He definitively slams the door on his political career. “I am completely and definitively leaving Danish politics today,” Danish Deputy Prime Minister Jakob Ellemann-Jensen announced on Monday, a few months after returning to office following a six-month sick leave due to overwork. .
The resignation also means he is giving up his position as leader of the liberal Venstre party, which is part of Denmark’s ruling coalition. The party has seen its popularity plummet in polls since entering a coalition government led by social democrat Mette Frederiksen.
Shine too bright
The former minister felt that his personality took too much attention and overshadowed the policy pursued by his party within the government. This has become an obstacle in the party’s ability to “move forward”, he said. “Consequently, I draw the consequences and I withdraw” from the head of the party, added the leader, parliamentarian since 2011.
At the beginning of August, Jakob Ellemann-Jensen returned to his duties after a six-month sick leave due to overwork at work. The Minister of Defense, also a member of the Venstre party, Troels Lund Poulsen will take over in the government.