Multiple Folketing committees are calling off overseas travel as election chatter reaches a fever pitch. A former handball star is nearly panicking, while Lars Løkke Rasmussen won’t let it affect him.

Election fever has hit Christiansborg

Politiken’s photographer Jens Dresling met the Conservatives’ Mette Abildgaard in Christiansborg’s lobby Thursday morning, as the party’s justice spokesperson arrived with an election poster. Foto: Jens Dresling
Politiken’s photographer Jens Dresling met the Conservatives’ Mette Abildgaard in Christiansborg’s lobby Thursday morning, as the party’s justice spokesperson arrived with an election poster. Foto: Jens Dresling
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The two Venstre members of Parliament, Linea Søgaard-Lidell and Erik Veje Rasmussen, are engaged in a heated debate in the middle of the Venstre’s corridor on the third floor of Christiansborg. They laugh, but there’s also a hint of panic.

She shows him her mobile phone and a photo from home in the garage that her husband has sent. You can see a couple of pallets with election posters.

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