When the Center Party and the Liberals entered into the January agreement with the Social Democrats and the Environmental Party, the former Alliance split with the Christian Democrats and the Moderates.
- They promised Sweden a new government, a bourgeois prime minister, then they gave Sweden a social democratic prime minister. They showed that they were no longer trusting, says Ebba Busch Thor (KD) in "Mats meets".
Brand Alliance "pretty much ruined"Although she would like to see a collaboration with C and L again, she believes that the Alliance brand is "quite ruined". Instead, KD is now forced to seek collaborations where they find support - no matter where on the political scale the support comes from.
- We will seek as much impact on our policy as possible, not relate to one or another party in different ways, says Busch Thor.
Recently, KD, together with M, stood behind the Left Party's distrust of Labor Minister Eva Nordmark, who was withdrawn on Monday. Both Ebba Busch Thor and Ulf Kristersson (M) have also had conversations at the other end of the political scale, with the Swedish Democrats' Jimmie Åkesson.
"We helped to resolve the connection around SD"According to Ebba Busch Thor, the red thread, whether it is about doing a joint thing with V or with SD, is that the party in the new parliamentary situation now attaches importance to matters of fact.
- We helped to resolve the connection around SD and put the policy, the problems, in the center again.
She also believes that there is a new dividing line in Swedish politics, where the view on migration is often crucial, and that it is about whether one wants to see a "tight and controlled" policy going forward or not.
- There is a consensus in many parts, precisely around the tightness, between KD, SD and M.
"Obviously the real opposition is KD, M, SD"On the question of whether a parliamentary cooperation can form the basis for a new conservative bloc, Ebba Busch Thor replies that she sees it as a matter of who one is budgeting with. At the same time, she talks about the blocks being dissolved in a way through the January agreement.
- Otherwise, we and M are the bourgeois opposition, but it is clear that the real opposition is KD, M, SD - and we gladly challenge together on issues we think alike, I do not think you should be saved.
There are also no questions in which KD closes the door for cooperation with SD:
- We are prepared to negotiate with SD on all issues we deem necessary, we will not limit it to any individual.