That Annie Lööf is leaving the role of party leader for the Center Party raises the question of which direction the centre-party politics should take going forward.
The party is divided over the question of whether to cooperate with the Social Democrats.
A strong phalanx within the party has been strongly critical of it ever since the January agreement.
Cuf: Not cooperating with S
Réka Tolnai, chairman of the Center Party's youth union (CUF), is one of those who now hopes that the Center Party will make a right turn.
She is one of those who openly criticized Annie Lööf when she chose to support Magdalena Andersson (S) in the election campaign.
- We in the youth association have been clear that the Center Party should go to the elections as an independent liberal force and that we should not cooperate with the Social Democrats.
Especially not in opposition, she says in SVT's Aktuellt on Thursday evening.
“Big loss”
In order to bring together the various phalanxes within the party, the election results must be carefully analyzed and the party must listen to the members around the country, according to Daniel Bäckström (C), spokesperson for rural and defense issues.
- There have been big losses in many strong center mounts for many years.
And it is important to listen to why the Center was voted out in the parliamentary election, he says.
Security policy challenges
Daniel Bäckström points out that the Center Party is a bourgeois party and that a clear opposition role is important in the coming term.
But he emphasizes that in recent years the Center Party has "made important agreements with the Social Democrats".
- It is an uncertain time and, not least in terms of security policy, it is challenging.
We have major crises ahead to deal with.
Then we have to be constructive and also be able to find each other in Swedish politics, and there the Center Party has an important role.
- Stability is also about constructiveness.
And then broad agreements with the Social Democrats are also important going forward.