That’s the question that tormented the Danish political class this week. According to Mette Frederiksen, she is not a candidate for the position, and even if she were, it wouldn’t be smart to be open about it as it would destabilize the government. However, denying that she is a candidate while visiting the White House (the seat of the US president and the strongest NATO country) wasn’t very convincing. The political class started to prepare different action plans depending on what Mette will do this summer.
- Two of the government parties (Venstre and Moderaterne) are considering the scenario of Mette resigning in the summer and are asking for a new government foundation if that happens. A new government foundation would mean renegotiating the framework for governing Denmark.
- Besides Mette Frederiksen, there are other potential candidates that the international media has been talking about: the UK’s Minister of Defence, Ben Wallace; Netherlands’ Prime Minister, Mark Rutte; Estonia’s Prime Minister, Kaja Kallas; Romanian President Klaus Iohannis; Slovakian President Zuzana Caputova and Lithuania’s Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte. The decision will be taken on the 11th of July at the NATO Summit in Lithuania.
