In Denmark, when a minister makes a mistake, he/she can receive a warning from the Parliament, called “politisk næse”, which comes from old Norse and means shame/disgrace. A series of warnings can lead to a vote of no-confidence from the Parliament, which can lead to a minister’s dismissal. The ministers of Transport (Trine Bramsen) and Environment (Lea Wermelin) received such a warning due to “forgetting” to inform the Parliament about a critical letter from the Swedish minister of Environment against the planned dumping of millions of tonnes of sludge off Køge Bay, in relation to the artificial island “Lynetteholm”(Copenhagen).
