According to the schedule, the next parliamentary elections were expected to be held by June 2023.
of Denmark prime minister, chairman of the Social Democratic Party Mette Frederiksen announced that early parliamentary elections will be held in the country on November 1.
“Denmark is a wonderful country, but times are difficult. The most important thing is that Denmark gets through the crises,” Frederiksen told reporters at a press conference.
According to the schedule, the next parliamentary elections were expected to be held by June 2023. Denmark’s political system differs from Finland’s, for example, in that the prime minister decides when elections are held, as long as they are held no later than four years after the previous ones.
Reason with the suddenly announced elections, an internal political scandal has developed in the country, which is related to the decision made in 2020 to kill all 17 million minks in the country during the coronavirus crisis. The decision was made because some of the people had contracted the coronavirus disease.
Denmark was the largest fur breeder in the European Union before the banning of minks, but in connection with the banning, Denmark decided to ban the breeding of minks. Currently, the decision has been extended until the end of 2023.
However, not all of the terminated minks had been diagnosed with corona infection, and it was later revealed that the decision was against the law. The government could have decided only to kill the sick minks.
Investigating the government’s decisions became more difficult because, according to representatives of the government, the text messages of Prime Minister Fredriksen and his administration related to the decision had disappeared. This spring, a critical report on the handling of the case was published. The Prime Minister’s reasons for the termination decision were found to be “very misleading”.
Right-wing opposition sought to impeach Frederiksen after the report, but the government’s support parties did not agree to the demand. However, among the government’s supporting parties, the social liberal Venstre threatened to withdraw its support from the government if new elections are not announced by Thursday.
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