Election in Denmark: The head of government has won. But all eyes were on the ex-Prime Minister

That was a different choice in Denmark! It was a very close race right up to the end. A nail biting photo finish finale.

Normally, in the parliamentary elections in Germany’s northern neighbor, decisions are always made between two blocks: red and blue. Anyone who can win at least 90 mandates – in Denmark they say “count to 90” – has the best chance of becoming head of government.

This time it was a little different. Because neither the red, left-wing, nor the blue, bourgeois block could reach 90. In the end, the North Atlantic mandates will tip the scales.

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