Two political leaders are challenging Mette Frederiksen (leader of the Social Democrats) for the seat of prime-minister. Usually, there are only two candidates, one from the blue side and one from the red side. This time, we will have two from the blue side and one from the red side. The two candidates are: Søren Pape Poulsen (leader of the Conservatives) and Jakob Ellemann-Jensen (leader of the Liberals – Venstre).
- A potential prime-minister, Søren Pape Poulsen has been mayor of Viborg (2010-2014) and minister of justice (2016-2019). In the past, he has worked as a school teacher and in the shipping industry.
- The fact that there are now two blue prime-minister candidates is a “gift to the social democrats” according to political analysts.
- If the blue side wins, there is an unwritten rule, that the most popular party on that side will also give the prime minister. That means we have direct competition for votes between Venstre and Konservative.
- An incident during a press conference has shown that Jakob Ellemann-Jensen has a hard time keeping even his own party in check. When asked if he would allow Inger Støjberg to be a minister in his government, he avoided answering. However, his finance spokesperson Troels Lund Poulsen, intervened to say that Venstre wouldn’t be opposed.
- Due to his weak position, both in the party and in the blue camp, Jakob Ellemann-Jensen called for reinforcements. The member of the European Parliament, Søren Gade returned to be a candidate in the national elections. He obtained 200.000 personal votes in the European Parliament elections (remember that in Denmark you can choose to vote for a certain candidate from a party list).
