The Centre Party is now refocusing its election campaign and is fully focused on attracting undecided centrist voters. The large gap between the Tidö parties and the opposition in several opinion polls means that C is making the “Centre Alternative” even clearer in the election campaign.
And even though KD leader Ebba Busch is currently saying no to C's government alternative, Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist believes the decision may be different after the election.
"Our alternative is now seen as much more reasonable. We've been talking about this middle option since January, but back then it sounded so unreasonable that no one was interested," she says.
Conflict with V
In SVT/Verian's latest opinion poll, C increased to 8 percent. Thand Ringqvist believes one reason for the rise is that there are many centrist voters who, like C, do not want to give influence to V and SD.
For both C and V, it is now important to become the larger party in order to weigh more heavily in any upcoming government negotiations with S leader Magdalena Andersson. According to the parties, this could determine whether a new government leans to the right or left.
C will not support a government that includes V, which is a demand from V. The parties' red lines are completely at odds and complicate Magdalena Andersson's government formation.
“Not on the table”
Thand Ringqvist does not answer the question of whether she also says no to budget cooperation with V in a possible government document.
"V is so clear that they will be in government, so it's not on the table today," she says.
C's middle option is based on the parties agreeing on a number of projects, including more jobs and reduced emissions. Another requirement is to introduce a new target in the fiscal policy framework, a growth target of at least 2.5 percent over a business cycle.
