Borgen (2010–2013): Season 1, Episode 7 - Ikke se, ikke høre, ikke tale - full transcript
The discovery of illegal surveillance of a left-wing party brings into question the prime minister's friendship with the party's spokeswoman as well as her faith in her own minister of justice.
What are you doing here?
I don't want to fight.
Hi.
- Are you...
- Stop, Kasper. You are drunk and stupid.
- Please just go.
- Katrine, I think he's ugly.
- You go home now.
- She told you to...
Relax. Relax! Hey!
We can't see each other
privately anymore.
This isn't working.
Do you know that your wife loves you?
I love her too.
But I'm not so sure
about that prime minister.
No more friends at Borgen.
You must be able to say no to everyone.
To fire anyone without flinching.
- Birgitte, do you have a second?
- Yes.
Once you would have protested with me.
Before you became a pragmatist.
I'm prime minister. Also for those
who didn't vote for me.
Remember that.
"Trust is good, but control is better."
No, I don't...
have direct access
to the prime minister like that.
You could say that,
we do have a friendship from back then.
Yes.
OFFICES OF SOLIDARITY UNION
I think I could talk
with Birgitte Nyborg about that.
Yes.
Yes, we do have our little meetings
once in a while.
- Yes.
- That's odd.
- Hang on.
- Stig!
Is it something you put in?
I'll call you later, Mark.
That's fine, bye.
What is it?
It looks like a camera.
Magnus, cut it out.
Birgitte, that's against the rules.
Your office hours are at noon.
I can read a defense report
and plant a daisy at the same time.
- No, you can't.
- Yes.
We kept the kids from school
because you had the morning off.
- Let's do this together.
- Okay.
- Okay.
- Right.
I'll just grab this.
- Stop it!
- Give it to me.
- I can easily...
- We are doing this. Stop it.
Kasper, why are you here?
We have a problem.
Solidarity Union claims
we are bugging them.
We don't, do we?
It seems we might.
DON'T SEE, DON'T HEAR, DON'T SPEAK
Anne Sophie Lindenkrone, earlier today
you found bugging equipment
at your party offices.
What is your comment?
I am shocked. This is a scandal.
We are a legal political party,
and this is a breach
of the most basic democratic rules.
Who do you think is behind it?
I don't want to sound
like a left-wing cliché,
but this wouldn't be the first time
PET exceeded its authority.
The secret services
are subject to control.
Yes, but not a good one.
The so-called "Control Committee"
is bound by confidentiality in most cases.
Hello, Birgitte.
I thought you were working at home today.
I was until my press secretary said that
somebody apparently bugged a rival party.
- What is the equipment they found?
- I'm wondering the same.
So you don't know?
It's hard to confirm or deny something
already. But I've asked PET to brief me.
As soon as possible.
But if it is PET...
then that bugging must have
passed by your desk?
I can't recall all of them.
The police do over 3,000 buggings a year.
You don't recall,
if PET asked for permission
to bug Solidarity Union,
which would be illegal?
No one is bugged without a reason.
And naturally, a judge signed off on it,
before the equipment was installed.
PET follows very strict rules.
So it could be PET?
I'm not absolutely sure,
and I don't want to misinform you,
in case it isn't ours. I mean, PET's.
But I will keep you updated.
Good. They are already calling the case
Nørrebro-gate.
Yeah, but don't worry.
I'm not a crook.
- Okay?
- Okay.
Bugged them?
That's illegal as hell.
Goddamn.
Hold on. Yes.
I'll call the Ministry of Justice, right?
How was it discovered?
Okay.
Yes.
We'll talk at the editorial meeting, okay?
See you in a minute. Bye.
That's very good.
Laura, come and join.
Dad, can I please go to Emma's now?
All the girls are there.
No, you can't. We are doing something
together here. Come on.
Oh!
Hi, Phillip.
- Hi, Freja.
- Hi.
What are you doing here?
It's just about that application
we discussed last Wednesday.
I thought you might like to read it.
Yes, um...
I thought you'd mail it?
I thought it was easier to pop by.
Yes, okay.
What was the job?
It's the most awesome internship
at the National Bank.
I have to get it.
You "have to get it"?
You're the one who said
we should write proper applications.
That you'd read so many terrible ones
in your time as CEO.
Yes, that's true.
If you could just send me an E-mail,
when you've read it, then...
perhaps I could come by,
and we could look it over together?
Yes.
Uh...
No, listen, I think I'll just send it
to you with some notes
and then that's that, okay?
- Okay, sure.
- Okay.
- Thank you.
- No problem, bye.
Bye.
- Hi.
- Hi. Better late than never.
- Yeah, my bike had a flat.
- Is he good?
What are you talking about?
Well, we all think he looks good.
Come on, that's private.
I expect we'll get the chance to meet
him soon, huh? At the television festival.
- What?
- What?
You can bring a date.
You're nominated as anchor of the year.
- Ulrik's going to win.
- Yes, but you're dodging the question.
- Who are you bringing?
- I've narrowed it down to nine.
You and I could go.
- I'd love to.
- Yes?
All right, boys and girls.
Listen, I smell blood.
The bugging of Solidarity Union.
This clears the schedule
for both six and 8:30 p.m., okay?
- Yes.
- Good.
My simple guess is
that a minister will get the boot.
Yes, and that will be
the minister of justice.
Bingo. If it was PET
who installed that crap.
I spoke with the ministry, and Höxenhaven
will visit me at six p.m. to discuss it.
I spoke with him regarding 8:30,
and he's very uncommunicative.
All he will say about the bugs is
that they are investigating the matter.
- But surely he can say, if it's PET's?
- No, he won't comment.
No, he's protecting them.
People say they are practically married.
That's understandable,
when you've seen his wife.
Look, there must be others
than Troels Höxenhaven,
who can tell if PET uses that equipment.
We are talking with an expert for
a background segment in Focus tomorrow.
Could we speed that up
and get him in today?
Well, we could ask him to make
a taped interview,
where he talks about the equipment.
If possible, I'd like to use it
at six p.m. with the justice minister.
You'll tell him first, right?
I don't think so.
Look, Katrine,
that's not how we usually do it.
- We are talking about illegal buggings.
- Yes, but we will inform him.
- Good.
- Yes.
Or not.
Good.
Naturally, I do not condone surveillance
of legal political parties.
I have ordered a thorough investigation.
But can you deny, even at this stage,
that it might be your own ministry,
through the police or PET,
that carried out the bugging?
Remember, that address which now
houses Solidarity Union's offices
used to be home
to the publishing house Reaction,
whom many might have had
an interest in bugging.
I'm assuming you mean the fact
that the publisher sympathized
with revolutionary movements
around the world.
Yes.
But wouldn't PET, most of all,
have an interest in knowing that?
I can't comment on it.
Many could have been involved.
He's feeling pressured. Take it slow.
...criminal networks.
You don't see PET
as an obvious possibility?
As I said, there are many possibilities.
We spoke with an expert
in bugging equipment
from one of Scandinavia's
biggest security firms.
Listen to who he thinks
owns the equipment.
It is one of the worlds smallest
surveillance cameras
of professional quality.
- Zoom out on camera tw3.
- A Hapac Fischer U-46 CCD camera,
which transmits at 2.5 gigahertz.
The microphone is extremely sensitive.
You can't whisper anything in the room
without it getting picked up.
Which means?
If it's not PET, then these are people
PET should be watching.
It's state of the art,
expensive and hard to get.
So if you had to guess at the owner
of the equipment, who would that be?
PET. With 90% certainty.
PET with 90% certainty
says an expert, Troels Höxenhaven.
Yes, he does. But I can't comment on it.
- What the hell can you comment on?
- If it turns out
to be PET, then it's your responsibility,
right?
I haven't had the chance to prepare
for this, so I don't know your expert.
There we go, honey.
His name is Per S. Hansen.
He works for Pro Sec Vision
and is considered by colleagues
to be a leading expert on the area.
Yes, but we won't get it any closer.
- Thank you.
- You are welcome.
Now to the real estate market with
good news for owners of vacations homes.
That was a good interview.
Thank you.
Don't forget to mention
your mom and boyfriend
in your acceptance speech on Friday.
No, Ulrik will win it.
Mm-hmm. Will we get to see Benjamin
the hottie in a tight little tuxedo?
- I don't think so, Tanja.
- Oh?
He's good enough for your bed,
but not Billed-Bladet?
Didn't you tell me just to get laid?
But you've been dating
for two months now.
It's uncanny how everyone has an opinion
on my personal life all of a sudden.
What's so dangerous
about being seen together?
- Huh, Katrine?
- Bye, bye.
Höxenhaven has an emergency meeting
in the Judicial Committee tomorrow.
Great, here we go.
I asked him for a brief
before the minister's meeting tomorrow.
We need to keep you out of this
as long as possible.
Neither the press
or the opposition must think
they can go straight
to the prime minister with this.
I agree completely.
This is the justice minister's case.
Sanne also told me that Solidarity Union
has been calling the office all morning.
Don't open up for that either.
I already have. I agreed to meet
with Lindenkrone. She'll be here shortly.
Hold on. Does Lindenkrone have
access to the prime minister like that?
Solidarity Union has good reason
to be furious because of the bugging.
It would behoove us to meet with them.
It is because Lindenkrone
originally was your invention?
No, it is not because Lindenkrone
originally was my invention, Bent.
Could somebody update me?
- Who invented who now?
- Birgitte got her into politics.
You couldn't be more wrong, Bent.
I met her at a radio debate, when she was
still a part of the "autonome" community.
