The Prime Minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen, on Wednesday, fixed an early General election for November 1st, with her left-wing block neck and neck in the polls against the right and far-right.
The Social Democratic leader, who disclosed this during a press conference said; “I have today informed the Queen that elections to the Folketing (parliament) will be held.”
According to the Danish system, Frederiksen who has been in office since June 2019 is to call for Elections June 2023.
But the Prime Minister is faced with an ultimatum from a small party propping up her minority Government, demanding that she call for elections before the Parliament’s first debate on October 6th.
Recent polls give the “red bloc” of several left-wing parties, led by the Social Democrats, between 47 and 50 per cent of the vote, compared to 49 to 50 per cent for the “blue bloc,” which includes the Liberal Party, the Conservative Party and three Nationalist right-wing parties.
In terms of seats, neither bloc has a majority in Denmark’s parliament, without the support of overseas MPs from Greenland and the Faroe Islands.