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70-446: The Commission delivered its report on 30 June 2022, stating that the killing of all Danish mink had no legal justification, and that Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and the Danish government, particularly former Minister for Food , Mogens Jensen , had "grossly misled" the public, however it also stated that Frederiksen was not aware of the lack of legal basis when she publicly announced

140-494: A broad centre-right coalition in 1982. The centre-right coalition rule until 1993, lasting for eleven years, made it the longest centre-right government in Danish history since the 1920s. In November 2001 the left-wing coalition in the Folketing lost seats to the right-wing coalition led by Venstre , ending their eight years rule. Venstre became the largest party since 1924. Anders Fogh Rasmussen , leader of Venstre , served as

210-464: A broad-based progressive movement, but this did not materialize. A fourth party, the Communist Workers Party (KAP), succeeded in joining the alliance in 1991, but its involvement was vetoed a year later by DKP. Prior to the 2007 Danish general election , the party enlisted Asmaa Abdol-Hamid , a Danish Muslim candidate who identified herself as a feminist, democrat, and socialist. She

280-437: A democratic and socialist grassroots party, which represents green politics , among the Danish peace , civil and political rights , and labour movements . The party's ideological position is set out in a manifesto from 2014. It proposes that a socialistic society of the future "neither can nor should be described in detail, but rather be developed and shaped by the people living in it". It describes socialism as "an answer to

350-406: A democratic work life as well. The work place should be characterized by democracy, and the employees must have a constitutional right to decisive influence on the organization of work in the workplace. The Red–Green Alliance recognizes that methods achieving this may differ depending on the course of class struggle, but will eventually require a revolution—one that must be supported by a majority of

420-500: A disciplinary warning. On 22 September 2022 Tejs Binderup, Paolo Drostby and Hanne Larsen too all received disciplinary warnings, and the attorney assessment set up by New Right was published, and came to the conclusion that it can be expected that Mette Frederiksen and Mogens Jensen will be convicted of gross negligence, according to Section 5 of the Minister Responsibility Act, in an impeachment case. On 31 October 2022

490-510: A government ministry known as the "Ministry of the State of Denmark" ( Statsministeriet ) or Prime Minister's Office. Atypical of a Danish ministry it does not have any councils, boards or committees associated with it and its near sole responsibility is to act as the secretariat of the prime minister. There is a small department under the ministry that takes care of special legal issues not covered under other ministries, among others Greenland 's and

560-407: A lack of legal authority. Furthermore, an independent assessment must be made of whether there was legal authority to make the decision and whether anyone can be held legally responsible for the process. However, the responsibilities of any ministers are not to be assessed. The health or veterinary basis for making the decision itself is not part of the commission's investigation. On 19 November 2021,

630-433: A larger public sector, among other things, to improve quality of life for public sector employees. The party believes people should be free to choose when they want to get an education and is opposed to tuition fees , which they believe harm opportunities for everyone to acquire an education. The party does not see unemployment as being equal to laziness and seeks to abolish the Danish equivalent of workfare . The party

700-479: A majority for each piece of legislation. Although, as stated, the monarch formally appoints all ministers of the cabinet freely according to the constitution, in practice monarchs only conventionally select the prime minister after a leader has gathered support from a majority in the Folketing. This has been the case since parliamentarianism became the convention after the Easter Crisis in 1920. Parliamentarianism

770-498: A majority in the Folketing so the prime minister must head a coalition of political parties, as well as their own party. Additionally, only four coalition governments since World War II have enjoyed a majority in the Folketing, so the coalitions (and the prime minister) must also gain loose support from other minor parties. The current prime minister of Denmark is Mette Frederiksen , since 27 June 2019. Since 2022 her cabinet consists of

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840-399: A new coalition cabinet, which is the presented to the monarch. The government is allowed to take office without a vote of confidence, and is allowed to stay in office as long as it does not lose a vote of no confidence . The prime minister chairs the weekly meetings of the cabinet meetings and has the power to set the agenda of these meetings. The prime minister traditionally gathers together