And she was really talented,
so I told her to go into politics.
You were practically her mentor.
I wasn't, Bent. I was not her mentor.
I've just always felt our party
should be big enough
to agree with even Solidarity Union
on a few issues.
Bent has on principle
never liked Lindenkrone,
- along with the rest of the right wing.
- "Right wing." Oh, please.
- No, no, no.
- You've been a little iffy about
- regarding the entire redheaded society.
- That's not true.
Could you sort this out over a beer
at the next party congress?
All right, then.
The analysis is that the government's
majority rests on Solidarity Union,
so we run a friendly dialogue
with Lindenkrone.
Yes, exactly.
Now we quickly need to figure out
what we can give her.
Give her? What do you mean?
For not toppling the government
if it should get that far.
Hello, Birgitte.
- Hi, Anne Sophie.
- Hi.
- Thanks for taking the time.
- Of course.
Hi.
How are you?
- You should know, aren't you bugging us?
- Oh!
Can't we just agree
it's probably a terrible misunderstanding?
A misunderstanding? What...
Didn't TV1 News basically prove
that it was your people?
My people? Don't make it sound like
we're living in a police state.
I'm sorry, but bugging a legal party.
How is that not like a police state?
I'll tell you how, Anne Sophie. You are
sitting in the prime minister's office,
being briefed and getting an apology.
I'm afraid it's not enough.
And don't take it personally.
It's not like I don't have
- sympathy for you and your politics.
- No.
I know that.
And I have of course considered
how we might accommodate you further.
How would you do that?
PET is completely
under Höxenhaven's authority.
So if there's been a mistake,
he'll receive a reprimand. A big one.
Just as you of course
would receive a public apology.
And we are prepared to support a hearing
regarding the current control of PET.
And who would lead that hearing?
A former chief of PET?
- No.
- Then who?
You tell me.
That's s very generous offer, Birgitte.
Yes.
But in return, I hope
you remember your responsibility
as part of this government's majority,
and won't fan the flames unnecessarily.
I don't want to make things tough
for your government.
Just remember, that our voters voted
for us to have a watchdog in parliament.
What do you mean?
I mean...
If it really just is a misunderstanding,
like you say,
then there is no issue, but...
if this goes deeper,
I won't save you or your government.
Just so we are clear.
Yes, of course.
Let's play a game,
where you don't need this.
I don't like that game at all.
What's this?
An invitation to the TV station's
party gala.
"We have the pleasure of inviting you
plus an escort
to a party gala,
Friday May 27 at seven p.m."
- Who's your escort?
- No one, I'm going alone.
Why?
Because it's work.
- You don't want to be seen with me?
- Stop it, we see each other all the time.
We don't see anyone else.
I come here, we have sex. That's it.
Yeah, well... I'm very private in private.
And now I'm asking
if I should go as your date.
Hmm?
Perhaps.
Perhaps?
Yes.
Yes, you should. Of course you should.
Are you sure?
Yes.
Hi, girlfriend.
Hi, boyfriend.
Good morning. Gosh, this is so wonderful.
Yes, isn't it nice?
- Did you sleep well?
- I slept really well.
I must say your minister of justice
was not very good on TV last night.
- I know.
- What is he doing?
He lets PET monitor opposing parties.
In my line of work, you'd call that
industrial espionage. Pretty illegal.
It's pretty illegal
in my line of work as well.
And that's not what happened.
Are you sure?
Bugging is more and more common.
It says somewhere here that there are...
250,000 surveillance cameras in Denmark.
And people keep wanting more.
Do you get a higher grade if you attach
a hot picture to an assignment?
Yes, that's a clear cut B.
It's a job application.
She asked me to look at it.
She had longer hair in real life.
She came by with it yesterday.
She's applying for an internship
at the National Bank.
Perhaps I should have PET follow you.
Yes...
You're already abusing power, so why not?
- Are you ready for the meeting?
- Absolutely.
I confirm that the equipment belongs
to PET
and was set up during
Hesselboe's government
- to bug the publisher Reaction.
- With what cause?
It is widely known in PET
that Reaction's offices
were used by persons found
on the EU's list of suspected terrorists.
And you have names and precise info?
I have photos and info on Massoud Bucak
from the extremist wing of PKK
and people connected
to Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade and PFLP.
It was the publisher
that rented the offices to them, right?
It wasn't Solidarity Union?
PET has had a very complex assignment.
Solidarity Union's takeover of the offices
from Reaction has been overlapping
and obscure for the police.
I have the details.
But the Judicial Committee will
of course get the full briefing.
Sounds good, Troels.
It is a highly undesirable situation
for the government,
if there is anything there.
There won't be anything at that meeting
I can't answer.
Thank you.
This is taking an extremely long time.
Could you fetch me a sandwich, Ruben?
- Troels Höxenhaven...
- Did you brief the opposition?
Anne Sophie Lindenkrone, did you get
satisfying answers at the meeting?
No, not at all. The minister of justice
was eager to talk about
why the equipment had been installed,
but he could not explain
why he and PET didn't take it down
after we took over the offices
from Reaction five months ago.
Shortly after
- Nyborg's government took office?
- Yes, exactly.
And hence, Höxenhaven's responsibility.
Perhaps the minister didn't know
you had taken over the offices?
I can't speak for PET's role in this,
but Troels Höxenhaven was notified of
Solidarity Union taking over the offices.
In what way?
When we moved in, we invited all the
parties of parliament to a housewarming.
The prime minister included.
HOUSEWARMING
Lars Hesselboe,
a comment on the meeting today?
It is a scandal
if the justice minister knew
that PET bugged a legal party.
Now the opposition is fired up, huh?
But you were prime minister
when it was installed?
Yes, but back then they were the offices
of a semi-revolutionary publisher.
Our government would have taken it down
the moment a legal party moved in.
I doubt it.
Do you want some water?
Had it happened in my time...
as government leader, the opposition
would have demanded my resignation.
Now they must ride their high horse.
And how will you react?
We have demanded
an emergency hearing tomorrow
where the justice minister must answer.
The meeting in the Judicial Committee
was behind closed doors.
But this is too important
to keep in the dark.
The minister must answer
to all members of Parliament.
And the entire nation. I'm considering
calling in the prime minister as well.
That is it! This case is not
ending up on my desk. Sanne!
Yes.
I must speak with Höxenhaven.
Tell him to get here now. No excuses.
Okay.
The prime minister can't go in and defend
herself from the crossfire in Parliament.
- It's terrible press.
- You don't have to tell me.
The justice minister is unavailable. He's
in a meeting with the director of PET.
Didn't I say no excuses?
They are having a press conference
in the Ministry of Justice in a moment.
At four p.m.
Press conference?
What the hell is that about?
I'd like to welcome you all
to this short press conference.
Before we begin, I must stress,
that since these are matters
of national security,
there may be questions that I
and director of PET, Anders Kruse,
must decline to answer
to protect PET's operations and methods.
What does the minister say
to the critique
the opposition levels
against the Ministry of Justice?
I don't understand it at all.
And in today's meeting,
I have have explained
that the publisher Reaction
has given space to,
to put it mildly, suspicious meetings.
Yes.
But Solidarity Union claims
you were personally aware
- with the date of their moving in?
- Right. I mean...
The publisher had decidedly
used the offices several times
after Solidarity Union's housewarming.
They might have been drinking
welcome wine in the front rooms,
but a lot of other stuff went on
in the backroom.
But I'd like to point out
that there in no way
has been talk about bugging
the party Solidarity Union.
Is the minister of justice suggesting
that there is an investigation
of a member of Solidarity Union?
I can't comment on
ongoing investigations.
I'm sorry.
The justice minister must tell us
if there is a PET investigation
- of a member of a Danish party.
- We won't get any closer to it.
You can't hold press conferences on this
without clearing them with me.
- I can explain everything.
- Fine, then do it.
Did you approve the continuation
of the bugging
after learning that Solidarity Union
had moved in?
- Listen...
- Yes or no?
Listen! I had received information
that greatly justifies
the entire bugging operation
and will completely reverse public opinion
on this issue.
In my office, there is a secret audio file
of Anne Sophie Lindenkrone,
where she argues for kidnapping
of former prime minister Hesselboe's
two teenage children.
- Anne Sophie?
- Yes.
When was that recording made?
It's about six years old.
But then it couldn't be
from the bugged room?
No, it isn't.
It's from the old demolished Ungdomshus.
And unfortunately
there is a lot of noise on the tape
as the conversation happened
during a party in the house.
But there is no doubt that Lindenkrone
considers the possibility.
And I think we need to let the press
know about it tonight.
Have you gone mad?
What are you thinking?
That you'd present baseless accusations
using a bad recording
that is six years old
from a party at Ungdomshuset?
A recording that PET obviously
didn't take seriously enough to act on.
Listen, it's true. It is Lindenkrone.
But that's not a rescue plan, Höx!
It's an own goal!
Come up and listen...
I won't have anything to do with that
recording, and I forbid you from using it.
You can't!
You just can't, Birgitte.
This is a very important argument.
I'm speaking on the floor tomorrow.
What can I do?
I don't know.
But I'd recommend
you figure it out soon.
You are the responsible minister.
And tomorrow you will answer
to Parliament in this case. End of story.
We need the justice minister
to answer clearly,
if he knew
that a legal party was bugged...
- Anne Sophie, can we talk?
- Yes.
- We'll talk later.
- Okay.
Thank you.
- Hello.
- Hi.
You do know
that I knew nothing of this, right?
