As a recurring reminder of the party's low support in opinion polls, another reminder came during the Liberal Party's two-day party board meeting, which ends on Saturday: an Ipsos poll reported in Dagens Nyheter gives the party 2 percent, well below the 4 percent parliamentary threshold.
– It is clear that the situation is extremely serious, but we must become better at advancing substantive policy, says Lotta Edholm, who is also a minister in the Tidö government.
Stuck
According to her, the meeting of the party board was about election strategy and election organization, not whether the party's line on the government issue should be changed or rejected.
– We haven't spent a lot of time on different game theories and we established our line on the government issue at the national meeting and the party board is behind it, says Edholm.
– There is no reason to tear it down.
The line means that the Liberals want to continue in government with the Moderates and the Christian Democrats, with the Sweden Democrats as a cooperation and support party outside the government. The Liberals say no to ministerial posts for the SD and have promised to vote no to a government in which the SD is included. At the same time, the SD demands ministerial posts in order to support a centre-right government at all.
No calls for resignation
Support for Simona Mohamsson, who took over as party leader at midsummer last year, is intact, according to Edholm. No demands for resignation have surfaced.
– Really not. If there is one thing that is clear, it is that Simona has enormous support, says Edholm.
In addition to consolidating and strengthening its position as an education-focused party, L will also focus more on gender equality and European issues. This will, if possible, help the party to remain in parliament.
– It's not the first time we've been outnumbered, says Edholm, pointing to 40 years of experience in the party.
