DenmarkDet danske demokrati og retssamfundet 15 · Danish democracy and the rule of law

A majority in the Folketing passes a vote of no confidence in a minister. What must the minister do?

In the exam (Danish)

Et flertal i Folketinget udtaler mistillid til en minister. Hvad skal ministeren gøre?

  1. aAsk the Supreme Court to cancel the decision.Bede Højesteret om at ophæve beslutningen.
  2. bResign.Gå af.Correct answer
  3. cStay in office if the minister wants to.Blive siddende, hvis ministeren selv ønsker det.

Why?

According to the Constitution, a minister cannot stay in office when the Folketing has passed a vote of no confidence in him or her. This is part of parliamentarism.

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Source

Questions from past citizenship tests (danskogproever.dk), reproduced verbatim in Danish with the official answers by permission of the Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI), and our own practice questions on the facts of the study material “Læremateriale til Indfødsretsprøven” and on Danish values. The English translation and the explanations are ours, made with AI help; in the test the questions are asked in Danish. Current-affairs questions and questions whose official answer no longer holds have been left out. We are not affiliated with SIRI.

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