I'm shocked by the whole thing,
and you should know
that Höxenhaven will answer
all questions on the floor tomorrow.
But, Anne Sophie, what are you gaining
by bringing him all the way down?
- Even if he made a mistake.
- Made a mistake?
We are talking about a breach
of the constitution, illegal surveillance.
Anne Sophie, it would be a big defeat
for the government
if Höxenhaven must resign.
I'm not asking you
to influence your party comrades,
but could you please hold back
a little tomorrow?
For your sake?
Yes, you could say that.
You have no political interest
in weakening my government, right?
So tomorrow we'll trivialize
a breach of the constitution...
for old times' sake?
Good. Okay.
Just keep me out
for as long as possible.
We'll talk tomorrow, Kasper. Bye.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Tell me something
to make me forget about work.
Well, I have company and...
- Hello.
- Hi.
I've been going through
Freja's application with her.
Oh, right, of course.
You're doing a great job
as prime minister.
Thank you so much.
- All right. I'll be off now.
- Yes, fine.
Thank you for helping me.
- That was really nice of you.
- No trouble.
- Here.
- No, just keep them.
- Okay, thank you.
- Yes.
- See you. Bye.
- Yes, bye.
- Bye.
- Bye.
- Where are the kids? Are they not home?
- No.
Laura is spending the night at Ida's,
and...
Carsten asked if Magnus wanted
to go the circus with William.
They'll be back any minute.
Are you hungry?
Hi, Mom!
Oh!
Hi!
- So you were at the circus?
- Yes.
- Hi.
- Hello, Carsten.
- It's been a while, huh?
- Yes.
Magnus, I'll see you!
- Bye!
- Bye.
No, honey, no cookies now.
- Was the circus fun?
- Yes.
- Look what I got.
- Let me see.
Are we having dinner?
- Damn it.
- Yes.
She forgot this.
Some spaghetti with meat sauce,
that's what we've got today.
Okay?
The prime minister's press conference?
- I'll be there.
- She won't say anything.
Could we get her in here?
She's been smart enough
to stay out of it so far.
But Katrine has a...
what should we call it, Katrine?
A special connection
- to the prime minister's spin doctor.
- Great, let's use that.
Funny, how we always wind up
discussing my private life.
That's because it's all so secret.
Not anymore.
He's coming to the award show.
- The prime minister's spin doctor?
- No, Torben!
What is it I don't know?
There's plenty.
- My boyfriend.
- That's great.
- Should we move on?
- Yes.
I'm going to makeup. See you guys.
The justice minister is facing
Parliament today,
and the opposition threatens
to summon the prime minister to a debate.
Does the prime minister have a comment?
The debate concerns a case
solely under the Justice Ministry.
- Yes.
- Does the opposition agree?
I sincerely hope they do,
as soon as the minister of justice
has explained the matter.
And if they don't?
That's hypothetical.
But the speaker decides who can
be summoned for an emergency debate,
and I expect she will see it serves
no purpose to summon the prime minister.
Yes.
Anne Sophie Lindenkrone just said
she won't dismiss the possibility
of summoning the prime minister.
I trust the justice minister can answer
for himself today.
- Yes.
- If it turns out the justice minister
has overstepped his authority,
will he then continue in this government?
Of course, a minister can't continue,
if he or she has failed
their responsibility.
Höxenhaven knows this
as well as my other ministers.
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you.
Can you guarantee him getting fired
if he can't answer?
Thank you, Hanne Holm. This concludes
this week's press conference.
Hello. Katrine Fønsmark from TV1 News.
I have an appointment with Kasper Juul.
Yes.
- Why do you look at me like that?
- You are cute.
- You are so crazy.
- Thank you.
What?
- Hi.
- Hi.
Oh, my.
We have fancy guests.
To what do we owe the pleasure?
You know that I want an appointment
with your prime minister.
- Can we talk privately?
- I thought we didn't do that anymore.
I assume we need
to discuss options.
As I said on the phone,
there's not much to discuss.
This doesn't concern the prime minister.
So no, speak with the justice minister.
You took a meeting with me just
to say that?
I didn't take it, you asked for it.
I looked into it,
and I am sorry. That's it.
Thank you.
Wait a minute. Wait.
Wait, Katrine. Katrine!
You are wasting my time.
Is it a punishment for dating Benjamin?
The Fitness Smurf?
- How primitive do you think I am?
- That primitive.
Oh, I'm sure that little smurf
has me beat by several lengths, right?
Do you have great talks? On politics?
He's so insightful, right?
I assume his political analysis
is sharp as a knife.
- There is more to life than work, Kasper.
- Not for you.
Don't we have security here?
I must ask
the justice minister to stick to the case.
Did the minister know that PET bugged
the offices of a legal political party?
Yes or no?
Does Mrs. Lindenkrone not know
that Denmark is a target for terrorists?
And that PET fights
on the invisible front line?
So the justice minister can confirm
that PET overstepped its bounds
by not removing the equipment?
No, but I can confirm that I know
of Mrs. Lindenkrone's sympathies
- and attitude towards Denmark's security.
- He can't say that!
Could the minister elaborate
on his knowledge of my sympathies?
I can assure Mrs. Lindenkrone
that there has been plenty of reason
to bug those offices.
And that an efficient PET
is Denmark's only, uh...
only guarantee against terrorism.
International terrorism...
Kasper, we offer TV1 that I go live
tomorrow on a charm offensive,
if it's not too late.
- Will you set that up?
- I've just refused TV1.
Let's stick to our plan.
That plan no longer exists.
Höx just got killed on the floor.
This could end in a vote of no confidence.
We shouldn't expect Höxenhaven
to make the tough decision.
Then somebody must do it for him.
Just know that I am prepared
to take on the responsibility
and accept the consequences.
So tomorrow I'll offer a public apology
and then accept the reprimand
you of course must give me.
Troels, you have as a minister failed
to answer questions in Parliament.
You exceeded your authority.
And on such a fundamental issue
as bugging another party.
We are well past reprimands.
Oh...
As minister of justice you have to have
a higher moral than the rest of society,
and you haven't shown that.
I see no other recourse
than you resigning as minister.
What are you saying?
Resign?
But I can't.
Listen here.
I haven't even been a minister
for a year. It would seem odd.
We'll, there is another solution.
- Anything else.
- There is nothing else.
There are other solutions.
- I can sack the director of PET.
- No.
- If Kruse resigns, people will understand.
- Enough!
Stop before you make
an even bigger fool of yourself.
Go home and talk with your family.
Tomorrow, you'll come here and hand in
your resignation with dignity.
Right?
Birgitte, you must listen to me.
- This can't happen. I'll do anything.
- Troels...
- Not this!
- Troels, stop it.
- You can't do it!
- It's no use, Troels.
It's no use, and this doesn't have to
be your last time as minister.
If you resign on your own and apologize,
you could be a minister
in a different administration.
You are a skilled politician.
Troels, if you won't resign,
I'll have to fire you.
You'll get a vote of no confidence
after your performance today,
and I can't protect you.
There is no other choice.
Okay.
All right.
Kruse, we have a problem. Yes.
I'll need some help.
Where are you right now?
I'm sorry.
Kasper, this can't become a problem for us
in our jobs.
It won't.
It is when I can't get an interview
with the prime minister
because you hate
the spinning instructor I'm dating.
Dating?
So it's official now?
Yes.
You have your interview.
Okay?
The prime minister is free tomorrow.
Thank you.
And let's not talk anymore about that.
We are professionals, right?
I just need to...
get used to the fact
that you've chosen a guy like...
Benjamin.
I'm sure he's great.
But it is confirmed. Yes.
Yes, the prime minister
is coming in tomorrow.
Yes.
Yes, it pays to have
special connections.
That's good, Torben.
I'll see you, bye.
You are wonderful. I am so hungry.
I've been running around at work all day,
- everything is cooking.
- Same with me.
I just took over all
of Tina's elite classes.
They asked me to teach the instructors.
Congratulations.
We should have champagne tomorrow
if we topple Höxenhaven.
- Who?
- Höxenhaven.
Who is that?
You know, the minister of justice.
No, I don't.
Are you telling me you don't know
who the minister of justice is?
Why is that so important?
Well, because he is the minister
everyone is talking about right now.
- How could you not know?
- I'm not that interested in politics.
Relax.
No, seriously, you have to pay just
a little attention to what's going on.
I'm really busy.
I don't ask you to know all about
anaerobic metabolism and amino acids.
That's not the same. These are the people
who run the country. It's important!
Why is your world suddenly
more important than mine?
It isn't.
- But that's what you are saying.
- No.
- But that's what you mean?
- Yes, it is!
And you know why?
Because we tell the people
what's happening in the world!
And you sit on a spinning bike,
saying "single beat" or "double beat"!
Is that really how you see it?
No, that's not how I see it,
that's how it is!
Hey, Phillip, thanks for helping
with the job application.
I have a much better feeling about it now.
Say hi to your sweet kids for me.
Look forward to seeing you again.
Love, Freja.
Are you checking my e-mail?
No...
Phillip, I need to know if you are
doing something with that Freja.
Oh, please.
She visits you twice in a week
and leaves behind all kinds of stuff.
Writing "honey" and whatnot
in those mails.
Birgitte, are you jealous?
She's 22, damn it.
I'm asking.
No, you're not.
You are checking on me. Right?
All right, fine. No.
I'm not fucking one of my students.
If I'm missing something,
it's adult company.
I'm with people her age all day
and with the kids the rest of the time.
That's not where I'd turn
if I wanted to cheat.
Then where?
