In the United States, after a win in the Super Bowl, World Series, or other major sporting event, fans are often eager to get their hands on the winning team’s merchandise. To meet this demand, manufacturers and retailers produce and stock two sets of hats, t-shirts and other memorabilia that declare each team the winner.
Today in Denmark, political parties are in the same way getting ready, without even knowing whether the game is taking place.
Since the Radicals five days ago called on Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen to print parliamentary elections, the printing house Gripsign has received thousands of election poster orders from all major parties, says the company’s boss, Steffen Fløe, to CPH POST.
“Everyone wants to book now and have their campaign ready. Most recently it was the Tour de France, and now this. We’ve been working like crazy for the last year! “
Radicals demand elections by October 4
Radicals’ demand for early elections came in the wake of the Mink Commission’s statement, which harshly criticized the Prime Minister for ordering the killing of 17 million mink without legal authority.
Sofie Carsten Nielsen, chairman of the Radicals, has said that the Prime Minister should call elections as soon as possible and no later than 4 October. If not, Nielsen said, her party will call for a no-confidence motion.
“New air and new oxygen are needed for Christiansborg,” Nielsen said DR. “And voters should be allowed to participate in the debate and ultimately tick off those they want to lead the country in the future after an election.”
It is unclear whether the Prime Minister will meet the requirements
While election posters are being printed, however, political commentators have disagreed on whether the prime minister will bow to Radicals’ demands.
Noa Reddington, expert and former Social Democrat adviser, has said that Frederiksen has no choice.
“We are now in the situation that we know that there must be parliamentary elections. It will be a choice that will be about the perfection of power. It will be an election that will be about how to govern Denmark, “said Reddington TV2.
Peter Morgenesen disagrees.
“I am absolutely certain that the Social Democrats will go to great lengths not to go, as the Radicals point out,” the economist and political commentator told TV2.
‘An election in the wake of the mink case suggests that the government’s handling of the case has been something of a Ragnarok. That is not the best basis for a choice. ”
Source: The Nordic Page