ELECTION FEVER

There is a general election in the U.K. next week; more on that later. But there will also be a general election in Denmark soon. It has to be held before the beginning of September, and the big question for Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt is whether to call it before or after the long Danish summer holiday in July/August. The argument for an earlier date is that the Social Democrats have in effect been campaigning since 1 January, and are starting to run out of money. The argument for waiting is that the economy is beginning to turn up, particularly on the employment front, so a September election would follow a summer of increasingly good news.

Only one person really knows when the election will be held, and she is not telling. However, for what it's worth, my guess is that it will be in June.

Walter Blotscher