The crucial phase of negotiations began today, Monday, in the Danish parliament, culminating in a vote on a landmark defense bill. Key provisions include full equality in compulsory military service for men and women and extending the mandatory service period from four to eleven months. While two parliamentary parties oppose compulsory service for women, the bill could still pass if the three-party coalition government manages to secure the support of opposition parties from both the right and left wings.
Therefore, the two opposition parties, the Denmark Democrats and the Liberal Alliance, may be excluded from the negotiations, according to a report by TV2 on Sunday evening.
But it turned out this morning that all ten parliamentary parties were participating around the negotiating table.
If the controversial law is adopted, it will represent the largest defense settlement, which will extend over ten years and amount to more than 80 billion Danish kroner, according to TV2 expert Camilla Strump, who reported that the government rejected another settlement proposal from the two parties on Sunday evening.
According to the source, however, the tug-of-war between the government and the two opposition parties still revolves mainly around the issue of compulsory conscription for women, disagreements that may therefore end up with the historic defense agreement being without the two parties that show remarkable progress and a significant lead in opinion polls recently conducted by the Megaphone Foundation.
وقد كتب زعيم حزب التحالف الليبرالي أليكس فانسبلاج على موقع X منشوراً يفيد بأن الحزبين قدما حلاً وسطاً يوم الأربعاء، لكن لم يصلهما أي رد بعد من وزير الدفاع الذي يقود المفاوضات، كما أعرب عن استعداد الحزبين للمشاركة في الاتفاقية البرلمانية: “من مصلحة دفاع الدنمارك الحصول على أكبر أغلبية ممكنة في اتفاقية الدفاع، كما ينبغي أن يكون من مصلحة وزير الدفاع أن يكون هناك أكبر حزبين معارضين على طاولة المفاوضات، وتابع وشدد على ذلك ويأمل أن “يعود وزير الدفاع إلى رشده” ويدعو إلى مزيد من المفاوضات، بحسب المصدر.
According to expert Camilla Strump, cooperation with the Blue Bloc could prove costly if the defense minister ends up excluding the Liberal Alliance and Denmark Democrats from the current negotiations.
According to TV2, Dansk Industri's Director of Defense and Security, Joachim Winkelmann, stated that although negotiations seem difficult at the moment, the big task is to secure the huge sums that must be invested in equipment, as there is currently a significant shortage of military equipment in Europe in general. Consequently, there is also competition among European governments over who can be allowed to place orders. He explained that it is now up to Denmark to secure a place in the production lines and participate in this industry both domestically and internationally.
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