Ebba Busch Thor has acquired a strong position in the party following last year's election success and rising public figures. True, the Christian Democrats have fallen back in public opinion since May, but for a party that has most often been in a permanent crisis, today's opinion figures of seven percent (Novus) mean a major psychological change.

It also means that Ebba Busch Thor has acquired a considerable room for maneuver as a party leader. She has so far utilized this, among other things, to start talks with the Swedish Democrats and to turn the party's course to the right. Moreover, her rhetoric is often much harsher than what the party's policy actually has coverage for. But it is a conscious choice to challenge the Moderates and the Swedish Democrats about voters on the right. By sounding harsh in her play, she hopes to attract new voters to the party.

Family immigration is the big issue of dispute

The issue that may be the focus of most attention during the weekend is the integration and migration policy. The party leadership has presented to the national parliament an integration policy program that includes several stricter policies, including limited right to publicly funded interpreters, activity requirements for everyone receiving social assistance and language requirements for permanent residence permits.

But the big issue is the immigration of relatives. The question of family reunification has long been an important part of the Christian Democrats' migration policy. Ultimately, this is based on KD's family policy and the overall idea that families should stay together, not split. For this reason, for example, the Christian Democrats voted last spring for the government's proposal for a more generous family immigration.

But now, KD's party leadership believes that children who come to Sweden as asylum seekers should not have the right to bring their parents here. The right to family reunification should only apply to adult asylum seekers who wish to bring their children here.

The aim is, according to KD's party leadership, to prevent families from sending their children in advance on dangerous journeys across the Mediterranean. Another aim is to reduce asylum pressure against Sweden. A large proportion of unaccompanied young people who applied for Europe during the refugee crisis chose to come to Sweden.

Deep division - but it is unclear which phalanges gather a majority

But the Christian Democrats are deeply divided on this issue. The right-wing conservative group that now controls the party, with Ebba Busch Thor at the forefront, is wholeheartedly behind the proposal to limit the right to family reunification.

But on the other hand stands the more traditional Christian Democratic grouping that has emerged from the free church movement's aid work, bazaars and relief efforts. They talk more about humanity than about tightening refugee politics and blatantly saying no to restricting family reunification in the way party leadership wants.

Which of the groupings that can gather a majority in the national assembly is unclear. In previous national elections, the Christian social bankruptcy has proven to be the strongest, but now the party has grown, the mood in public opinion has changed and Ebba Busch Thor himself has, through his successes, strengthened his position in the party.

High-speed trains and begging bans can become issues of war

Several other controversial issues will also be decided. These include a national begging ban and the possibility of revoking citizenship in the event of serious crimes, but also about new high-speed rail lines being built in Sweden.

The Christian Democrats have long been hot supporters of high-speed trains and have thus been behind the plans to build new pedigrees in Sweden. But before the National Assembly, the party board has made a complete reversal and now says no to the project, partly because of the high cost. But heavy parts of the party have signaled that there will be controversy over the issue at the national assembly, so expect a hot political debate here as well.