Last weekend more than 100,000 people descended on the towns of Allinge and Sandvig on the island of Bornholm. They’ve come to The People’s Democratic Festival, Folkemødet, to hear people talk. Several hundred tents are pitched throughout the two towns and inside them people can be found debating, day and night. The hosts are political parties, media, lobby groups and NGOs. All use the opportunity to pitch their agenda and engage their audience. I spent three days at Folkemødet, soaking...
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Last weekend more than 100,000 people descended on the towns of Allinge and Sandvig on the island of Bornholm. They’ve come to The People’s Democratic Festival, Folkemødet, to hear people talk. Several hundred tents are pitched throughout the two towns and inside them people can be found debating, day and night. The hosts are political parties, media, lobby groups and NGOs. All use the opportunity to pitch their agenda and engage their audience. I spent three days at Folkemødet, soaking...
A Looming Election – Setting the scene with Politiken's Kristian Madsen
The Danish Debate
29 minutes
6 years ago
A Looming Election – Setting the scene with Politiken's Kristian Madsen
A lot has happened since Danes last went to the polls four years ago. At the 2015 election the left wing Social Democrats lost power to the right wing Liberal Party, which positioned itself as hard on immigration and kind to business. But if the policies have been popular, why do most polls predict that the left wing will regain power this summer? Ahead of the general election on June 5, The Danish Debate will survey Denmark's political landscape. In the first episode, Kristian Madsen from P...
The Danish Debate
Last weekend more than 100,000 people descended on the towns of Allinge and Sandvig on the island of Bornholm. They’ve come to The People’s Democratic Festival, Folkemødet, to hear people talk. Several hundred tents are pitched throughout the two towns and inside them people can be found debating, day and night. The hosts are political parties, media, lobby groups and NGOs. All use the opportunity to pitch their agenda and engage their audience. I spent three days at Folkemødet, soaking...
