"Everyone knows I had an affair with Yvonne a while back." "It's over." "You can't just take off for days." "I got scared and thought you were with another woman." "I was." "Yesterday, a press release stated - that your husband is resigning." "My husband cannot benefit financially from my policies   as long as he's married to me." "Clear your desk!" "Take some time to consider, if you want to be part of this team!" "Why won't you talk to me?" " Because we don't talk, Birgitte." "We used to, but not anymore." ""A prince never lacks legitimate reason to break his promise."" "The PM is under a lot of pressure when she opens parliament." "The Moderates stand to lose five seats." "The Greens stand to lose two, but Labour stands to gain five." "The cabinet would lose its majority, if we had an election today." "My guest today is editor-in-chief of the Express, Michael Laugesen." "In today's editorial you advise Birgitte Nyborg to resign." "Yes." "Nyborg has lost her bearings because the problems are piling up." " A fatal mistake for a PM." " You've graded her ministers." "You only give Minister for Finance Bent Sejrø three out of ten." "Nyborg only just makes a five." "Aren't you being a harsh examiner?" "I'm sure the public agrees with me." "What is her plan for Denmark?" "I'd really like to know." "I don't think she's got a clue." "Birgitte, you can't live on coffee and newspapers." "My wife baked rolls." "Great." "Because these fridges are empty." "How are you?" " Apart from the polls?" "Cabinet seats cost." "You know who's benefitting by it." "Labour." " Exactly." "They're going to put the squeeze on you." "What should I do?" " Give them a bit of what they want." "But not everything." "How are things at home?" " I don't know." "It's a mess." "We're avoiding each other." "We take turns in being with the kids - and tell them the other one's at work." "And then we smile." "And where's Phillip?" " I think he's seeing someone." "It doesn't matter." "Believe me." "It hurts right now, but it doesn't have to mean it's over." "My husband is having an affair." "I don't know any happy marriages at Parliament." "We're great at compromising at work, but lousy at it at home." "We don't even talk." " So go home and talk to him." "You can't focus on work." "Arrange yourselves around where you stand." "You can't be happy all the time, but you can arrange yourselves." "And eat your roll." "GOVERNMENT Ep. 10" " The First Tuesday in October" "GOVERNMENT Ep. 10" " The First Tuesday in October ... every generation." "The energy, the faith, the devotion, which we bring to this endeavor   will light our country and all who serve it." "And the glow from that fire can truly light the world." "And so, my fellow Americans:" "Ask not what your country can do for you." "Ask what you can do for your country." "Let us make individual freedom a common cause - so we are free to   free enough to dare fight for our common cause." "Let us create a Denmark where everyone is free to try his fortune - but bound by a common cause." "What do you want?" "Have you been here long?" "No." "I just came to catch up on work." "Sundays tend to be quiet." "What do you think?" " About?" "The speech." "You were eavesdropping." "That's none of my business." " Come on, Sanne." "What do you think?" "Well, I think you might like to use another word than "bound"." "It's as if it's something we don't like." ""Bound by a common cause" sounds like we don't like the common cause." "No, it encourages participation." " It's not really my field ..." "I shouldn't have asked you." "Shut the door behind you, okay?" "Ask not what America will do for you   but what together we can do for the freedom of man." "Looking desperate, Juul." "That opening speech giving you trouble?" "Or have you joined the ranks of us workaholics who work Sundays, too?" "By the way." "Obese little Leif Vinther from "Stars and Royals" - has been staking out Marienborg - and says the PM has been sleeping alone these past weeks." "Is that true?" "Being PM must put a strain on one's private life." "Particularly, when you have to remove your husband from a top job." "That's a hoax." " It is?" "You owe me one, Kasper." "Dogs!" "Fine, Bjørn." "Hi." " Hi." "We need to stress our collaboration with Labour in the speech a bit." "Was that Marrot?" "Are the recent polls swelling their heads?" "Birgitte ..." "Rumor has it you're sleeping alone at Marienborg." "Do we need to talk about that?" " No." "We just don't need negative stories about your personal life." "Don't you need a bath?" "Have a nice Sunday." " You too." "I didn't know you were home." " Well, I