Folklistan

The People's List
Folklistan
Founder
Founded8 April 2024
Dissolved27 June 2024
Ideology
Political positionBig tent or syncretic
European affiliationTBD
European Parliament groupEuropean People's Party (Sara Skyttedal - formerly)[1]
SloganSätt gränser för EU
('Set limits for the EU')
Riksdag
0 / 349
European Parliament
0 / 21
County Councils
0 / 1,720
Municipal Councils
4 / 12,614
Website
folklistan.se

Folklistan (lit. 'The People's List') was a Swedish electoral alliance between individual candidates running in the 2024 European Parliament elections. Folklistan was launched by Jan Emanuel, a former Social Democratic Party MP, and Sara Skyttedal, an MEP previously with the Christian Democrats in April 2024.[2][3] They are also the group's main candidates for the European Parliament elections 2024.

Sara Skyttedal was elected Member of the European Parliament in 2019 for the Christian Democrats, who are grouped with the European People's Party. She left the party in February 2024, but remained in parliament as an independent.[4] In early April 2024, it was noticed that she had registered a new party called Folklistan,[5] and it was later launched in Henrik Jönsson's program on YouTube. On June 27, Jan Emanuel announced that the party would be dissolved due to the poor result in the 2024 European Parliament elections.[6]

  1. ^ "Sara SKYTTEDAL". European Parliament. 6 August 1986. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Skyttedal presenterar EU-satsning med Jan Emanuel". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 2024-04-08. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
  3. ^ Thurfjell, Karin (2024-04-08). "Jan Emanuel toppar Folklistans EU-lista". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). ISSN 1101-2412. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
  4. ^ Nyman, Jenny (2024-02-15). "Skyttedal lämnar – blir politisk vilde". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). ISSN 1101-2412. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
  5. ^ TT (2024-04-02). "Sara Skyttedal startar nytt parti till EU-valet". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). ISSN 1101-2412. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
  6. ^ Flippa Rogvall Tomas Nordenskiöld (June 27, 2024). "Jan Emanuel lägger ner Folklistan – har sökt medlemskap i Socialdemokraterna". Expressen.