Chief editor of Moderaterne: "One of the worst crises that can hit a party"

According to the chief editor of A4 Media, Kristian Madsen, Moderate's crisis goes deeper than poor opinion polling.

By Anne Stampe Arndt ([email protected]) 58 minutes ago

The Danish Parliament has opened a new political season, and for the Moderates, it's happening against the wind. The party is facing a significant decline in Epinion's latest opinion poll for DR (), and this should raise serious concerns within the party, according to Kristian Madsen, chief editor of A4 Media:

- They are in one of the worst crises that can hit a political party because it threatens their brand. In the future, they will be known as the clown bus, and they could end up in a situation where it's embarrassing to have voted for them, he says in Deadline ().

The voter exodus comes on top of stories about a poor work environment with bullying and harassment at the party's secretariat (). And such issues often mean more than the political, Kristian Madsen believes:

- We have previously seen it with Alternative and the Danish People's Party, where there was a lot of internal strife. It becomes a chaotic endeavor, and it's really something that voters don't like.

Jacob Bruun, a former special advisor for Lars Løkke Rasmussen, agrees that the Moderates are facing challenges. And it's not just because of the latest crisis:

- When governing parties each begin to position themselves more strongly on their own agendas, what is Moderates politically supposed to position themselves on, and where are voters supposed to see their political victories? It's harder for them than for S and V, he says in Deadline ().

Kristian Madsen adds:

- Moderates have no core voters. Everyone voted for them for the first time at the latest elections, and they have no one who has been with them for many years, he says.

Get the entire political analysis of the state of the SVM government in Deadline on DRTV ().

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