wasn't." "We need to talk." " Yes." "We need to find a more valid solution for our family life." "I didn't know you were here." "I really need a shower." "Sure." "We can talk afterwards." " Okay." "Where have you been?" "Okay ..." "Who is she?" " Birgitte, don't." "Who is your girlfriend?" " She's not my damned girlfriend." "Her name is Sasha." "She works for the agency who got me the job." "So she's your headhunter?" " Yes." "After you resigned, you ..." " You resigned for me." "And then you slept with her." "You came straight from her now?" "Yes, dammit." " So you're having like an affair?" "Sorry." "I just can't talk to you like this." "You reek of her!" "Come home smelling of another woman." "Birgitte ..." "Hello?" "Where the hell have you been?" " Rhodes." "With the pensioner's club?" " Open it." "How come you didn't get a tan?" " I hate lying on the beach." "I stayed in my room watching the news." "Simon is their new anchor." "How come?" " Well, I got fired." "After that interview with the PM." "Technically, I'm on holiday, but I doubt he wants me back." "Jesus Christ." "Maybe it's for the best." "We didn't see eye to eye." "He sucks up to the brass and chases the ratings." "I want to dig deeper." "Just turned 30 - and you want to decide the line of the country's largest network." "If now isn't the time to be an idealist, when is?" "I don't expect you to understand." "What's that supposed to mean?" " You never were an idealist." "You've always said you can sell any message." "People change, you know?" "I'll drink to that." " Welcome home." "Good morning." "Did you read the speech?" " Yes." "It needs a little work." "I agree." "It does seem to echo the words of someone else ..." "We need to discuss another issue." "Sit down." "Ever since I had to ask Phillip to resign, we've been having problems." "I've spent a lot of my time at Marienborg." "Okay." " Yes." "I don't know where we're headed, but I want it kept under wraps." "Of course." "Still, we have to brace ourselves for the rumors you mentioned." "TV1 keeps asking for an interview, both professional and personal ..." "No way, Kasper." " I think you should reconsider." "If you and Phillip were to act the happy couple - we'd be able to refute the rumors." "You want us to act?" "It would work, if people were to see you together." "Of course, we need a skilled reporter to interview you." "Who did you have in mind?" " Katrine Fønsmark." "She doesn't stick to the deals ..." " That's the way we like them." "Sure, when I as Minister for the Press honor investigative journalists ..." "She can create the private space that becomes you so well." "This is our chance to control whatever gets out of here." "It could help the lousy polls." "Torben." "Kasper Juul speaking." "I've got a gift for you." "That portrait of the PM ..." "Are you in love with her?" "No, of course not." "I miss you." "But I can't find you." "And when I do find you, I don't always recognize you." "I know you pay a large price." "I just don't know how I can change anything right now." "I can't invent more time." "It's not that you're away a lot." "It's that you're not here when you are." "That's how you see it." "The fact is we both make sacrifices." "Yes." "I don't want to lose you." "I have a proposition." "We stick together and weather the storm." "I move back home." "You're my husband in everyday life and in public." "And I'll just have to accept that you sometimes seek   intimacy elsewhere." "I'm about to open Parliament and fight for a budget bill - with a cabinet on the brink of collapse." "Birgitte, are you serious?" " Yes." "Promise me two things." "I want you to be discreet about your extramarital affairs." "And I need you to participate in a TV1 interview - in which we end the speculations about our personal lives." "Laura, let's go." "Magnus." "I don't want to go." "We don't have time for this." " I don't want to!" "I'll take him." " Sure?" "See you." "Have a great day." "Get your bag." " I don't want to go to school." "But you have to." " I don't want to!" "But, sweetie ..." "Good morning." " Good morning, Magnus." "Magnus has come to work with me." " What about the camera crew and ...?" "Magnus, great to see you." "I could do with a hand." "I bet you're good at clipping stuff." "I apologize for not getting you a better secretary sooner." "There's no rush." "I like her interpersonal skills." "Sure, but those aren't the skills we need here." "Is it opportune to have them film you when you bring your son to work?" "But they won't." " Good." "Everything ready for the 8:30 news?" " Yes." "Excellent." "Hi, Katrine." "There's