910-529: A platform of improving public transport and making greater public investment. As part of the left-leaning "Red bloc" coalition with the Social Democrats , the Red–Green Alliance accepted the government budget twice and was in opposition twice in the period from 2011 to 2015. But at no point did they report direct opposition to the government. In the 2015 general election , the party received 7.8% of

980-403: A reason for withdrawing their support from the party. An anti-religious network was created within the party with the stated goal of turning the party into a solely atheist party with a materialist – Marxist basis. During the campaign, there was some speculation as to whether her candidacy would attract or repel voters. The results of the election were 2.2% for the party, down from 3.4% in

1050-583: A violation of the Constitution. Based on the criticism, the Folketing initiated an independent investigation into the killing of healthy mink, and a political majority decided on 10 December 2020 to set up an investigation commission to investigate the Mink case. According to the Terms of reference of a commission of inquiry into the case of the killing of mink , the commission has the task of: investigate and account for

1120-525: Is decisively anti-capitalist and has particularly distinguished itself as an opponent of transfer pricing , whereby multinational companies minimise the amount they pay in tax by attributing their profits to countries with lower tax rates. In response to the Great Recession of 2007–2009, the Red–Green Alliance urged stricter control of loans, the introduction of a Tobin tax , and the nationalisation of banks and mortgage companies. It also believes that

1190-506: Is endorsed by some imams , opposed by others (including those in Hizb ut-Tahrir , a fundamentalist organization). She wears a hijab and does not shake hands with men. These facts, and some of her statements regarding politics and religion, made her the target of some criticism across the political spectrum, particularly from the Danish People's Party . Some left-wing figures cited her candidacy as

1260-469: Is frequently used for governmental conferences and informal summits between the government, industry and organisations in Denmark. Red%E2%80%93Green Alliance (Denmark) The Red–Green Alliance or Unity List ( Danish : Enhedslisten – De Rød-Grønne , lit.   ' The Unity List – The Red–Greens ' , EL ) is an eco-socialist political party in Denmark . It was founded in 1989 with

1330-471: Is located inside Christiansborg Palace , along with the Folketing and the courts . The official summer residence of the prime minister is Marienborg , an eighteenth-century estate that was acquired by the state. It is situated on the shore of Lake Bagsværd in Kgs. Lyngby , 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north of Copenhagen . It has served as an official summer residence for ten prime ministers since 1960. Marienborg

1400-499: Is no clear leader, the monarch will hold a "king/queen's meeting" where, after a series of discussions and agreements, the leader of the largest alliance and the largest party within that alliance—usually the Social Democrats or Venstre- is appointed as prime minister- elect ( kongelig undersøger , "royal investigator/examiner"). The new prime minister-elect, together with the leaders of the junior parties, select ministers to form

1470-419: Is regarded as the predecessor of the modern Prime Minister's Office . The first council president was Adam Wilhelm Moltke , who came to power on 22 March 1848. Molte and his next two successors also held the title of premierminister , which translates as "prime minister". From 1855 onwards the prime minister was known simply as the "council president" ( Konseilspræsident ). Carl Christian Hall became

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1540-531: Is the head of government in the Kingdom of Denmark comprising the three constituent countries : Denmark , Greenland and the Faroe Islands . Before the creation of the modern office, the kingdom did not initially have a head of government separate from its head of state, namely the monarch , in whom the executive authority was vested. The Constitution of 1849 established a constitutional monarchy by limiting

1610-553: Is the Commission's assessment that the Prime Minister's Office has acted very reprehensible in the process, which led to the gross misleading of mink breeders and the public and the clearly illegal instruction to authorities in connection with the press conference on 4 November 2020. The commission also found that as part of the process, former Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Mogens Jensen, submitted incorrect information to

1680-423: The 2005 Danish general election . Although not elected, Abdol-Hamid maintained that she had attracted voters to the party. The four seats won by the party went to Frank Aaen , Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen , Line Barfod , and Per Clausen. In the 2011 Danish general election , the party received 6.7% of the vote and tripled its representation from 4 seats to 12 seats. The party contested the 2013 local elections on

