Can Søren Gade juggle multiple jobs? Parties are in disagreement.

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Can Søren Gade juggle multiple jobs? Parties are divided

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After several weeks of criticism, the Committee on Business Affairs is expected to take a stance today on Folketing's leader's side jobs.

Should Folketing's leader be allowed to hold multiple jobs? This will be discussed today, following Søren Gade's (V) role, who is also the chairman of Esbjerg Port, has been heavily criticized. (Photo: © Niels Ahlmann Olesen, Ritzau Scanpix)

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Stine Lindegaard ([email protected]) 16 min. ago

Folketing's leader, Søren Gade (V), is again in the spotlight today.

At 11 am today, the Committee on Business Affairs in the Folketing is expected to discuss his side jobs - that is, the jobs he holds in addition to being the leader of the Folketing.

Søren Gade's role as chairman of Esbjerg Port has been debated fiercely in recent days - and yesterday it also came to light that Søren Gade had given incorrect information to the Folketing about another board position (https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/seneste/soeren-gade-har-givet-folketinget-forkerte-oplysninger-om-bestyrelsespost).

- Trust in his judgment has not been strengthened, says Enhedslistens Peder Hvelplund, who is a member of the Committee on Business Affairs.

- The most serious is that he has stated one thing and done another, he tells P1 Morgen.

It is especially Gade's role in Esbjerg Port that concerns Enhedslisten most.

- What kind of hat is Søren Gade wearing when we meet him? Is he representing Esbjerg Port's interests or the Folketing's interests?

Peder Hvelplund hopes that a majority will support Enhedslisten's proposal that if one is the leader of the Folketing, one should not hold other paid positions.

Read also: Cordsen: Søren Gade is hurting himself, his party, and Esbjerg Port (https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/politiske-analyser/cordsen-soeren-gade-skader-sig-selv-sit-parti-og-esbjerg-havn)

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It's trivial

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In Moderaterne, one will not support Enhedslistens proposal.

Even though it came to light yesterday that Søren Gade still holds the board position in the company Tecleaf, despite having stated otherwise (https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/seneste/soeren-gade-har-givet-folketinget-forkerte-oplysninger-om-bestyrelsespost), that is not something that affects Moderaterne's stance, says Henrik Frandsen to P1 Morgen.

- It's below the threshold.

But when it comes to Søren Gade's (V) role as chairman of Esbjerg Port - that is, a paid position - Moderaterne do not think there is a problem.

- As the leader of the Folketing, one does not have the power to go in and influence a process about where future naval vessels will be assigned. This takes place in the Ministry of Defense and in the defense agreement committee, says Henrik Frandsen (M).

But do you acknowledge that it gives Esbjerg Port an advantage to have the leader of the Folketing as chairman?

- I myself have sat on a port board. And when one occupies positions in a port board, one chooses the most competent people. Some of them are chosen in a municipal council and some are chosen from outside.

- In Esbjerg Port, I think, one has assembled a very competent board with Søren Gade as chairman, says Henrik Frandsen.

It has not been possible to get an interview with Folketing's leader Søren Gade before the meeting in the Committee on Business Affairs, which starts at 11 am.

You can listen to the entire interview with Henrik Frandsen (M) and Peder Hvelplund (EL) today in the daily edition of P1 Morgen.

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