I don't want
to have this conversation now.
Loyalty is vital for me.
- Also at home.
- Loyalty? Fine.
You're only at home
during the night, right?
We've stopped counting on you.
Everyone in this house is struggling,
so you can be prime minister.
And you and I have damn well sacrificed
our love life and sex life
on that account.
Not to mention the career
I believe I once had.
We have an agreement, right, Phillip?
A division of labor.
- You can't cry about that now!
- I'm not crying.
The agreement was for you
to treat your family
as more than just a hobby.
Would you like an update?
Laura got a B for her essay.
And she deserved a little gift,
and I lied and told her it was from you.
Because she needed to hear
you hadn't forgotten her.
I've never asked you to cover for me.
I know what I've been neglecting.
Oh, shut up.
We are both missing out here.
- That's the price.
- Right.
It is!
You have freedom, you have time,
you can be with the kids!
That's what I'm missing.
Fine, okay. Perhaps you'd like to
take over the appointment I made today
with the school shrink about Magnus?
We are talking about how to prevent
an eight-year-old from pissing his pants.
He might have to wear diapers!
What are you talking about?
Did we wake you, honey?
You're getting cold.
I'll tuck you in. Come on.
If we move that,
we can have the guest...
But we need a short...
- Pia.
- Yes.
The rumor at Borgen is
that Höxenhaven is out.
What? Fired?
As good as.
They say it's a matter of time.
Birgitte Nyborg can't let him stay.
I'm in a meeting.
Should I go there and see
if anybody will talk?
Try that. But you'll have to hurry.
- Check it and call me back.
- What? Okay.
Who? I'll come down in a minute.
Frederik Ravn, isn't he the weirdo
who keeps an eye on both political wings?
Yes, why?
He's at the reception with a package
he insists will interest us.
Excuse me.
- Relax!
- Shut up!
Anne Sophie, what do you think
we should do?
I've said it before.
Somebody could kidnap
Hesselboe's own children.
Shut up!
Lindenkrone is right, damn it!
- How would you do it?
- Kidnap them!
So he can feel what it's like
to become childless
like the parents in that war
he helped start.
I know where their school is.
It doesn't have to be difficult.
- We just have to plan it.
- Where?
It stops there.
There is no more on the tape.
- Was that it?
- But that is without a doubt Lindenkrone.
Do we know how old it is?
The tape says 2005.
What will we do with it?
- We run it.
- But it's spin.
Something that
the Justice Ministry has leaked.
That may be,
but that doesn't change the fact
that this is a kick-ass story.
Based on an old recording
from a pretty dubious source
that PET uses
because they have nothing better.
Yes, but...
The justice minister is desperate.
Why else would we get this?
If we run it,
it will remove focus from Höxenhaven.
Only because that's a better story!
No, because in the public's eyes
it will justify his bugging
of Solidarity Union,
even though the cases are unrelated.
Look, friends.
This doesn't have to be either or.
We can easily run both stories.
What will be the top story?
What do you think, Katrine?
We have a story about a justice minister,
who loves his job,
something about terrorism,
and there is something
with his memory and some dates,
which he can't recall precisely.
It's a little complicated.
Then we have a simple story
about a well-known party chairman
planning to kidnap the prime minister's
children. What do you think?
She's not planning, Torben.
She's young and drunk.
- She's saying it.
- Why does the tape stop there?
Probably because she vomits
right after and goes home
with the ugliest guy there
to do other things she'll regret.
Listen, Katrine.
A party chairman is considering
kidnapping the prime minister's children.
Are you really saying
we shouldn't air that?
Then you've already decided our focus,
and Höx will be a hero.
You need to shut up.
In the end, Höx and PET have only tried
to do one thing, protect democracy.
That's all.
You can protect democracy so much,
it's no longer a democracy.
Look, I won't listen to that!
Save that for journalism school.
This is only about one thing,
making awesome television.
- Right now.
- Yes, and we are live
in eight and a half minutes,
so let's move on.
- Ulrik, you'll take this.
- Super.
Have a nice show.
Is Magnus out of bed?
Yes, I've woken him.
Has anyone seen the other black shoe?
It's so weird.
I'll take it.
Birgitte's cell, this is Laura.
Mom, it's Kasper.
I'm in the middle of something important.
I'll call from the car.
Sorry, Kasper, she's looking for a shoe.
Okay.
Eat something.
Which channel?
- What are you doing?
- Kasper told me to turn on the TV.
But the case took
an unexpected turn this morning,
when it became known that party chairman
Anne Sophie Lindenkrone
from Solidarity Union,
a couple of years ago
apparently considered kidnapping
former Prime Minister Hesselboe's
two children.
The comment came
soon after Lars Hesselboe's decision
to allow Denmark to participate
in the Iraq War.
We'll run ten seconds now.
Next story is three minutes.
...Hesselboe's own children.
Lindenkrone is right, damn it.
- How will you do it?
- Kidnap them!
So he can feel what it's like
to become childless
like the parents
in that war he helped start.
I know where their school is.
It doesn't have to be difficult.
We just have to plan it.
The minister of justice
had this comment this morning:
Personally, I find Lindenkrone's
statement deeply shocking.
Also in regards to the episode
one year ago,
when young "autonomes" were let into
Christiansborg as Lindenkrone's guests
and threw eggs at the minister
for integration at the time.
At the justice minister's
press conference, it was suggested
that there was a PET
investigation connected
- to the bugging of Solidarity Union.
- Yes.
Is the newly leaked statement from
Lindenkrone part of the investigation?
I can't comment on that.
He used it. He used it.
It is deeply disturbing,
when a current member of parliament
could suggest such a disgusting
and criminal act.
No matter when it happened.
We are talking about my children.
Does the recording make you
view the current case differently,
regarding the bugging
of Solidarity Union?
Yes, since Anne Sophie Lindenkrone
uses those offices, it is conceivable
there was a reason for it.
Anne Sophie Lindenkrone, do you stand by
the threat to kidnap Hesselboe's children?
It was six years ago.
I was young and naïve, damn it.
It was a party. Who hasn't
said something stupid at a party?
But do you not agree that you discuss
some very serious crimes on the tape?
Ask yourselves, who has an interest
in revealing stuff like this.
The justice minister
and PET leaked this information
to cover up the illegal bugging.
So the justice minister and PET
are responsible for your statements?
I don't have anymore time.
I have a meeting. They are waiting.
And you've spoken with the New Right,
the Liberals and the Freedom Party?
Yes, their focus has shifted completely.
Now they are after Lindenkrone
and won't back her in anything.
No witch hunt for Höx either.
I don't care what he's doing,
I want to talk to him. Thank you.
Oh, he makes me sick.
He knows he's getting fired
and yet dares to leak
a recording completely irrelevant
for the case that I forbade him to use.
I was kind and offered
to let him resign, but no more.
He's getting sacked so hard,
he'll never be offered a ministry again.
- Birgitte...
- We must call a press conference,
so I can talk about the sacking.
And, Bent, we must figure out
- who will take the Justice Ministry.
- Birgitte, you can't fire him.
I can't fire him?
Höxenhaven has actually managed
to spin the story.
The press believes
a non-existent connection
between the bugging of Solidarity Union
and Lindenkrone's statement.
Höx and PET now look like heroes,
who protect the Danish democracy
from an autonome terrorist.
The opposition will likely be
satisfied with a reprimand for Höxenhaven
and a briefing on the bugging of
Solidarity Union in the Control Committee.
We're shooting ourselves
in the foot if we mess this up.
The only tactical move now is
to keep Höxenhaven.
He disobeyed a direct order.
He's completely unhinged.
He holds his own press conferences.
- How could I trust him?
- Don't trust him.
But don't fire him.
And he has completely ruined
Lindenkrone's political career.
Because of a statement
at a party six years ago.
Birgitte, do you remember
what I said about friends at Borgen?
This is a political decision.
It is the only right thing to do.
Is it the right thing, Bent?
Thank you.
Yes.
Anne Sophie Lindenkrone is outside
and wants to speak with you.
Tell her I'm in a meeting.
For how long?
Very long.
Birgitte, I really need to talk to you.
I don't have time right now, Anne Sophie.
I have an important meeting.
Have you heard about me in the press?
I'm attacked from all sides. It's insane.
They are digging around
and accusing me of anything.
What did you imagine I could do?
You know I just said it at a party.
You now I'd never do something like that.
- I don't control the press, Anne Sophie.
- You could express disapproval.
Say that you view it as a trifle.
For my sake.
You said what you said.
You'll have to stand by it.
Birgitte, you must know I have no idea
how the tape with Lindenkrone got out.
There are a few things
you must know and take seriously.
You might still be
minister of justice on paper.
But in my mind, you were fired
at nine a.m. this morning in my office,
as you should have been.
You've broken all rules in civil service.
And you've betrayed my trust.
Don't be at the prime minister's office
unless you have business, and know this...
I consider you a dead man
in my government.
The justice minister has
personally guaranteed
that a similar situation
won't happen again.
Now the Control Committee gets
a detailed briefing,
just like the minister of justice will
answer further questions
in a new meeting in the Justice Committee.
With that, I don't feel
there is more for me to do in the matter.
So you can confirm that Troels Höxenhaven
remains as minister?
I have complete confidence
in the minister of justice.
Will Anne Sophie Lindenkrone
be prosecuted for her statements?
That's for the police
to decide, but I don't think so.
Her own party also announced that she'll
continue as political leader for now.
It is widely known you have
a close relationship to Lindenkrone,
do you feel personally affected
by the case?