1750-419: The 2022 Danish general election , it became the largest party in 4 nomination districts of the municipality, namely Inner City , Nørrebro , Bispebjerg and Vesterbro . The party is much more weakly positioned in rural parts of Denmark, having received only 2.9% of the vote outside the municipalities of the three largest cities . Prior to 2016, the Red–Green Alliance never directly contested elections to

1820-776: The European Parliament , preferring to support the People's Movement against the EU , the Eurosceptic party sits in The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL group now. Some of the party's MPs considered running an independent list for the 2014 elections , but this idea was dismissed by a majority in the party's yearly meeting. In a historic decision in the party's yearly meeting in May 2016,

1890-484: The Faroe Islands ' relation to the monarchy, the mass media's contact to the state, the number of ministers in the government, or Queen Margrethe II 's legal status as a civilian. The prime minister has the power to choose to dissolve the Folketing and call a new election (although this is formally undertaken by the monarch), which the prime minister is obligated to do within four years of the previous election. In spite of this,

1960-480: The Folketing (Parliament), so the government is always either a coalition or a one-party minority government. No Danish party has won a majority since 1901, and for much of that time there has not even been a majority coalition. Because of their limited powers, the prime minister is primus inter pares (first among equals). Additionally, unlike most of their counterparts, Danish prime ministers can never be certain that their agenda will pass, and must cobble together

2030-584: The Social Democrats , Venstre , and the Moderates . From approximately 1699 to 1730, the highest-ranking non-monarchial government official was titled "Grand Chancellor" ( storkansler ) and from 1730 until 1848, this office was titled "Minister of State" ( Statsminister ). These titles foreshadowed the modern office of prime minister, however, unlike the current office, the grand chancellor and state minister were not formal heads of government. The king held executive authority as absolute ruler from 1661 until

2100-430: The public sector must be expanded, the wages of the lowest-paid workers raised, and that the insurance-based unemployment benefit period should be extended to a minimum of four years. At the same time, it believes that students should be given a greater grant to be used in state education. At minimum, all benefits should be raised to 13,500 kroner per month before taxes. The party advocates for foreign policy based on

2170-533: The Danish Employee and Competence Agency announced that national judges Jens Hartig Danielsen, Annette Dellgren and the retired Supreme Court President Thomas Rørdam will be in charge of the official interrogations of suspended National Police Chief Thorkild Fogde and Head of Department Henriks Studsgaard. The disciplinary investigations are expected to be completed in the spring 2023. On 29 November 2022 Esbjerg Municipality announced that Henrik Studsgaard will be

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2240-426: The Folketing's Scrutiny Committee adopted an additional terms of reference, according to which the commission will investigate the police's use of an action card, which the police used to speak from when they called mink breeders with information that mink should be killed. It must be investigated by whom and why it was decided that the police should contact mink breeders outside infection zones and who decided to prepare

2310-404: The Folketing, as the Commission in the report finds that the then Minister became aware of the lack of legal authority on 5 November 2020, but in a hearing in the Folketing on 11 November 2020 states that this happened "during the weekend". Already two days before the publication of the commission's report, Mette Frederiksen announced that she expected a "fierce criticism" of the government, but at

2380-514: The Head of Department of the Prime Minister's Office Barbara Bertelsen, Head of Department of the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Henrik Studsgaard, Head of Department of the Ministry of Justice Johan Legarth and National Police Chief Thorkild Fogde. The Commission concludes in summary on the role of the Prime Minister's Office: The Prime Minister's Office assumed an overall and governing role in

2450-500: The Mink Commission will criticize the Prime Minister's Office with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Head of Department Barbara Bertelsen at the top, and will give harsh criticism to the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, with former Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Mogens Jensen at the top. The Mink Commission submitted its report to the parliament's Scrutiny Committee on 30 June 2022, and determined that there

2520-462: The Social Liberal Party also announced that they did not believe that an attorney assessment should be carried out, whereby there was no majority in the parliament to initiate one. In return, the Social Liberal Party issued an ultimatum that Mette Frederiksen should call a general election after the summer holidays, and at the opening of the parliament on 4 October 2022 at the latest. Otherwise,

