I am currently a little proud to be living in a country with a sane policy towards the EU budget mess: Swedish PM Göran Persson and UK PM Tony Blair have allied to push for a fundamental revamp of the EU budget’s structure, calling for the early demise of the odious and unprincipled Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).

Given that EU President Barroso is currently on a direct collision course with Blair, this should make life interesting for EU Vice President Margot Wallström, who is also on-again off-again heir to Persson’s mantle. On whose side will she end up if this showdown goes nuclear, especially as we know she shares the view of the Swedish Social Democratic party [PDF, Swedish] that the CAP is a waste of money and grossly unfair to the developing world?

Perhaps she’ll blog her conflicted loyalties.