If I was personally affected
every time I was involved
in a case concerning
an acquaintance at Borgen,
it would be impossible
to be prime minister.
Thank you.
I don't want to fight.
Hi.
- Are you...
- Stop, Kasper. You are drunk and stupid.
- Please just go.
- Katrine, I think he's ugly.
- You go home now.
- She told you to...
Relax. Relax! Hey!
We can't see each other
privately anymore.
This isn't working.
Do you know that your wife loves you?
I love her too.
But I'm not so sure
about that prime minister.
No more friends at Borgen.
You must be able to say no to everyone.
To fire anyone without flinching.
- Birgitte, do you have a second?
- Yes.
Once you would have protested with me.
Before you became a pragmatist.
I'm prime minister. Also for those
who didn't vote for me.
Remember that.
"Trust is good, but control is better."
No, I don't...
have direct access
to the prime minister like that.
You could say that,
we do have a friendship from back then.
Yes.
OFFICES OF SOLIDARITY UNION
I think I could talk
with Birgitte Nyborg about that.
Yes.
Yes, we do have our little meetings
once in a while.
- Yes.
- That's odd.
- Hang on.
- Stig!
Is it something you put in?
I'll call you later, Mark.
That's fine, bye.
What is it?
It looks like a camera.
Magnus, cut it out.
Birgitte, that's against the rules.
Your office hours are at noon.
I can read a defense report
and plant a daisy at the same time.
- No, you can't.
- Yes.
We kept the kids from school
because you had the morning off.
- Let's do this together.
- Okay.
- Okay.
- Right.
I'll just grab this.
- Stop it!
- Give it to me.
- I can easily...
- We are doing this. Stop it.
Kasper, why are you here?
We have a problem.
Solidarity Union claims
we are bugging them.
We don't, do we?
It seems we might.
DON'T SEE, DON'T HEAR, DON'T SPEAK
Anne Sophie Lindenkrone, earlier today
you found bugging equipment
at your party offices.
What is your comment?
I am shocked. This is a scandal.
We are a legal political party,
and this is a breach
of the most basic democratic rules.
Who do you think is behind it?
I don't want to sound
like a left-wing cliché,
but this wouldn't be the first time
PET exceeded its authority.
The secret services
are subject to control.
Yes, but not a good one.
The so-called "Control Committee"
is bound by confidentiality in most cases.
Hello, Birgitte.
I thought you were working at home today.
I was until my press secretary said that
somebody apparently bugged a rival party.
- What is the equipment they found?
- I'm wondering the same.
So you don't know?
It's hard to confirm or deny something
already. But I've asked PET to brief me.
As soon as possible.
But if it is PET...
then that bugging must have
passed by your desk?
I can't recall all of them.
The police do over 3,000 buggings a year.
You don't recall,
if PET asked for permission
to bug Solidarity Union,
which would be illegal?
No one is bugged without a reason.
And naturally, a judge signed off on it,
before the equipment was installed.
PET follows very strict rules.
So it could be PET?
I'm not absolutely sure,
and I don't want to misinform you,
in case it isn't ours. I mean, PET's.
But I will keep you updated.
Good. They are already calling the case
Nørrebro-gate.
Yeah, but don't worry.
I'm not a crook.
- Okay?
- Okay.
Bugged them?
That's illegal as hell.
Goddamn.
Hold on. Yes.
I'll call the Ministry of Justice, right?
How was it discovered?
Okay.
Yes.
We'll talk at the editorial meeting, okay?
See you in a minute. Bye.
That's very good.
Laura, come and join.
Dad, can I please go to Emma's now?
All the girls are there.
No, you can't. We are doing something
together here. Come on.
Oh!
Hi, Phillip.
- Hi, Freja.
- Hi.
What are you doing here?
It's just about that application
we discussed last Wednesday.
I thought you might like to read it.
Yes, um...
I thought you'd mail it?
I thought it was easier to pop by.
Yes, okay.
What was the job?
It's the most awesome internship
at the National Bank.
I have to get it.
You "have to get it"?
You're the one who said
we should write proper applications.
That you'd read so many terrible ones
in your time as CEO.
Yes, that's true.
If you could just send me an E-mail,
when you've read it, then...
perhaps I could come by,
and we could look it over together?
Yes.
Uh...
No, listen, I think I'll just send it
to you with some notes
and then that's that, okay?
- Okay, sure.
- Okay.
- Thank you.
- No problem, bye.
Bye.
- Hi.
- Hi. Better late than never.
- Yeah, my bike had a flat.
- Is he good?
What are you talking about?
Well, we all think he looks good.
Come on, that's private.
I expect we'll get the chance to meet
him soon, huh? At the television festival.
- What?
- What?
You can bring a date.
You're nominated as anchor of the year.
- Ulrik's going to win.
- Yes, but you're dodging the question.
- Who are you bringing?
- I've narrowed it down to nine.
You and I could go.
- I'd love to.
- Yes?
All right, boys and girls.
Listen, I smell blood.
The bugging of Solidarity Union.
This clears the schedule
for both six and 8:30 p.m., okay?
- Yes.
- Good.
My simple guess is
that a minister will get the boot.
Yes, and that will be
the minister of justice.
Bingo. If it was PET
who installed that crap.
I spoke with the ministry, and Höxenhaven
will visit me at six p.m. to discuss it.
I spoke with him regarding 8:30,
and he's very uncommunicative.
All he will say about the bugs is
that they are investigating the matter.
- But surely he can say, if it's PET's?
- No, he won't comment.
No, he's protecting them.
People say they are practically married.
That's understandable,
when you've seen his wife.
Look, there must be others
than Troels Höxenhaven,
who can tell if PET uses that equipment.
We are talking with an expert for
a background segment in Focus tomorrow.
Could we speed that up
and get him in today?
Well, we could ask him to make
a taped interview,
where he talks about the equipment.
If possible, I'd like to use it
at six p.m. with the justice minister.
You'll tell him first, right?
I don't think so.
Look, Katrine,
that's not how we usually do it.
- We are talking about illegal buggings.
- Yes, but we will inform him.
- Good.
- Yes.
Or not.
Good.
Naturally, I do not condone surveillance
of legal political parties.
I have ordered a thorough investigation.
But can you deny, even at this stage,
that it might be your own ministry,
through the police or PET,
that carried out the bugging?
Remember, that address which now
houses Solidarity Union's offices
used to be home
to the publishing house Reaction,
whom many might have had
an interest in bugging.
I'm assuming you mean the fact
that the publisher sympathized
with revolutionary movements
around the world.
Yes.
But wouldn't PET, most of all,
have an interest in knowing that?
I can't comment on it.
Many could have been involved.
He's feeling pressured. Take it slow.
...criminal networks.
You don't see PET
as an obvious possibility?
As I said, there are many possibilities.
We spoke with an expert
in bugging equipment
from one of Scandinavia's
biggest security firms.
Listen to who he thinks
owns the equipment.
It is one of the worlds smallest
surveillance cameras
of professional quality.
- Zoom out on camera tw3.
- A Hapac Fischer U-46 CCD camera,
which transmits at 2.5 gigahertz.
The microphone is extremely sensitive.
You can't whisper anything in the room
without it getting picked up.
Which means?
If it's not PET, then these are people
PET should be watching.
It's state of the art,
expensive and hard to get.
So if you had to guess at the owner
of the equipment, who would that be?
PET. With 90% certainty.
PET with 90% certainty
says an expert, Troels Höxenhaven.
Yes, he does. But I can't comment on it.
- What the hell can you comment on?
- If it turns out
to be PET, then it's your responsibility,
right?
I haven't had the chance to prepare
for this, so I don't know your expert.
There we go, honey.
His name is Per S. Hansen.
He works for Pro Sec Vision
and is considered by colleagues
to be a leading expert on the area.
Yes, but we won't get it any closer.
- Thank you.
- You are welcome.
Now to the real estate market with
good news for owners of vacations homes.
That was a good interview.
Thank you.
Don't forget to mention
your mom and boyfriend
in your acceptance speech on Friday.
No, Ulrik will win it.
Mm-hmm. Will we get to see Benjamin
the hottie in a tight little tuxedo?
- I don't think so, Tanja.
- Oh?
He's good enough for your bed,
but not Billed-Bladet?
Didn't you tell me just to get laid?
But you've been dating
for two months now.
It's uncanny how everyone has an opinion
on my personal life all of a sudden.
What's so dangerous
about being seen together?
- Huh, Katrine?
- Bye, bye.
Höxenhaven has an emergency meeting
in the Judicial Committee tomorrow.
Great, here we go.
I asked him for a brief
before the minister's meeting tomorrow.
We need to keep you out of this
as long as possible.
Neither the press
or the opposition must think
they can go straight
to the prime minister with this.
I agree completely.
This is the justice minister's case.
Sanne also told me that Solidarity Union
has been calling the office all morning.
Don't open up for that either.
I already have. I agreed to meet
with Lindenkrone. She'll be here shortly.
Hold on. Does Lindenkrone have
access to the prime minister like that?
Solidarity Union has good reason
to be furious because of the bugging.
It would behoove us to meet with them.
It is because Lindenkrone
originally was your invention?
No, it is not because Lindenkrone
originally was my invention, Bent.
Could somebody update me?
- Who invented who now?
- Birgitte got her into politics.
You couldn't be more wrong, Bent.
I met her at a radio debate, when she was
still a part of the "autonome" community.
And she was really talented,
so I told her to go into politics.
You were practically her mentor.
I wasn't, Bent. I was not her mentor.
