Wallström, should lift the S – Aftonbladet

Margot Wallström, 62, is the social Democrats ‘ strongest card.

Now, provide the party with Stefan Löfven at the forefront her a special assignment – to unite the party and raise the numbers before congress and the electoral campaign. The foreign minister will travel around in all P-districts, and starting with Scania, today.

The new mission is confirmed by Wallström’s staff at the state Department.

Aftonbladet can today reveal that the social Democrats ‘ inner circle, the executive committee where all partitoppar included, has taken a unique decision. It means that the minister for foreign affairs Margot Wallström will receive enhanced commissions – in Sweden.

in Addition to the government commission that includes a large amount of travel abroad, Wallström now, starting today, to travel around in all the Socialist partidistrikt. She will speak at a number of colleges and universities, meet the heavy S-profiles in the districts and communicate the government’s policies and values. It is, for example, to explain the decisions taken in matters relating to asylum and refugee policy.

the foreign MINISTRY confirms

Some data to be confirmed by Wallström’s staff at the foreign MINISTRY.

” It is true that there is such a mission. Margot Wallström is value-driven and not afraid to stand up in the difficult questions and say what needs to be said. It is natural for her to talk about values. In addition, she is someone who people trust and listen to, regardless of political affiliation, ” says her press secretary Pezhman Fivrin.

According to Aftonbladet’s sources made the VU the decision to give Wallström specialuppdraget already in the summer. From the beginning she would have had a helping – Aida Hadzialic, 29. But after the then kunskapslyfts and gymnasieministern got caught in a nykterhetskontroll and had to leave the government now rests the mission solely on Wallström.

the Explanation behind is simple. Margot Wallström is immensely popular internally. She has been in the party since the early 1970s, and has several times been the ideal candidate to take over as party leader, but has always declined the ultimate leadership.

“Wallström is our strongest card, she has the greatest support among our elected officials and she is also the one of our representatives that are the most popular among non-sossar,” says a source.

Hope to take advantage of the popularity

the Idea with Wallström’s special tasks is, according to Aftonbladet’s sources, that’s to take advantage of the minister’s strong confidence. With her hope’s peaks on a opinionslyft and that the party should unite across the country in important matters before the party congress in Gothenburg in april, which is an important starting point for the election the following year, 2018.

the Schedule of Margot Wallström’s domestic travel is made up of her staff at the foreign office, to the number of trips shall be coordinated with the work of the government. In January Sweden as a seat in the UN security council, also fall under Wallström.

the gun goes off in Lund today. Wallström to speak at Lund university on the theme of security in Sweden’s neighbourhood, migration, and Sweden’s place in the UN security council, but also meet the pope and partihöjdare in Skånedistriktet.