2590-505: The action card and when. Following the commission's initial work on the review of around one million documents, the commission began questioning witnesses on 7 October 2021. A total of 74 people have testified, including 7 ministers, 3 special advisers, 55 officials, 7 police officers and 2 people associated with the mink industry. The questioning took place at the District Court of Frederiksberg. On 31 May 2022, Ekstra-Bladet learned that

2660-461: The case of appointing ministers, it is the signature of the prime minister. This means that the power to appoint ministers practically lies entirely with the prime minister and not the monarch. Although the country's leading politician, the prime minister is not nearly as powerful as other prime ministers in Europe. This is mainly because it is nearly impossible for one party to get a majority of seats in

2730-513: The culling. The report led the Social Liberals to threaten to rescind their support for the coalition government (thus resulting in a vote of no confidence) unless it called for a general election. A general election was held on 1 November 2022. The Danish government , led by the Prime Minister, held a press conference on 4 November 2020 as part of the handling of the Coronavirus pandemic . At

2800-425: The decision led to significant backlash, and the party's support was pulled back after the military intervention began. The party was formed in 1989 as an electoral alliance of three left-wing parties: Left Socialists (VS), Communist Party of Denmark (DKP), and Socialist Workers Party (SAP). Originally the plan was to unite these parties alongside The Greens (De Grønne), Common Course , and Humanist to form

2870-492: The enactment of a liberal Constitution in the early nineteenth century. The office of prime minister was introduced as a part of the constitutional monarchy outlined in 1848 and signed as the Danish Constitution on 5 June 1849 . The new Constitution established a parliamentary system by creating a new bicameral parliament ( Rigsdagen ) and a Council Presidium, headed by a council president. The Council Presidium

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2940-414: The entire cabinet or call a new election. Whenever a prime minister resigns, dies, or is forced from office, the monarch asks them (or, in the case of death, the next available leader in a coalition) to keep the government as a caretaker government until a successor has been elected. The government offices, including the Ministry of the State of Denmark ( Statsministeriet ; The Prime Minister's Office),

3010-524: The first prime minister/council president to lead a political party (the National Liberal Party ). The modern Prime Minister's Office was founded on 1 January 1914, when the Council Presidium was established as a department under the prime minister, when it had previously existed as an informal council gathered by the prime minister. The title of the prime minister changed again in 1918 under

3080-573: The first years of Occupation of Denmark , the governments of prime ministers Vilhelm Buhl and then Erik Scavenius cooperated with the Nazi occupiers. On 29 August 1943, the Danish government resigned, refusing to grant further concessions to Nazi Germany. All government operations were assumed by the permanent secretaries of the individual departments, and this arrangement lasted until the Liberation of Denmark on 5 May 1945. Since King Christian X never accepted

3150-480: The following day. The next day, the Green Left rejected an attorney assessment, while Mette Frederiksen acquitted herself at the press conference. She also announced that the cases concerning the 10 officials had been sent to the Danish Employee and Competence Agency, a governmental agency tasked with HR functions, for advice on whether disciplinary sanctions should be imposed and, if so, which ones. On 2 July 2022,

3220-433: The forced process, which led up to the press conference on 4 November 2020, and that the Prime Minister led the press conference and herself announced the government's decision to cull all mink, even though the decision came under the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries. The announcement was grossly misleading in view of the lack of legal authority for the culling of mink outside the safety zones. [...] Overall, it

3290-551: The fundamental belief that peace is preferable to war, and has been opposed to Denmark's participation in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan from the beginning. That principle was challenged in 2011, when the party's parliamentary group voted in favour of Denmark's participation in the United Nations -sanctioned military action in Libya on the basis that it was a humanitarian action. However,

3360-450: The merger of three Marxist parties and it is the most left-wing party in the Folketing , where it advocates for the expansion of the welfare state and social justice as well as the socialist transformation of Denmark and the entire globe. During the 2021 Copenhagen City Council election the party placed first, with 24.6% of the votes. The party is also active in various trade unions within Denmark. The party describes itself as

