Published 20.44
Tidö fails to close the growing gap to the red-greens.
The blue-yellow team must talk more about welfare, according to Ebba Busch (KD).
– There is a right-winger with a heart, she says.
Statistics Norway’s party sympathy survey was released this morning. It consolidated and deepened the gap between the Tidö parties and the red-greens that had already been seen in other opinion polls during the spring.
With 101 days left until the election, there is a difference of 12.6 percentage points between the blocs.
The result was expected, according to Ebba Buschwhose own party The Christian Democrats moved forward compared to the previous measurement and landed at 4.5 percent.
But things are getting worse for her partners. The Liberals land on 2.5 percent and would leave the Riksdag if there were an election today. The moderates have one of their worst results ever at 17.3 percent.
– We have a tailwind, but for the blue and yellow team it is not going well enough, it is quite obvious that we have to put in another gear, she notes when she meets the media outside Rosenbad.
Busch: Starting to glance at the Social Democrats
However, all the Tidö parties lose compared to the last parliamentary election. Ebba Busch believes that voters feel that the Tidö parties have sorted out a number of problems, such as high petrol prices, shootings and migration policy. But that you now want something more.
– And suddenly you start to glance a little at The Social Democrats. One thinks “now that the right has sorted out these issues, then maybe it would be good to have a little more welfare with the Social Democrats”. No, that is not the way forward, says Busch.
She believes that the voters’ increased demand for welfare can be met by her government alternative. And that KD stands for a humane right, which is not only concerned with tougher punishments and tightened migration policy.
– You can get a right hand with a heart. You can get a bourgeoisie that cares – in the Christian Democrats. We have also shown that we can reverse the trend with the growing long care queues. We are the ones who take responsibility for welfare. We are prepared to do more of that over the next four years if we continue to get increased support from voters.
Warns of a red-green government
At the same time, over 19 percent of voters, more than the entire Moderates, have not decided how they will vote.
– To all those who are unsure, who wonder “but wouldn’t it be good now with a little more welfare after the right has got these basic issues in order?” So I want to say no. It is possible to choose another path. It is possible to vote for KD instead if you want more welfare in the next four years.
If there were elections today, S, V and MP would get 180 seats and be able to form their own red-green government, something Ebba Busch warns against.
– Don’t turn back to a situation where the Green Party gets to stop nuclear power, where the Green Party gets to drive fuel prices up again. And do you really think that we would have had this turnaround with halving of shootings if the Left Party’s legal policy had been allowed to prevail in Sweden? No.
“Can turn around late”
When asked how the Liberals, with their 2.5 percent, will manage to remain in the Riksdag and form a government with the other Tidö parties, Busch answers:
– It is clear that everyone needs to secure their basic support. But I myself am walking proof from the 2018 election that it is possible to turn around late.
– I am prepared to shoulder this turnaround for the blue-yellow team as a whole.
