The votes are all in after yesterday’s general election, and the red bloc led by Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen appears to have the necessary 90 mandates to achieve a majority. Or do they?
Pernille Vermund, the leader of Nye Borgerlige, last night invited Sofie Carsten Nielsen, her colleague in Radikale, to join Blå Blok, and although she didn’t say ‘yes’, she didn’t say ‘no’ either.
Has this thrown a screw in the works? After all, it was Radikale’s ultimatum to the government that led to this general election. And now it looks like the party could become the ultimate kingmaker.
Radical switch could be decisive
Should Radikale decide to take its seven mandates – down from 16 in 2019 – and hand them over to Blue Blok, it would reduce Red Blok’s 90 (including two from Greenland and one from the Faroe Islands) to 83, while boosting Blue Blok. (including one from the Faroe Islands) to 80.
That would simply leave the 16 mandates Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s party the Moderates acquired up for grabs.
“I’m not very red. But I’m not very blue either. I’m very committed to treating people fairly, no matter where they come from and not judging them by their background or ethnicity, but their actions,” Nielsen commented last night .
Negotiations begin today
Some experts believe that blue bloc has a chance to break away the Radicals, although they would still need the Moderates.
According to DR’s political analyst Rikke Gjøl Mansø, Radikale is “back in a key role with some very, very decisive mandates”.
Negotiations to form a new majority and then a government begin today. The ruling Social Democratic Party, with the most seats (50), has first dibs, but cannot take its red bloc’s slim majority for granted, it seems.
Radicals stabbed it in the face to force a general election, and experts agree it could do it again by joining Blue Bloc.
Source: The Nordic Page