The commission consists of national judge Michael Kistrup, who is chairman, as well as law professor Helle Krunke from the University of Copenhagen and lawyer Ole Spiermann from the firm Bruun & Hjejle.
[2][3] The report led the Social Liberals to threaten to rescind their support for the coalition government (thus resulting in a vote of no confidence) unless it called for a general election.
[21] Already two days before the publication of the commission's report, Mette Frederiksen announced that she expected a "fierce criticism" of the government, but at the same time concluded that there was no basis for proceeding with an attorney assessment of whether a minister had incurred any criminal accountability.
[23] This is in continuation of the fact that Weekendavisen on 23 June 2022 had published a draft of the report from the Mink Commission, which contained harsh criticism of the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries and the Prime Minister's Office.
In return, the Social Liberal Party issued an ultimatum that Mette Frederiksen should call a general election after the summer holidays, and at the opening of the parliament on 4 October 2022 at the latest.
[34] On 24 August 2022, following advice from the Danish Employee and Competence Agency, Barbara Bertelsen was given a disciplinary warning, Johan Legarth a reprimand, and Thorkild Fogde and Henrik Studsgaard were relieved of duty and summoned to official hearings.
[36] On 22 September 2022 Tejs Binderup, Paolo Drostby and Hanne Larsen too all received disciplinary warnings,[37] and the attorney assessment set up by New Right was published, and came to the conclusion that it can be expected that Mette Frederiksen and Mogens Jensen will be convicted of gross negligence, according to Section 5 of the Minister Responsibility Act, in an impeachment case.
[40] On 29 November 2022 Esbjerg Municipality announced that Henrik Studsgaard will be the new director of their Technical and Environment Department from 1 January 2023,[41] which caused anger among mink breeders.
[42] The following day, the Danish Employee and Competence Agency announced that the disciplinary case against Henrik Studsgaard were terminated as a result of the fact that he was no longer employed by the state.