I've just always felt our party
should be big enough
to agree with even Solidarity Union
on a few issues.
Bent has on principle
never liked Lindenkrone,
- along with the rest of the right wing.
- "Right wing." Oh, please.
- No, no, no.
- You've been a little iffy about
- regarding the entire redheaded society.
- That's not true.
Could you sort this out over a beer
at the next party congress?
All right, then.
The analysis is that the government's
majority rests on Solidarity Union,
so we run a friendly dialogue
with Lindenkrone.
Yes, exactly.
Now we quickly need to figure out
what we can give her.
Give her? What do you mean?
For not toppling the government
if it should get that far.
Hello, Birgitte.
- Hi, Anne Sophie.
- Hi.
- Thanks for taking the time.
- Of course.
Hi.
How are you?
- You should know, aren't you bugging us?
- Oh!
Can't we just agree
it's probably a terrible misunderstanding?
A misunderstanding? What...
Didn't TV1 News basically prove
that it was your people?
My people? Don't make it sound like
we're living in a police state.
I'm sorry, but bugging a legal party.
How is that not like a police state?
I'll tell you how, Anne Sophie. You are
sitting in the prime minister's office,
being briefed and getting an apology.
I'm afraid it's not enough.
And don't take it personally.
It's not like I don't have
- sympathy for you and your politics.
- No.
I know that.
And I have of course considered
how we might accommodate you further.
How would you do that?
PET is completely
under Höxenhaven's authority.
So if there's been a mistake,
he'll receive a reprimand. A big one.
Just as you of course
would receive a public apology.
And we are prepared to support a hearing
regarding the current control of PET.
And who would lead that hearing?
A former chief of PET?
- No.
- Then who?
You tell me.
That's s very generous offer, Birgitte.
Yes.
But in return, I hope
you remember your responsibility
as part of this government's majority,
and won't fan the flames unnecessarily.
I don't want to make things tough
for your government.
Just remember, that our voters voted
for us to have a watchdog in parliament.
What do you mean?
I mean...
If it really just is a misunderstanding,
like you say,
then there is no issue, but...
if this goes deeper,
I won't save you or your government.
Just so we are clear.
Yes, of course.
Let's play a game,
where you don't need this.
I don't like that game at all.
What's this?
An invitation to the TV station's
party gala.
"We have the pleasure of inviting you
plus an escort
to a party gala,
Friday May 27 at seven p.m."
- Who's your escort?
- No one, I'm going alone.
Why?
Because it's work.
- You don't want to be seen with me?
- Stop it, we see each other all the time.
We don't see anyone else.
I come here, we have sex. That's it.
Yeah, well... I'm very private in private.
And now I'm asking
if I should go as your date.
Hmm?
Perhaps.
Perhaps?
Yes.
Yes, you should. Of course you should.
Are you sure?
Yes.
Hi, girlfriend.
Hi, boyfriend.
Good morning. Gosh, this is so wonderful.
Yes, isn't it nice?
- Did you sleep well?
- I slept really well.
I must say your minister of justice
was not very good on TV last night.
- I know.
- What is he doing?
He lets PET monitor opposing parties.
In my line of work, you'd call that
industrial espionage. Pretty illegal.
It's pretty illegal
in my line of work as well.
And that's not what happened.
Are you sure?
Bugging is more and more common.
It says somewhere here that there are...
250,000 surveillance cameras in Denmark.
And people keep wanting more.
Do you get a higher grade if you attach
a hot picture to an assignment?
Yes, that's a clear cut B.
It's a job application.
She asked me to look at it.
She had longer hair in real life.
She came by with it yesterday.
She's applying for an internship
at the National Bank.
Perhaps I should have PET follow you.
Yes...
You're already abusing power, so why not?
- Are you ready for the meeting?
- Absolutely.
I confirm that the equipment belongs
to PET
and was set up during
Hesselboe's government
- to bug the publisher Reaction.
- With what cause?
It is widely known in PET
that Reaction's offices
were used by persons found
on the EU's list of suspected terrorists.
And you have names and precise info?
I have photos and info on Massoud Bucak
from the extremist wing of PKK
and people connected
to Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade and PFLP.
It was the publisher
that rented the offices to them, right?
It wasn't Solidarity Union?
PET has had a very complex assignment.
Solidarity Union's takeover of the offices
from Reaction has been overlapping
and obscure for the police.
I have the details.
But the Judicial Committee will
of course get the full briefing.
Sounds good, Troels.
It is a highly undesirable situation
for the government,
if there is anything there.
There won't be anything at that meeting
I can't answer.
Thank you.
This is taking an extremely long time.
Could you fetch me a sandwich, Ruben?
- Troels Höxenhaven...
- Did you brief the opposition?
Anne Sophie Lindenkrone, did you get
satisfying answers at the meeting?
No, not at all. The minister of justice
was eager to talk about
why the equipment had been installed,
but he could not explain
why he and PET didn't take it down
after we took over the offices
from Reaction five months ago.
Shortly after
- Nyborg's government took office?
- Yes, exactly.
And hence, Höxenhaven's responsibility.
Perhaps the minister didn't know
you had taken over the offices?
I can't speak for PET's role in this,
but Troels Höxenhaven was notified of
Solidarity Union taking over the offices.
In what way?
When we moved in, we invited all the
parties of parliament to a housewarming.
The prime minister included.
HOUSEWARMING
Lars Hesselboe,
a comment on the meeting today?
It is a scandal
if the justice minister knew
that PET bugged a legal party.
Now the opposition is fired up, huh?
But you were prime minister
when it was installed?
Yes, but back then they were the offices
of a semi-revolutionary publisher.
Our government would have taken it down
the moment a legal party moved in.
I doubt it.
Do you want some water?
Had it happened in my time...
as government leader, the opposition
would have demanded my resignation.
Now they must ride their high horse.
And how will you react?
We have demanded
an emergency hearing tomorrow
where the justice minister must answer.
The meeting in the Judicial Committee
was behind closed doors.
But this is too important
to keep in the dark.
The minister must answer
to all members of Parliament.
And the entire nation. I'm considering
calling in the prime minister as well.
That is it! This case is not
ending up on my desk. Sanne!
Yes.
I must speak with Höxenhaven.
Tell him to get here now. No excuses.
Okay.
The prime minister can't go in and defend
herself from the crossfire in Parliament.
- It's terrible press.
- You don't have to tell me.
The justice minister is unavailable. He's
in a meeting with the director of PET.
Didn't I say no excuses?
They are having a press conference
in the Ministry of Justice in a moment.
At four p.m.
Press conference?
What the hell is that about?
I'd like to welcome you all
to this short press conference.
Before we begin, I must stress,
that since these are matters
of national security,
there may be questions that I
and director of PET, Anders Kruse,
must decline to answer
to protect PET's operations and methods.
What does the minister say
to the critique
the opposition levels
against the Ministry of Justice?
I don't understand it at all.
And in today's meeting,
I have have explained
that the publisher Reaction
has given space to,
to put it mildly, suspicious meetings.
Yes.
But Solidarity Union claims
you were personally aware
- with the date of their moving in?
- Right. I mean...
The publisher had decidedly
used the offices several times
after Solidarity Union's housewarming.
They might have been drinking
welcome wine in the front rooms,
but a lot of other stuff went on
in the backroom.
But I'd like to point out
that there in no way
has been talk about bugging
the party Solidarity Union.
Is the minister of justice suggesting
that there is an investigation
of a member of Solidarity Union?
I can't comment on
ongoing investigations.
I'm sorry.
The justice minister must tell us
if there is a PET investigation
- of a member of a Danish party.
- We won't get any closer to it.
You can't hold press conferences on this
without clearing them with me.
- I can explain everything.
- Fine, then do it.
Did you approve the continuation
of the bugging
after learning that Solidarity Union
had moved in?
- Listen...
- Yes or no?
Listen! I had received information
that greatly justifies
the entire bugging operation
and will completely reverse public opinion
on this issue.
In my office, there is a secret audio file
of Anne Sophie Lindenkrone,
where she argues for kidnapping
of former prime minister Hesselboe's
two teenage children.
- Anne Sophie?
- Yes.
When was that recording made?
It's about six years old.
But then it couldn't be
from the bugged room?
No, it isn't.
It's from the old demolished Ungdomshus.
And unfortunately
there is a lot of noise on the tape
as the conversation happened
during a party in the house.
But there is no doubt that Lindenkrone
considers the possibility.
And I think we need to let the press
know about it tonight.
Have you gone mad?
What are you thinking?
That you'd present baseless accusations
using a bad recording
that is six years old
from a party at Ungdomshuset?
A recording that PET obviously
didn't take seriously enough to act on.
Listen, it's true. It is Lindenkrone.
But that's not a rescue plan, Höx!
It's an own goal!
Come up and listen...
I won't have anything to do with that
recording, and I forbid you from using it.
You can't!
You just can't, Birgitte.
This is a very important argument.
I'm speaking on the floor tomorrow.
What can I do?
I don't know.
But I'd recommend
you figure it out soon.
You are the responsible minister.
And tomorrow you will answer
to Parliament in this case. End of story.
We need the justice minister
to answer clearly,
if he knew
that a legal party was bugged...
- Anne Sophie, can we talk?
- Yes.
- We'll talk later.
- Okay.
Thank you.
- Hello.
- Hi.
You do know
that I knew nothing of this, right?
I'm shocked by the whole thing,
and you should know
that Höxenhaven will answer
all questions on the floor tomorrow.
But, Anne Sophie, what are you gaining
by bringing him all the way down?
