Parliamentary elections: victory for the Danish Social Democrats

The Danes voted - and now that each one the votes are counted, evidently the Social Democrat Frederiksen is changing into the youngest Prime Minister within the nation's historical past.

By Carsten Schmiester, ARD Studio Stockholm, at present. Copenhagen

25.9 % for the Danish Social Democrats, not fairly as anticipated and even rather less than in earlier parliamentary elections, but it surely was sufficient for victory. The social gathering chief, Mette Frederiksen, was celebrated by her followers. Big applause at evening for the 41-year-old, who's now solely the second in Denmark and in the present day the youngest Prime Minister.

"You've got chosen, you have got determined that Denmark will get a brand new political majority and can go in a brand new course (...) and you've got elected a brand new authorities."

The "pink" block of the left reached an absolute majority after counting all 91 votes within the new parliament. Frederiksen's liberal-conservative rival, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, grew up together with his Venstre social gathering and reached 23.4%. However his bourgeois "blue" together with the populists, together with the Danish Individuals's Celebration, misplaced the bulk.

Rasmussen was happy together with his speech, though his social gathering received probably the most votes. However this success has a bittersweet style within the face of the "blue" defeat:

"Expensive buddies, it was an awesome selection, but it surely's a change of energy, so I referred to as Mette Frederiksen earlier and informed her that I'd report the election outcomes to the Queen tomorrow at 11:00 and provides her the resignation from that authorities. "

The populists crash

The Danish Individuals's Celebration has fallen significantly low, actually crashed - from an excellent 21 to eight.7 %. The populists on the fitting aspect have been overtaken by two new, much more excessive events, of which just one, and solely simply, has overcome the Danish impediment of two % in parliament.

Frederiksen, 41, had unexpectedly and efficiently competed with them. Though she is along with her social democrats in social and financial coverage once more for a classical left course, in asylum coverage, however she places the onerous line of the earlier authorities. If he have been to turn out to be Prime Minister, he had promised within the election marketing campaign, then the variety of immigrants from non-Western states would have been additional restricted, there would have been an obligation to work for acknowledged refugees and extra deportations.

Not all "pink" elements are concerned. A bigger Left Alliance is due to this fact unlikely, even when it had a majority in Parliament. It's due to this fact anticipated that Mette Frederiksen will head a social democratic minority authorities, which relies on the accomplice change coverage. In asylum coverage, it's prone to rely on the elements of the "blue" block.

The Tagesschau reported on this topic on June 5, 2019 at 20:00.