no need to lurk in the shadows." "Hi." " Well ..." "Miss Fønsmark and I've had a deep and personal talk about journalism - and the chain of command here, and we agreed to have another dance." "Great." " Yeah, great." "Katrine just got a very specific assignment." "The portrait of the PM we've worked so hard to get - has finally come through." "The PM's Office said yes?" " Yes." "Both at home and at the Office?" " Yes, beginning today." "I've decided to give Katrine the assignment." "Congratulations, Katrine." " Hang on." "I've been up for that portrait from the very start." "Later, Ulrik." " No, now." "I contacted the PM's Office a week after Nyborg came to power - and now Katrine gets it?" "The Director General and I agree that Katrine should do the interview." "She has a knack for creating an intimate space for a conversation." "An intimate space?" " Yes." "You should discuss this in private." " No need to." "Is Katrine anchoring again?" " Yes." "I never promised you anything." "Has this got anything to do with her ex being the PM's media adviser?" "End of discussion." " Torben ..." "This isn't over." "I wish I were dating the PM's media adviser." "The Princess is back." " Welcome back." "Thanks, Pia." "Okay, fine." "Talk to you later." "Kasper, this TV1 interview ..." "I can't do it." "They'll be here in four hours." " I know." "My family's coming apart." "Laura doesn't talk." "Magnus cries and doesn't want to go to school." "Okay." "What if we get to see their material?" "Edit it?" "Edit material for the news?" "That's a first." "We can't afford to put you through the tabloid wringer." "Particularly not now." "See what you can do." "It's your idea." "You've got four hours." "Jesus, Torben ..." "I'm afraid we're going to have to cancel the interview." "Funny!" "You are shitting me, right?" "Sorry." "You can't." "I have two teams standing by day and night the next week." "I rehired a pain-in-the-ass reporter because you requested her." "I'm sorry, but you were outbid." "By whom?" " 2 are giving us editing rights." "What?" "I don't fucking believe it." "I have to ask them what's going on." " Be my guest." "But I doubt they'll own up to it." "It's unheard of." " Yes." "In violation of every code." " Torben, I thoroughly agree." "But it's practical for us, as you very well know." "I knew you'd never agree to it." " Damn straight!" "And I accept that." "Even if it only goes for the personal part." "At her home." "Out of consideration for her children and her husband." "Birgitte is a considerate woman." "That's what makes her interesting." " I know." "I understand your point of view, and that's why 2 gets the story." "I'm sorry we wasted your time." "Hey, hey ..." "Kasper." "Come back." "Shut the door." "If you get what you want, I get a free hand at the PM's Office." "No monkeying around on your part." " I want it in writing." "Fine." "You'll get it in writing." "Thanks for the coffee." "The opening speech you just read is just the first draft." "It's weak on environment." " I disagree, Amir." "We still aim to increase the CO2 tax and the level of green energy." "Sure, it's a compromise in relation to the Greens' proposal - but those are the terms in a cabinet such as ours." "Any questions?" "Yes." " I want to discuss the polls." "They're not on the agenda, Pernille." "We can discuss them later." " Sure." "Yes." "Please stick to our agreement, when the camera crew is present." "Bjørn tried to talk to you yesterday about the polls." "In vain." "I had other things on my mind." " Labour is the largest party now." "We want the minister seats to reflect that." "What do you want, Bjørn?" " We feel it only fair ..." "The Ministry for Finance." " That's Bent Sejrø's." "After the news about his affair with Yvonne Kjær we can't trust him." "You can't be serious." "That's an old smear story." "Did the affair help the budget bill?" " That was my craftmanship." "Bent ranks lowest on the popularity lists." "He holds the purse strings." "Name me one popular Minister for Finance." "The Minister for Finance is here." " Ask him to wait, please." "Bent is getting on, too." "You have both the PM's Office and the Ministry for Finance." "They ought to be divided among the two largest cabinet parties." "This is not an ultimatum." "We expect you to make the necessary decision." "Thank you for our little chat." " Thank you." "Great." "I'll see to it." "I will." "Okay." "Bye." "Let's see, if it was just a lucky punch last time - or if you really do have a knack for speeches." "Later." "Magnus and I are really busy." "I can't both look after Magnus, do my work and now