3430-485: The modern role of the Monarch is symbolic only. The monarch formally appoints and dismisses ministers, including the prime minister. However, any action of the monarch requires a countersignature from a minister. It is also a principle in Danish constitutional literature that "the power follows the responsibility" ( magten følger ansvaret ), and the monarch being free from responsibility means they have no genuine power. In

3500-511: The new director of their Technical and Environment Department from 1 January 2023, which caused anger among mink breeders. The following day, the Danish Employee and Competence Agency announced that the disciplinary case against Henrik Studsgaard were terminated as a result of the fact that he was no longer employed by the state. Prime Minister of Denmark The prime minister of Denmark ( Danish : Danmarks statsminister , Faroese : Forsætisráðharri , Greenlandic : Ministeriuneq )

3570-503: The overall course of events and for the actions and involvement of all relevant authorities and ministers in the decision and execution of the decision that all mink in Denmark as part of the efforts to combat covid-19 should be killed immediately (translated) The commission will focus in particular on the 14 days leading up to the press conference, where the decision was announced to the public, as well as how ministers and other relevant people reacted when they became aware of problems with

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3640-530: The party agreed at its national conference in 2010 that if Helle Thorning-Schmidt became Prime Minister after the 2011 election, the party would vote for a "red" budget bill that did not contain obvious flaws. The party places great emphasis on the fight against social inequality and poverty, and is in favour of strengthening and expanding the welfare state . The party believes there is a place in society for all forms of diversity, including gender, sexuality, disability and ethnic background. It also advocates for

3710-560: The party will vote for a no-confidence motion against Mette Frederiksen. On 13 July 2022, New Right announced that the party had raised enough money for an attorney's assessment of a possible minister accountability. On 24 August 2022, following advice from the Danish Employee and Competence Agency, Barbara Bertelsen was given a disciplinary warning, Johan Legarth a reprimand, and Thorkild Fogde and Henrik Studsgaard were relieved of duty and summoned to official hearings. On 20 September 2022 Uffe Stormly and Birgitte Buch further both received

3780-469: The population manifested through democratic and free elections. The party often adopts particular views in relation to the other parties in the Folketing and opt out of many of the settlements reached, seen as an expression of class collaboration. Until the conditions for the party's long-term goal are presented, the party will use its seats in parliament to vote for any improvement and against any deterioration of working-class people's lives. In line with this,

3850-484: The powers of the monarch and creating the office of premierminister . The inaugural holder of the office was Adam Wilhelm Moltke . The prime minister presides over a cabinet that is formally appointed by the monarch. In practice, the appointment of the prime minister is determined by their support in the Folketing (the National Parliament). Since the beginning of the 20th century, no single party has held

3920-448: The premiership of Carl Theodor Zahle , becoming titled "Minister of State" (in-line with its Scandinavian neighbours, Norway and Sweden), which it remains to this day. By the mid-nineteenth century a strong party-system had developed, with most prime ministers being the leader of either Venstre ( left ) or Højre ( right ). However, by 1924 the Social Democrats had become the largest party and Højre had disappeared. During

3990-443: The press conference on 4 November 2020 were objectively grossly misleading, but that Mette Frederiksen subjectively had no knowledge of this or intention to do so. The Commission stated that the Prime Minister's Office had acted "very reprehensibly" and that the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries had acted "extremely reprehensibly", and found that 10 officials could be held accountable for negligence and misconduct, including

4060-478: The press conference, it was announced that it had been decided that all mink in Denmark should be killed due to concerns that the Cluster 5 mutation, which was found in mink and had been transmitted to humans, would have a reduced effect on the at that time coming vaccines against COVID-19. Following the decision, several law professors criticized the decision for not having the necessary legal authority, and called it

