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What is the Danish Parliament? 

The Folketing passes all legislation, controls how the government administers the legislation, and adopts an annual budget for the state. 

What do we vote for?

To decide the 179 members of the Danish Parliament aka Folketinget. By proxy, to decide the new government of Denmark (which is voted by...

Parliamentary elections

On the 6th of October, prime-minister Mette Frederiksen called for parliamentary elections, earlier than expected (after only 3 years of mandate). The election date...

The parliamentary elections 2022

The middle ground (small and unaffiliated parties)  Lars Løkke Rasmussen (leader of Moderaterne) demands that a lawyer should assess if Mette Frederiksen should be prosecuted in the...

3. The blue camp (the right-wing parties) 

Even if their leader, Morten Messerschmidt is hesitant to admit it, the members of DF want Søren Pape Poulsen as the new prime minister of Denmark. (at...