Election Thrillers in Denmark – NRK Urix – Foreign News & Documentaries

– I am very happy, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said after the excitement of the elections in Denmark.

When 100 percent of the votes were counted in Denmark before 01:00 on Wednesday night, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen had a mandate of 87 red blocks.

If we add the votes of Greenland and the Faroe Islands, this would guarantee a majority for the red bloc with 90 out of 179 states in Folketing. The blue block gets 72 authorizations.

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It is unclear what the election results mean. Frederiksen said she wanted a broad government to form across blocs.

– The election campaign is over and the ruling is now awaited. “As for who will form the government, the tasks are in order,” Frederiksen said in his post-election speech.

The prime minister will go to Queen Margaret on Wednesday to demand that the government be allowed to resign, with the hope of starting negotiations on forming a new government.

The Social Democrats went to the polls to form a broad government. It is also clear that there is no longer a majority behind the government in its current form. Therefore, tomorrow I will send the resignation of government to the Queen,” Frederiksen said.

We will negotiate with skeptical liberals

It is likely that Finster will be the party that will be called into negotiations to form a new government first.

– I think the best way is to start with the biggest party, so as not to favor anyone. That’s the way we usually do it, Fredricksen said.

But Jacob Ellmann-Jensen of Finster has little confidence that he will go into government with the Social Democracy.

Politics is about politics and influence. We want as much leftist politics as possible. If Mette Frederiksen wants to adopt Venstre’s party program, that’s interesting. But I think it’s hard to see for myself, says Finnister Party leader Jacob Ellmann-Jensen, writes Dr.

The joker is in the middle

Former Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen and his new party, the Moderates, may be decisive. The party, which launched in April of this year, still has 16 mandates and the Joker is in the middle.

Alting’s editor-in-chief, Veslemøy Østrem, believes Frederiksen is looking towards the center to form a government with one or more parties.

– I might think she’d rather have her secure base in the center-left constellation. But if she was satisfied, it was likely that Mette Frederiksen would also be able to cooperate with them.

So many big issues, little focus on scandals

Inflation and the Danes’ private economy were important themes of the election campaign.

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, among other things, launched a package to raise the salaries of some public servants at the other end, especially on the bourgeois side, and demanded a per capita tax break.

Another central topic was the lack of manpower, particularly in the area of ​​health.

Lars Loch Rasmussen and the moderates are calling for reforms in this area. The Social Democrats indicated a desire for reforms in the labor market and in schools.

Although Fredricksen was In the midst of many important scandalsThere has been relatively little focus on these in the past four weeks.

Lowest voter turnout since 1990

Frederiksen of the SPD is currently prime minister, and he has applied for re-election.

On paper, it was challenged by two candidates from the right: Jacob Ellmann-Jensen of Finster and Sørn Pape Paulsen of the Conservative People’s Party.

The Social Democrats had their best election in 20 years.
We are a party for all of Denmark. A party for those who live in the countryside and for those who live in big cities. In fact, we are the only popular party today, Frederiksen says in a speech on Wednesday night.

84.1% of those able to vote voted in the Danish elections. It is the lowest participation rate since 1990, according to the Ritzau news agency.

The Liberal Alliance is running a run-off election among the youth

Many parties have invested heavily in Facebook campaigns. At the top of the list is the Liberal Alliance Party, Which seems to have made a choice among the young.

according to dR They spent 2.5 million DKK on leader Alex Vanosplagh and his party’s Facebook profiles.

One newspaper describes Fanosplug as Kind of big brother to Danish youth. According to opinion polls, the party is the preferred choice among Danish voters between the ages of 18 and 34.

Thus, the project appears to have succeeded. When elections were called for October 5, the Liberal Alliance had 4.1 percent support. The score was 7.9 percent.