural values ​​have taken a big place.

Teodorescu Måwe was also one of the first right-wing debaters to push for the bourgeoisie to start cooperating with SD.

And once Ebba Busch opened that door in the spring of 2019, both the party's support and the party leader's trust surged.

The Christian Democrats became the answer for easily mobile right-wing voters weighing between M, KD and SD.

These are the voters the party wants to attract in this election as well.

A change of course in EU policy is not to be expected.

Just as last time, KD will position itself between M and SD when it comes to how EU cooperation should develop.

When SD flags that Sweden needs to keep the door open for a "swexit", KD replies "make the EU right again".

The party leadership now hopes that the turbulence will subside.

That the party council in mid-February should bless Ebba Busch's recruitment.

And that the grass roots, which have been tested hard in the past year, should feel that they want to campaign for the party.

But above all, that Alice Teodorescu Måwe succeeds in the task of attracting enough moderate voters to save KD in the EU Parliament.

And thus Ebba Busch as party leader.