In Denmark, it is very difficult for a single party to obtain the majority in the Danish Parliament. I would even say impossible. So, the larger parties need to rely on smaller parties as coalition partners to get the prime minister seat. Over time, the parties that looked at the social democrat candidate as their prime minister candidate became labeled as “red parties” and part of the “red camp” and the parties that looked at the liberal (Venstre) candidate as their prime minister candidate became labeled as “blue parties” and part of the “blue camp”. Parties that are new and don’t declare who they will point to as their prime minister candidate are outside of the camps.
