We thought we had one less far-right party in Denmark. Their founder, Pernille Vermund, believed it was over when she closed the door and moved towards a brighter (less hateful) future with Liberal Alliance, and the former “blue” parties rejoiced over having one less competitor for the same votes. However, there is a glimmer of hope for the Nye Borgerlige voters: the return of one of their members of Parliament, Peter Seier Christensen, who had been on sick leave for more than a year.
- There is a lot of pressure on Seier Christensen. The former “blue” parties want him to become an independent or join one of them, while his party colleagues want him to return as the party leader or resign his mandate to Henriette Ergemann (anti-vaccination activist), in hopes of giving the party a future.