- Even if he made a mistake.
- Made a mistake?
We are talking about a breach
of the constitution, illegal surveillance.
Anne Sophie, it would be a big defeat
for the government
if Höxenhaven must resign.
I'm not asking you
to influence your party comrades,
but could you please hold back
a little tomorrow?
For your sake?
Yes, you could say that.
You have no political interest
in weakening my government, right?
So tomorrow we'll trivialize
a breach of the constitution...
for old times' sake?
Good. Okay.
Just keep me out
for as long as possible.
We'll talk tomorrow, Kasper. Bye.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Tell me something
to make me forget about work.
Well, I have company and...
- Hello.
- Hi.
I've been going through
Freja's application with her.
Oh, right, of course.
You're doing a great job
as prime minister.
Thank you so much.
- All right. I'll be off now.
- Yes, fine.
Thank you for helping me.
- That was really nice of you.
- No trouble.
- Here.
- No, just keep them.
- Okay, thank you.
- Yes.
- See you. Bye.
- Yes, bye.
- Bye.
- Bye.
- Where are the kids? Are they not home?
- No.
Laura is spending the night at Ida's,
and...
Carsten asked if Magnus wanted
to go the circus with William.
They'll be back any minute.
Are you hungry?
Hi, Mom!
Oh!
Hi!
- So you were at the circus?
- Yes.
- Hi.
- Hello, Carsten.
- It's been a while, huh?
- Yes.
Magnus, I'll see you!
- Bye!
- Bye.
No, honey, no cookies now.
- Was the circus fun?
- Yes.
- Look what I got.
- Let me see.
Are we having dinner?
- Damn it.
- Yes.
She forgot this.
Some spaghetti with meat sauce,
that's what we've got today.
Okay?
The prime minister's press conference?
- I'll be there.
- She won't say anything.
Could we get her in here?
She's been smart enough
to stay out of it so far.
But Katrine has a...
what should we call it, Katrine?
A special connection
- to the prime minister's spin doctor.
- Great, let's use that.
Funny, how we always wind up
discussing my private life.
That's because it's all so secret.
Not anymore.
He's coming to the award show.
- The prime minister's spin doctor?
- No, Torben!
What is it I don't know?
There's plenty.
- My boyfriend.
- That's great.
- Should we move on?
- Yes.
I'm going to makeup. See you guys.
The justice minister is facing
Parliament today,
and the opposition threatens
to summon the prime minister to a debate.
Does the prime minister have a comment?
The debate concerns a case
solely under the Justice Ministry.
- Yes.
- Does the opposition agree?
I sincerely hope they do,
as soon as the minister of justice
has explained the matter.
And if they don't?
That's hypothetical.
But the speaker decides who can
be summoned for an emergency debate,
and I expect she will see it serves
no purpose to summon the prime minister.
Yes.
Anne Sophie Lindenkrone just said
she won't dismiss the possibility
of summoning the prime minister.
I trust the justice minister can answer
for himself today.
- Yes.
- If it turns out the justice minister
has overstepped his authority,
will he then continue in this government?
Of course, a minister can't continue,
if he or she has failed
their responsibility.
Höxenhaven knows this
as well as my other ministers.
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you.
Can you guarantee him getting fired
if he can't answer?
Thank you, Hanne Holm. This concludes
this week's press conference.
Hello. Katrine Fønsmark from TV1 News.
I have an appointment with Kasper Juul.
Yes.
- Why do you look at me like that?
- You are cute.
- You are so crazy.
- Thank you.
What?
- Hi.
- Hi.
Oh, my.
We have fancy guests.
To what do we owe the pleasure?
You know that I want an appointment
with your prime minister.
- Can we talk privately?
- I thought we didn't do that anymore.
I assume we need
to discuss options.
As I said on the phone,
there's not much to discuss.
This doesn't concern the prime minister.
So no, speak with the justice minister.
You took a meeting with me just
to say that?
I didn't take it, you asked for it.
I looked into it,
and I am sorry. That's it.
Thank you.
Wait a minute. Wait.
Wait, Katrine. Katrine!
You are wasting my time.
Is it a punishment for dating Benjamin?
The Fitness Smurf?
- How primitive do you think I am?
- That primitive.
Oh, I'm sure that little smurf
has me beat by several lengths, right?
Do you have great talks? On politics?
He's so insightful, right?
I assume his political analysis
is sharp as a knife.
- There is more to life than work, Kasper.
- Not for you.
Don't we have security here?
I must ask
the justice minister to stick to the case.
Did the minister know that PET bugged
the offices of a legal political party?
Yes or no?
Does Mrs. Lindenkrone not know
that Denmark is a target for terrorists?
And that PET fights
on the invisible front line?
So the justice minister can confirm
that PET overstepped its bounds
by not removing the equipment?
No, but I can confirm that I know
of Mrs. Lindenkrone's sympathies
- and attitude towards Denmark's security.
- He can't say that!
Could the minister elaborate
on his knowledge of my sympathies?
I can assure Mrs. Lindenkrone
that there has been plenty of reason
to bug those offices.
And that an efficient PET
is Denmark's only, uh...
only guarantee against terrorism.
International terrorism...
Kasper, we offer TV1 that I go live
tomorrow on a charm offensive,
if it's not too late.
- Will you set that up?
- I've just refused TV1.
Let's stick to our plan.
That plan no longer exists.
Höx just got killed on the floor.
This could end in a vote of no confidence.
We shouldn't expect Höxenhaven
to make the tough decision.
Then somebody must do it for him.
Just know that I am prepared
to take on the responsibility
and accept the consequences.
So tomorrow I'll offer a public apology
and then accept the reprimand
you of course must give me.
Troels, you have as a minister failed
to answer questions in Parliament.
You exceeded your authority.
And on such a fundamental issue
as bugging another party.
We are well past reprimands.
Oh...
As minister of justice you have to have
a higher moral than the rest of society,
and you haven't shown that.
I see no other recourse
than you resigning as minister.
What are you saying?
Resign?
But I can't.
Listen here.
I haven't even been a minister
for a year. It would seem odd.
We'll, there is another solution.
- Anything else.
- There is nothing else.
There are other solutions.
- I can sack the director of PET.
- No.
- If Kruse resigns, people will understand.
- Enough!
Stop before you make
an even bigger fool of yourself.
Go home and talk with your family.
Tomorrow, you'll come here and hand in
your resignation with dignity.
Right?
Birgitte, you must listen to me.
- This can't happen. I'll do anything.
- Troels...
- Not this!
- Troels, stop it.
- You can't do it!
- It's no use, Troels.
It's no use, and this doesn't have to
be your last time as minister.
If you resign on your own and apologize,
you could be a minister
in a different administration.
You are a skilled politician.
Troels, if you won't resign,
I'll have to fire you.
You'll get a vote of no confidence
after your performance today,
and I can't protect you.
There is no other choice.
Okay.
All right.
Kruse, we have a problem. Yes.
I'll need some help.
Where are you right now?
I'm sorry.
Kasper, this can't become a problem for us
in our jobs.
It won't.
It is when I can't get an interview
with the prime minister
because you hate
the spinning instructor I'm dating.
Dating?
So it's official now?
Yes.
You have your interview.
Okay?
The prime minister is free tomorrow.
Thank you.
And let's not talk anymore about that.
We are professionals, right?
I just need to...
get used to the fact
that you've chosen a guy like...
Benjamin.
I'm sure he's great.
But it is confirmed. Yes.
Yes, the prime minister
is coming in tomorrow.
Yes.
Yes, it pays to have
special connections.
That's good, Torben.
I'll see you, bye.
You are wonderful. I am so hungry.
I've been running around at work all day,
- everything is cooking.
- Same with me.
I just took over all
of Tina's elite classes.
They asked me to teach the instructors.
Congratulations.
We should have champagne tomorrow
if we topple Höxenhaven.
- Who?
- Höxenhaven.
Who is that?
You know, the minister of justice.
No, I don't.
Are you telling me you don't know
who the minister of justice is?
Why is that so important?
Well, because he is the minister
everyone is talking about right now.
- How could you not know?
- I'm not that interested in politics.
Relax.
No, seriously, you have to pay just
a little attention to what's going on.
I'm really busy.
I don't ask you to know all about
anaerobic metabolism and amino acids.
That's not the same. These are the people
who run the country. It's important!
Why is your world suddenly
more important than mine?
It isn't.
- But that's what you are saying.
- No.
- But that's what you mean?
- Yes, it is!
And you know why?
Because we tell the people
what's happening in the world!
And you sit on a spinning bike,
saying "single beat" or "double beat"!
Is that really how you see it?
No, that's not how I see it,
that's how it is!
Hey, Phillip, thanks for helping
with the job application.
I have a much better feeling about it now.
Say hi to your sweet kids for me.
Look forward to seeing you again.
Love, Freja.
Are you checking my e-mail?
No...
Phillip, I need to know if you are
doing something with that Freja.
Oh, please.
She visits you twice in a week
and leaves behind all kinds of stuff.
Writing "honey" and whatnot
in those mails.
Birgitte, are you jealous?
She's 22, damn it.
I'm asking.
No, you're not.
You are checking on me. Right?
All right, fine. No.
I'm not fucking one of my students.
If I'm missing something,
it's adult company.
I'm with people her age all day
and with the kids the rest of the time.
That's not where I'd turn
if I wanted to cheat.
Then where?
I don't want
to have this conversation now.
Loyalty is vital for me.
- Also at home.
- Loyalty? Fine.
You're only at home
during the night, right?