yours, too." "How about if we meet tonight and go through the speech?" "I'll buy sushi." " Tonight?" "Deal." " Okay." "Hi." "We're finished ..." "The PM brought her son to work?" "Is that a regular thing?" " Bye for now." "Let me talk to him." " No." "No, I'm not curtailing the free press." "Just be glad you got the interview." "Word is you got me the assignment." "You'd never do that, would you?" "Nope ..." " Thanks." "See you." "Kennedy's speech writer was of Danish heritage." "Damn straight!" "Theodore Sorensen." "His parents emigrated to America - giving their son the chance to write speeches that changed the world." "The greatest thing about Kennedy's inaugeration speech is - that it's got pathos - and it creates a feeling of solidarity with the President." "Well, get cracking then." "Ask not what Nyborg can do for you   'cause she's not going to listen anyway." "So do your own stuff." "Sanne, I can't just copy it." "Maybe I can copy the build-up." "It's a three stage rocket." " How do you mean?" "Kennedy begins a sentence with "ask not" three times." "That creates rhythm." "The rhythm takes us down into our body." "A politician should never speak to the head alone, but to the gut, too." "And to the heart." "That's where the words settle." "I didn't think there'd still be anyone here." "Lights are out in the hall." "Yeah, but Birgitte needs her speech tomorrow, so ..." "I've been giving him a hand, but I was about to leave." "Thanks." " Well, drive safely." "I hope you clean up your mess." "I don't want secretaries bawling their eyes out in the PM's Office." "Of course." " Good." "I look forward to hearing your speech." "Can the PM still find time to bake and mow the lawn?" "No, I don't bake." "Phillip runs the show at home." "My work is at the Office." "And my baking's terrible." "Being the PM requires a lot of one's family." "Thank God, we're all set on making it work." "Was that task division prepared when the election results came in?" "No, we weren't prepared for anything like that." "I think the most important thing is having the right husband." "And I have." "Otherwise it just wouldn't work out." "That makes heavy calls on the right man." "Where do you find the energy?" "Well ..." "Finding the energy for the people you love - comes quite naturally, really." "Are you going skating tomorrow?" " Yes, I'm going with Mathilde." "I can drive you." " You don't have to." "Can I leave the table?" "I'm finished." "It was great." " Thank you." "Great food." " Thank you." "I've got that meeting." " Yes." "Thanks for your help." "I think the interview went really well." "Will you be back before the kids wake up?" "Of course." "Bye." "Hi, Kasper." " Sorry to disturb." "I've arranged with the head of news - to go through the interview tomorrow." "Katrine won't be told." "If we make any changes, he'll say it was his call." "I don't like it." "It's below our standards." "It was your idea." "I'd never have agreed to it otherwise." "Dig out your inner cynic or regard it an order   if that makes it easier." "Okay?" "Bye." "Laura?" "Where did Dad go?" " He had a meeting." "What kind of meeting?" " I don't know." "Just a meeting." "What are they meeting about?" " It's just a meeting." "What kind of meeting?" " Just a meeting, Laura!" "I'm sorry." "Sorry." "I guess I'm a bit tired." "What's going on with you and Dad?" " I don't know." "We're going through a difficult time." "We make each other very unhappy." "But we're fighting." "We'll work it out." "We'll work it out." "That makes heavy calls on the right man." "Where do you find the energy?" "Finding the energy for the people you love ..." " It comes quite naturally, really." " And cut." "How about the clip where Phillip talks about Birgitte's devotion?" "Which one?" " There was this one clip." "Go on ..." "That one." "What word sums up Birgitte?" "Devoted." "I've never met anyone as devoted as Birgitte in my life." "She just can't help fighting for the things she believes in." "You wanted that out before." "Edit in a clip of Birgitte and the kids between those two statements." "We have the two clips of her helping the kids with their homework." "Ulrik, didn't you see the 'Do not disturb' sign?" "Have we got a new editor?" "Where's Katrine?" "Ulrik, we're working." "Do you mind?" "Katrine, I just saw something that might interest you." "Watch this then." " Devoted." "I've never met anyone as devoted as Birgitte in my life." "She just can't help fighting for the things she believes in." "Sanne, I don't want to be disturbed." "Birgitte?" "Hi." "I didn't stay at Sasha's last night." " You don't have to tell me." "I