The newly founded Danish Model Parliament, ModelFolketinget, is already starting to see high levels of inactivity. Certain moderators and Deputy Speakers are trying to keep the model alive, but the attempts seem futile.

Earlier this year the Danish Model Parliament was founded by Swedish /u/Asuros, a well-known member of the model world. Members joined almost all of the real life parties and a general election was held in late May. 25 seats were up for election and were contested by almost all major parties from the real life Danish Parliament, except, to the surprise of many, the Liberal Party (Danish: Venstre), who were not even represented on the ballot of the general election.

A big majority of the seats in the newly formed parliament were won by left wing and green parties, contrary to real life, such as Alternative; the Socialist People's Party; the communist party, Red-Green Alliance; and the Social Liberal Party all doing very well in the election and in most cases better than their real life counterpart. The Social Democrats, who are normally the biggest party in the Danish Parliament only won 2 of the 25 seats, but were nonetheless included in the government together with the Christian Democrats, who surprisingly won a seat in the election, even though they do not hold a seat in real life.

The large landslide to the left wing parties has been claimed to be a direct result of the elections being largely advertised on the biggest Danish subreddit, /r/Denmark, which is a largely left wing subreddit, who have also been accused of silencing extreme right wing views, although these claims have not been confirmed.

As in real life the Speaker of the Folketing was selected by the government parties in a so-called "peace election", where the opposition normally does not oppose the choice of the government, although they are technically allowed to. The current Speaker of the MFolketing is therefore the only Member of Parliament for the Christian Democrats. Some have said, that this choice was an attempt at pleasing the right wing, consisting of the Liberal Alliance, the Conservative People's Party and the Danish People's Party, after cries of foul play following the election.

Falling Activity

Several bills were proposed to the Ting early in the days, but activity has slowed significantly during the last month. The Speaker has not been seen for over a week and Deputy Leader and MP from the Danish People's Party, undersigned, has been posting a clear majority of debate treads on the subreddit, also setting up the voting subreddit and attempting to organise MQs, even though I am technically not even a Deputy Speaker. Turnout for the divisions has fallen to an all time low and debates are largely empty. Several factors have been blamed for the lack of activity, such as the complexity of bills in Denmark, deterring people from attempting to write new legislation in the model and the summer break among other things, but ultimately the Danish model is heading towards a destiny much like the French model, unless something is done to prevent it.

Several questions are still left unanswered. Will the model survive? Does the leadership have what it takes to revive the model after the summer break? Will model Denmark ultimately end like model France or will it pull through? I certainly do not hope so, but only time will tell.

I will keep you, the readers, updated on the situation.

troe2339, Times Denmark Correspondent