The Left Party's party program states that the party must "work for Sweden to leave the EU". If the proposal is adopted at the congress, that wording will be removed from the party program.

- We are shifting the focus from the near-term issue of Sweden's membership to how we want European cooperation to look, says Hanna Cederin, convener of the Left Party's program commission, to Ekot.

Ahead of the EU elections this spring, the Left Party's EU election conference also voted against Sweden leaving the EU. Then the party board's proposal for election platform was instead: "It is not relevant for us to pursue the issue of EU exit now".