4130-465: The prime minister from 2001 to April 2009. His coalition government consisted of Venstre and the Conservative People's Party, with parliamentary support from the national-conservative Danish People's Party ( Dansk Folkeparti ). On 5 April 2009, Rasmussen resigned to become Secretary General of NATO , leaving minister of finance and vice president of Venstre Lars Løkke Rasmussen to be

4200-477: The prime minister has no say with respect to Denmark's autonomous regions, the Faroe Islands and Greenland , while the Folketing on the other hand does, as all laws passed by the Faroese and Greenlandic parliaments must be ratified by the Folketing. There are checks on the prime minister's power. If the Folketing revokes its confidence in an incumbent prime minister, the prime minister must either resign along with

4270-661: The prime minister. Following the September 2011 election the right-wing lost by a small margin to the opposing centre-left coalition, led by Helle Thorning-Schmidt who on 3 October 2011 formed a new government initially consisting of the Social Democrats , the Danish Social Liberal Party and the Socialist People's Party . Following a general election defeat , in June 2015 Thorning-Schmidt resigned as Prime Minister and

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4340-630: The problems caused by capitalism such as non-sufficient democracy, crises, destruction of nature, inequality, racism and war". Holding anti-capitalist and soft Eurosceptic views, it states this about the economic system: A new and actually democratic system of society requires fundamental changes in the ownership of the means of production, such as companies, land and natural resources. Collective forms of ownership will be dominating. We propose that public authorities, co-workers, local communities and other collectives of persons should own and run institutions and companies. ... A democratic economy means

4410-466: The resignation of the government, it existed de jure until a new cabinet was formed on 5 May 1945. The twentieth century was dominated by Social Democratic prime ministers leading left-wing coalitions; Social Democratic prime ministers were in power nearly continuously from 1924 until 1982. The first prime minister from the Conservative People's Party , Poul Schlüter , came to power as the head of

4480-463: The respect for human rights, which it believes has never been appropriately prioritised in the past. It also proposes greater support for developing countries through a doubling of foreign aid , and campaigns for Denmark's withdrawal from NATO . In March 2019, the party announced it would no longer campaign for a referendum to leave the EU, pointing to Brexit illustrating the need for clarity before withdrawal can be considered. The party operates on

4550-475: The same day as the commission's report was published, all right-wing parties announced that they supported an attorney assessment, while the Red–Green Alliance protected the government. Furthermore, New Right announced that the party had started a fundraiser to initiate its own attorney assessment of the commission report. In addition, Mette Frederiksen convened a press conference on the commission's report

4620-406: The same time concluded that there was no basis for proceeding with an attorney assessment of whether a minister had incurred any criminal accountability. This is in continuation of the fact that Weekendavisen on 23 June 2022 had published a draft of the report from the Mink Commission, which contained harsh criticism of the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries and the Prime Minister's Office. On

4690-548: The vote and increased its representation from 12 to 14 seats. The party is the only one in the Folketing which does not have an official party leader, instead having collective leadership. However, since 2009 it has had a political spokesperson, who has served as the party's de facto representative, and serves as its leader in party leader debates. Red–Green Alliance tends to have a higher vote share in large urban areas, and especially in Copenhagen Municipality . In

4760-463: Was added to the constitution in 1953 with section 15. Today, it means that the monarch on the responsibility of the resigning prime minister cannot appoint a new prime minister which they expect will be met with a successful vote of no confidence. With no party having held a majority in over a century, parties form alliances. Usually, the Social Democrats join with centre-left parties, and Venstre with centre-right parties. Following elections when there

4830-400: Was no legal authority to demand that all mink be killed, and found that Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen grossly misled the population on the press conference on 4 November 2020. Despite the fact that Mette Frederiksen objectively misled the population, the commission concluded that she did not subjectively know it or intend to: The Commission thus finds that Mette Frederiksen's statements at

4900-419: Was succeeded by Lars Løkke Rasmussen, who headed a minority government consisting entirely of ministers from Venstre . The Social Democrats returned to power after the 2019 election , with Mette Frederiksen assuming the role of prime minister. The Constitution of Denmark states that the monarch , who is the head of state , has supreme authority and acts out this power through their ministers. However,

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