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As a vivid example of transparency in the Nordic countries, the Danish Parliament Folketing has forced Mette Frederiksen's Social Democratic Government to investigate its management of the coronavirus pandemic . The decision has been made by a committee of the chamber thanks to a majority formed by the center-right opposition, the nationalists and the social-liberals, who curiously are Frederiksen's greatest parliamentary ally and who allow him to govern alone although he is in the minority .

Karsten Lauritzen, spokesman for the Liberals, the main opposition party, has announced that the group's conclusions must be made public within six months and has pointed out some of the questions it will have to address: " Was the strict closure of Denmark necessary? Was this measure based on health recommendations? Do we follow the appropriate strategy? We have to learn from the mistakes we may have made. "

The urgency with which the investigation process has been launched is surprising, given that Denmark, which never ordered a mandatory confinement, is considered to be one of the western EU countries that has best solved the coronavirus crisis , something that statistics they seem to demonstrate: 568 deaths (98 per million inhabitants), 100,694 tests per million inhabitants (25% more than in Spain) and a curve of contagions and hospitalizations in clear decline.

While neighboring Sweden still counts its weekly deaths in hundreds, here they barely reach ten. Forecasts for the economy are not optimistic, but they are still among the least negative on the continent thanks to their specific characteristics and excellent health before the pandemic broke out.

"The investigation should be conducted by Parliament, not the Government, and independent experts must have access to internal documents of the Executive," said Peter Skaarup, nationalist spokesman. "Frederiksen said at the beginning of the crisis that failures would be committed, and now we can see that they have been committed. We have lacked protection material and the ability to test. These matters must be investigated, and it is useless for the government to investigate Likewise".

Along the same lines, the liberal Lauritzen has underlined the importance that, for a matter of democratic hygiene, the investigation be external: "The duty of any Parliament is to control the Government. That is why we have been elected. I myself have been a minister and I can reveal to you the little secret that any government prefers to investigate itself, but then the same degree of depth is not reached . It is not surprising that Frederiksen wants a government investigation, fortunately there is a majority that wishes otherwise. "

In effect, the Danish Government intended that the person in charge of directing the evaluation of the management should be the Minister of Justice, Nick Hækkerup, who considers that the initiative of his rivals is hasty because the authorities are still busy in the fight against the pandemic.

Although the measures of opening up society, except for the first package, have been agreed between all the parties, Danish political analysts like Christine Cordsen, from the public chain DR, think that there is a notable anger in much of the political spectrum for what they consider it to have been an overly personal direction for Frederiksen.

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