haven't slept at all." "I've been sitting in the car all night thinking about yesterday." "Remember when we saw Lars Hesselboe and his wife on TV - just after the election?" "We didn't want to end like them." "That was one year ago, Birgitte." " We need to give it time." "No." "Please listen to what I have to say." "The best thing that's ever happened to me   is what you and I had." "You and me." "But ... in that interview yesterday - we turned all that into a travesty." "And we aced it." "I mean, we ..." "We sat there betraying it with big smiles on our faces." "But I won't, Birgitte." "And I can't." "What do you want?" "I want a divorce as soon as possible." "I don't want this to be what we remember." "Excuse me." "Christ!" " Birgitte." "Kasper." "We have a problem." "I'm getting a divorce." "Are you absolutely sure?" " Yes." "About the portrait ..." " I'll handle it." "Thanks." "Devoted." "I've never met anyone as devoted as Birgitte ..." "I'm afraid we have to call it off." " What do you mean?" "We can't show it." " But we've edited it." "Things have changed." "I want you to delete all footage from the PM's home." "No way!" "We've been working around the clock." "You can't ask us to." "Torben Friis has given us full veto over the program." "How's it going?" "I presume you cleared all this with your people?" "What's the problem?" " Have you got a minute?" "We have to find a compromise." " We have an agreement." "Yes." "I presume Katrine doesn't need to know anything about this." "I'll make it look as if it came from upstairs." "The Express keeps writing about my affair with Yvonne." "It's pure spin." "Someone is out to discredit me." "Who?" " It could be anyone." "Hesselboe ... to get Yvonne back in the fold." "These rumors are bound to make her keep her distance." "Or Labour." " Why?" "You said yourself their polls are making their heads swell." "No!" "Oh, to hell with it." "I'm not going to let that crap get to me." "How is your wife taking it?" " She ..." "We've arranged ourselves." "What about you?" "It was too late." "I'm getting a divorce." "Oh dear." "Is there anything I can do?" "We need to talk." ""The prize is awarded for the series on the legal system's pitfalls - told with deep respect for that most sacred virtue of journalism."" ""Political independence and impartiality."" "That was the Cavling Committee's motivation for awarding you the prize." "How the hell could you do it?" " 2 was going to get the portrait." "You let the PM's media adviser edit a news story!" "As the largest network in the country we have many agendas." "Appropriations, the new media bill, thousands of things." "No, there's only one thing!" "You betrayed your responsibility." "Abroad, reporters risk their lives to defend the free press." "You piss on it!" "You let them shut you up, and I want no part of it." "I'll e-mail my resignation." "I'm sorry about you and Phillip." "Tell me, if there's anything I can do." "Thanks." "Let's keep it under wraps for now." "We won't tell the kids until Tuesday after the opening of Parliament." "And when we do go public, keep it short and unsentimental." "The more we tone it down, the less sympathy you'll get." "You can't have it all." "That reminds me of the speech." "Great work, but I want the speech to be more ambitious." "Fine." "What do you want?" "Why should I vote for you?" "Have you got any agenda apart from clinging to power?" "We've made a hell of a lot of changes this past year." "What do you want?" "I want to tell the Danes they're better than they think." "They've forgotten that - in their quest for a new car and a cool kitchen - a great family, a mistress and a yacht." "We've been busy pursuing our own happiness." "And we feel unfairly treated, if we don't get it." "But we can't have it all." "Don't make it a slap on the wrist." "We want people to come together." "Danes are all for solidarity." "They're always ready to make sacrifices." "But we lost sight of it." "Now we just sing about it at funerals." ""Fight and live for all you love."" "That could work." "I've got it, and you're going to love it." "I'm going to write it in the Hall of Mirrors." "Say I'm in a meeting, okay?" "Kasper, about last night ..." "Sure." "Listen, I ..." "I loved going over the speech with you." "And I loved ..." "I loved ..." "Under normal circumstances I'd ask you out now - hoping to pick up where we left ..." "But you can't have everything." " No." "Birgitte." "The press won't let up on Sejrø." " In whose interest, I wonder?" "When a personal matter weakens the cabinet, it interests the public." "We're talking about an old affair, not high