We've stopped counting on you.
Everyone in this house is struggling,
so you can be prime minister.
And you and I have damn well sacrificed
our love life and sex life
on that account.
Not to mention the career
I believe I once had.
We have an agreement, right, Phillip?
A division of labor.
- You can't cry about that now!
- I'm not crying.
The agreement was for you
to treat your family
as more than just a hobby.
Would you like an update?
Laura got a B for her essay.
And she deserved a little gift,
and I lied and told her it was from you.
Because she needed to hear
you hadn't forgotten her.
I've never asked you to cover for me.
I know what I've been neglecting.
Oh, shut up.
We are both missing out here.
- That's the price.
- Right.
It is!
You have freedom, you have time,
you can be with the kids!
That's what I'm missing.
Fine, okay. Perhaps you'd like to
take over the appointment I made today
with the school shrink about Magnus?
We are talking about how to prevent
an eight-year-old from pissing his pants.
He might have to wear diapers!
What are you talking about?
Did we wake you, honey?
You're getting cold.
I'll tuck you in. Come on.
If we move that,
we can have the guest...
But we need a short...
- Pia.
- Yes.
The rumor at Borgen is
that Höxenhaven is out.
What? Fired?
As good as.
They say it's a matter of time.
Birgitte Nyborg can't let him stay.
I'm in a meeting.
Should I go there and see
if anybody will talk?
Try that. But you'll have to hurry.
- Check it and call me back.
- What? Okay.
Who? I'll come down in a minute.
Frederik Ravn, isn't he the weirdo
who keeps an eye on both political wings?
Yes, why?
He's at the reception with a package
he insists will interest us.
Excuse me.
- Relax!
- Shut up!
Anne Sophie, what do you think
we should do?
I've said it before.
Somebody could kidnap
Hesselboe's own children.
Shut up!
Lindenkrone is right, damn it!
- How would you do it?
- Kidnap them!
So he can feel what it's like
to become childless
like the parents in that war
he helped start.
I know where their school is.
It doesn't have to be difficult.
- We just have to plan it.
- Where?
It stops there.
There is no more on the tape.
- Was that it?
- But that is without a doubt Lindenkrone.
Do we know how old it is?
The tape says 2005.
What will we do with it?
- We run it.
- But it's spin.
Something that
the Justice Ministry has leaked.
That may be,
but that doesn't change the fact
that this is a kick-ass story.
Based on an old recording
from a pretty dubious source
that PET uses
because they have nothing better.
Yes, but...
The justice minister is desperate.
Why else would we get this?
If we run it,
it will remove focus from Höxenhaven.
Only because that's a better story!
No, because in the public's eyes
it will justify his bugging
of Solidarity Union,
even though the cases are unrelated.
Look, friends.
This doesn't have to be either or.
We can easily run both stories.
What will be the top story?
What do you think, Katrine?
We have a story about a justice minister,
who loves his job,
something about terrorism,
and there is something
with his memory and some dates,
which he can't recall precisely.
It's a little complicated.
Then we have a simple story
about a well-known party chairman
planning to kidnap the prime minister's
children. What do you think?
She's not planning, Torben.
She's young and drunk.
- She's saying it.
- Why does the tape stop there?
Probably because she vomits
right after and goes home
with the ugliest guy there
to do other things she'll regret.
Listen, Katrine.
A party chairman is considering
kidnapping the prime minister's children.
Are you really saying
we shouldn't air that?
Then you've already decided our focus,
and Höx will be a hero.
You need to shut up.
In the end, Höx and PET have only tried
to do one thing, protect democracy.
That's all.
You can protect democracy so much,
it's no longer a democracy.
Look, I won't listen to that!
Save that for journalism school.
This is only about one thing,
making awesome television.
- Right now.
- Yes, and we are live
in eight and a half minutes,
so let's move on.
- Ulrik, you'll take this.
- Super.
Have a nice show.
Is Magnus out of bed?
Yes, I've woken him.
Has anyone seen the other black shoe?
It's so weird.
I'll take it.
Birgitte's cell, this is Laura.
Mom, it's Kasper.
I'm in the middle of something important.
I'll call from the car.
Sorry, Kasper, she's looking for a shoe.
Okay.
Eat something.
Which channel?
- What are you doing?
- Kasper told me to turn on the TV.
But the case took
an unexpected turn this morning,
when it became known that party chairman
Anne Sophie Lindenkrone
from Solidarity Union,
a couple of years ago
apparently considered kidnapping
former Prime Minister Hesselboe's
two children.
The comment came
soon after Lars Hesselboe's decision
to allow Denmark to participate
in the Iraq War.
We'll run ten seconds now.
Next story is three minutes.
...Hesselboe's own children.
Lindenkrone is right, damn it.
- How will you do it?
- Kidnap them!
So he can feel what it's like
to become childless
like the parents
in that war he helped start.
I know where their school is.
It doesn't have to be difficult.
We just have to plan it.
The minister of justice
had this comment this morning:
Personally, I find Lindenkrone's
statement deeply shocking.
Also in regards to the episode
one year ago,
when young "autonomes" were let into
Christiansborg as Lindenkrone's guests
and threw eggs at the minister
for integration at the time.
At the justice minister's
press conference, it was suggested
that there was a PET
investigation connected
- to the bugging of Solidarity Union.
- Yes.
Is the newly leaked statement from
Lindenkrone part of the investigation?
I can't comment on that.
He used it. He used it.
It is deeply disturbing,
when a current member of parliament
could suggest such a disgusting
and criminal act.
No matter when it happened.
We are talking about my children.
Does the recording make you
view the current case differently,
regarding the bugging
of Solidarity Union?
Yes, since Anne Sophie Lindenkrone
uses those offices, it is conceivable
there was a reason for it.
Anne Sophie Lindenkrone, do you stand by
the threat to kidnap Hesselboe's children?
It was six years ago.
I was young and naïve, damn it.
It was a party. Who hasn't
said something stupid at a party?
But do you not agree that you discuss
some very serious crimes on the tape?
Ask yourselves, who has an interest
in revealing stuff like this.
The justice minister
and PET leaked this information
to cover up the illegal bugging.
So the justice minister and PET
are responsible for your statements?
I don't have anymore time.
I have a meeting. They are waiting.
And you've spoken with the New Right,
the Liberals and the Freedom Party?
Yes, their focus has shifted completely.
Now they are after Lindenkrone
and won't back her in anything.
No witch hunt for Höx either.
I don't care what he's doing,
I want to talk to him. Thank you.
Oh, he makes me sick.
He knows he's getting fired
and yet dares to leak
a recording completely irrelevant
for the case that I forbade him to use.
I was kind and offered
to let him resign, but no more.
He's getting sacked so hard,
he'll never be offered a ministry again.
- Birgitte...
- We must call a press conference,
so I can talk about the sacking.
And, Bent, we must figure out
- who will take the Justice Ministry.
- Birgitte, you can't fire him.
I can't fire him?
Höxenhaven has actually managed
to spin the story.
The press believes
a non-existent connection
between the bugging of Solidarity Union
and Lindenkrone's statement.
Höx and PET now look like heroes,
who protect the Danish democracy
from an autonome terrorist.
The opposition will likely be
satisfied with a reprimand for Höxenhaven
and a briefing on the bugging of
Solidarity Union in the Control Committee.
We're shooting ourselves
in the foot if we mess this up.
The only tactical move now is
to keep Höxenhaven.
He disobeyed a direct order.
He's completely unhinged.
He holds his own press conferences.
- How could I trust him?
- Don't trust him.
But don't fire him.
And he has completely ruined
Lindenkrone's political career.
Because of a statement
at a party six years ago.
Birgitte, do you remember
what I said about friends at Borgen?
This is a political decision.
It is the only right thing to do.
Is it the right thing, Bent?
Thank you.
Yes.
Anne Sophie Lindenkrone is outside
and wants to speak with you.
Tell her I'm in a meeting.
For how long?
Very long.
Birgitte, I really need to talk to you.
I don't have time right now, Anne Sophie.
I have an important meeting.
Have you heard about me in the press?
I'm attacked from all sides. It's insane.
They are digging around
and accusing me of anything.
What did you imagine I could do?
You know I just said it at a party.
You now I'd never do something like that.
- I don't control the press, Anne Sophie.
- You could express disapproval.
Say that you view it as a trifle.
For my sake.
You said what you said.
You'll have to stand by it.
Birgitte, you must know I have no idea
how the tape with Lindenkrone got out.
There are a few things
you must know and take seriously.
You might still be
minister of justice on paper.
But in my mind, you were fired
at nine a.m. this morning in my office,
as you should have been.
You've broken all rules in civil service.
And you've betrayed my trust.
Don't be at the prime minister's office
unless you have business, and know this...
I consider you a dead man
in my government.
The justice minister has
personally guaranteed
that a similar situation
won't happen again.
Now the Control Committee gets
a detailed briefing,
just like the minister of justice will
answer further questions
in a new meeting in the Justice Committee.
With that, I don't feel
there is more for me to do in the matter.
So you can confirm that Troels Höxenhaven
remains as minister?
I have complete confidence
in the minister of justice.
Will Anne Sophie Lindenkrone
be prosecuted for her statements?
That's for the police
to decide, but I don't think so.
Her own party also announced that she'll
continue as political leader for now.
It is widely known you have
a close relationship to Lindenkrone,
do you feel personally affected
by the case?
If I was personally affected
every time I was involved
in a case concerning
an acquaintance at Borgen,
it would be impossible
to be prime minister.
Thank you.