Palle throws his house, garage, roof, and fists into the campaign: *"We're ready when we're ready."*

The campaign drums are rolling—and the volunteers are working hard behind the scenes. One of them is Palle Jensen from Odense.

It’s not something you’d notice unless you knew to look, but there’s plenty going on during a campaign. Just ask Palle Jensen, who is fully engaged in preparing Maria Gudme in case Mette Frederiksen calls for an election. 49 minutes ago

He has campaign posters in his garage and in his shed. He has campaign posters in a red tent at the entrance—and, as if that weren’t enough—Palle Jensen has also turned old posters into giant rosebuds standing in his garden.

- I made them from some of the old posters. It’s really fun to get the time to pass, he smiles, nodding toward one of the red flowers in full bloom, even though it’s February and pouring with rain.

Palle Jensen is a Social Democrat, lives in Odense, and serves as treasurer for Socialdemokratiet Odense Øst. And so, his property is tangible proof that the campaign drums are beating loudly—and that everyone, regardless of party color, is ready to roll up their sleeves.

That’s how Thomas Skriver Jensen’s old campaign poster could also look when you’re Palle Jensen and believe in reuse. (Photo: © Charlotte Pedersen, DR)

Jensen’s property acts as a hub for volunteers, Social Democratic forces that are poised to spring into action if—and when—Mette Frederiksen calls for an election.

Laurits Lindegaard, political leader of DSU Odense, confirms that everyone is prepared to hit the streets. Weeks and months have been spent on preparations, and the best spots to stand and hand out roses have been identified.

- It wouldn’t surprise me if the first posters were ready to distribute within the first half-hour after the election is called. There are people who already carry flyers in their pockets, says Laurits Lindegaard.

In Odense, members of Konservativ Ungdom and Danske Folkepartis youth wing on Funen are also ready to give it their all to get the parliamentary candidates out on the streets, in the spotlight, and ultimately into Christiansborg.

- Well, if she could just wait until next week so everything can be set up properly, I’d be very happy. But we’re ready, as it is, says Romeo Troelsgaard.

- When the candidates say we should be ready, we’ll be where they want us—with candy and flyers, and whatever else is needed. We’re as ready as we can be, says Emil Holbech Jensen, leader of Konservativ Ungdom in Odense.

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A trip to the roof

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At Palle Jensen’s place, stacks of new campaign posters await the volunteers, who will spend countless hours in his driveway over the coming days.

- They need to be hung the right way up, those posters—otherwise, it won’t work. Then she’ll end up hanging upside down, says Palle Jensen, as he secures another version of Maria Gudme with a few clear plastic strips and places her at the entrance.

And the election date? Palle Jensen expects it to be at the end of March.

- I think she’ll announce it at the start of next week. But we’ll have to see, he says, who still has a few more posters to hang.

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