treason." "I refuse to discuss it." "I hope you won't refuse to talk about a more fair division of ministries." "Our Party is very insistent, and the Greens back us up." "Have you held talks behind my back?" "Amir sympathizes with our stand." "I need to open Parliament on Tuesday with my cabinet behind me." "I find your timing odd." " Our timing is perfect." "We'll start off the year with a small cabinet rotation to trim the team." "You want to stay in power." "We stand stronger with the public than you do." "That's the simple truth." "Well, thank you for our little chat." "Please sign these before you go." "Could I talk to you later?" " Sure." "I just had a little chat with Labour." "Inform the Queen we're appointing a new minister." "I'll inform the Lord Chamberlain." "I want to meet with the Minister for Finance before he leaves." "Set up a meeting with him." " Very well." "Thanks." "Thanks." "Labour is putting the squeeze on me." "They say your affair has caused a lack of faith between the cabinet parties." "Bullshit." " Amir is backing them up." "Do they want me to make a public apology?" ""Sorry I had sex with that woman."" " It's got nothing to do with that." "They're using the affair to a different end." "Bent, they want the Ministry for Finance." "Hell, Birgitte, you don't have to comply." "I'm not finished yet." "Sure, I'm getting on - but I'm experienced, and I know the game." "Politics has always been my life." " Yes, and this is politics." "I need you to resign." "Okay ..." "I guess I'll have more time for my hydrangeas." "It's the first Tuesday in October, and focus is on the speech   with which Birgitte Nyborg is going to open Parliament." "The PM's cabinet rotation is the talk of the town." "Bent Sejrø has resigned as Minister for Finance - and Nyborg strengthened the ties to Labour - by making Pernille Madsen his successor." "Commentators call this rotation - a strong display of power from a resolute and realistic PM." "The Prime Minister has the floor." "What ties a nation together?" "As a young student, I was there on the Town Square on June 26, 1992." "Denmark had just won the European Football Championship." "That night I knew we were one people." "One people who almost knew the national anthem by heart." "We were amazed." "The past 140 years had taught us we were a nation - of kind-hearted losers who were almost always beaten by the Germans." "Suddenly we had beaten them." "We've gotten used to the fact that we can have it all." "Now that we aren't as rich anymore, we feel lost - and we worry about things that would never have mattered before." "Look what I can do." "Each of us in Parliament represents 30,000 Danes." "They've invested all their hopes of a better future in us." "We need to act responsibly way beyond party differences - short-sighted bloc politics and smear campaigns." "I believe we need each other." "I believe we belong together as a nation." "I believe we're united by more than separates us." "I believe deep down we're the same people   who all rejoiced that night in June on the Town Square." "For those of you who have forgotten the lyrics, the anthem ends:" ""Our ancient Denmark shall abide."" "Let's see to that   together." "Thank you." "Fantastic speech." " You never were better." "Magnificent." "Lars Hesselboe, what was it like to see someone else give the speech?" "It was the usual empty rhetoric." "May I, off the record, commend you on an exceptionally fine speech?" "Thank you, Svend Åge." "I did what was necessary." " That's what a PM does." "Kasper, great speech." " Thank you." "Katrine, what's up?" "Great speech." "Probably the best opening speech ever." "You don't sound very sincere." " Oh, I'm sincere." "You're good at keeping things apart." "You can write heartfelt speeches and still act the cynic." "I quit my job." "I got wind of your little deal with Torben Friis." "Let me explain." " Forget it." "You've got your secrets, and I'm naive." "We never change." "Sure we do." " No." "But keep dreaming." "So you quit." "Then what?" "There she is." " Hi, Mom." "Great speech." "Congratulations." "We'll head on home." "When are you coming home?" " Late, I'm afraid." "Come along, kids." "Bye." "See you." " Yes." "See you." "Can I say something?" "That was one of the best opening speeches I've heard in my time here." "I didn't think you'd last a year - but if you keep this up, we can keep up the good work." "I finally found due cause to get rid of Sanne." "Staff issues, don't worry about it." "Your new secretary starts tomorrow." "Top-notch." " Thanks." "Subtitles:" "Helle Schou Kristiansen Dansk Video Tekst"