KD leader Ebba Busch and SD leader Jimmie Åkesson had a coffee break on Sunday to speak out.
Afterwards, Åkesson made a post on X. He wants Busch to make a public clarification about what she means by saying that in an "exceptional situation" she could consider saying yes to an S-led government if the Tidö parties lost their majority in the election.
"It needs to be sorted out before I can continue to lend my and the Sweden Democrats' credibility to the Christian Democrats. And it needs to be sorted out publicly, not in a closed room between four eyes," Åkesson writes.
In the KD camp, there were no plans on Monday morning to make any particular public clarification on the issue. The view there is that Busch talks daily about how she is fighting for the Tidö parties to win the election.
A "skirmish"
Moderate Party leader Ulf Kristersson has pointed out the Tidö parties' clear government alternatives as a strong card in the election campaign, since Social Democrats leader Magdalena Andersson has not said which parties she wants to form a government with.
This skirmish does not change our fundamental unity, he says.
Åkesson, however, believes that by not clearly rejecting "government invitations from the left," Busch has made the Center's "imaginary center alternative completely unnecessarily relevant."
He also thinks that the S leader has been given an opportunity to avoid talking about the Left Party, which has demanded ministerial posts to support an S-led government.
Bad strategy?
"It is, as I see it, a bad strategy. Possibly good for KD, but bad for the team," writes Åkesson.
KD has advanced in opinion polls compared with the 2022 election results, while SD has retreated and risks losing its position as the largest right-wing party to M.
In his post on X, Åkesson points out several issues where SD and KD differ.
"There are of course many more differences between our parties, but the above are some of the most interesting for voters weighing up between SD and KD," he writes.
The SD leader has previously also urged conservative voters not to throw away their votes by voting for the Liberals if L is below 3.5 percent in opinion polls ten days before the election, that is, on Thursday.
The leaders of the Tidö parties have previously planned at least one joint appearance before election day and have had Wednesday as a possible date.
In his summer speech last Saturday, Jimmie Åkesson said that he does not feel "safe to join a situation like this" before KD gives clear information on the government issue.
