In the last phase of the government negotiations, besides the three parties that formed the government, we also had Radikale Venstre. They wanted a red-blue center government and have supportedSocialdemokratiet in working closer with Venstre. However, in the last hours, before the government was announced, they dropped out. They don’t plan to be in the opposition, nor to be a support party for the government. According to Martin Lidegaard (their leader) and Samira Nawa (their vice-leader), there have been four main reasons that have pushed them out of the negotiations:
- The reform on education – they couldn’t support that 50% of Master’s degrees will be cut down to one year (instead of two) and that one will only get SU for six years instead of seven.
- The actions on climate – they feel like too much is postponed for the future, and not enough is being done right now to mitigate climate change.
- The lack of focus on the wellbeing of children and young people
- Too few changes on the immigration policy compared to their expectations
For us, as internationals, it’s not great that they are not present in the government, as that could have led to more ambitious reforms in immigration politics.
