Climate Minister threatened to quit
Minister was close to resigning six months ago after being left out of an important climate meeting
A power struggle within the government this past spring led to Climate Minister Connie Hedegaard threatening to resign, according to public broadcaster DR.
According to DR’s investigative journalism programme 21 SØNDAG, Hedegaard was angry about being left out of the loop for an important climate meeting in the US capital of Washington leading up the COP15 climate conference in Copenhagen in December.
At the time, then-sitting prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen informed the US administration he would send Bo Lidegaard, his own office’s climate representative, to the meeting.
Hedegaard admitted last week that she made specific demands during a heated crisis meeting about Fogh Rasmussen’s decision held on 23 April – chaired by current prime minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen.
As a result of the meeting, Hedegaard added, cooperation between the Climate Ministry and the prime minister’s office has greatly improved.
‘It’s a very, very close co-operation we have now, so I therefore have to reject all the interesting speculation there’s been on the subject,’ Hedegaard said.
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