Election 2015: DPP demands job test for companies
The Danish People’s Party has suggested that companies who hire foreign workers should be asked to prove that they’ve tried, but been unable, to hire Danish workers before they are given the go…
MoreElection 2015: Social Liberals back opposition’s demand for tax relief
The Social Liberals’ call for tax relief at both ends of the earning scale is yet another example of the division within the government coalition, according to the Liberals’ deputy leader Kristian Jensen….
MoreThorning calls for increased equal opportunities
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt called for increased efforts to promote equal opportunities as Denmark celebrated the 100th anniversary of the 1915 Constitutional Act on Friday. At a Christiansborg reception also attended by Queen…
MoreDPP calls for English language tax
A Danish People’s Party MP has called for a tax on all adverts containing English words in a move to protect the ‘beautiful’ Danish language. The populist party’s culture spokesman, Alex Ahrendtsen, said…
MoreAttack on H.C. Andersen’s grave could be linked to vandalism at Muslim burial site
Copenhagen Police were called to Assistens Cemetry in Copenhagen, Sunday, after receiving complaints that vandals had spray painted ‘F**k Denmark’ on Hans Christian Andersen’s gravestone, Saturday evening, less than 24 hours after 50…
MoreThe Week That Was, June 1st – June 7th 2015
Politics/Economy Berlingske’s political analyst Thomas Larsen predicted that Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt is on the verge of a historic comeback after a new Wilke poll showed the government and its allies outstripping the…
MoreConservatives inflate east-Europan crime statistics
Former Justice Minister Brian Mikkelsen (K) has been accused of distorting the facts after he called for new initiatives to combat east-European thieves. During a televised election debate Mr Mikkelsen, who’s led the…
MoreThorning targets social dumping
The government has urged the Liberals and Danish People’s Party (DPP) to join a cross-party agreement on ‘social dumping’, a term often used in European public policy discourse to point to “unfair competition”…
MoreDPP demands permanent border control – again
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has renewed its call for permanent border control. The party’s justice spokesman, Peer Skaarup, accused Germany of ‘double standards’ for criticising Denmark after the previous Lib/Con coalition, under…
MoreForeign development aid funds domestic problems
A review of Denmark’s development aid spending reveals that over a third isn’t being spent to combat poverty, as planned. Jyllands-Posten reports that between DKK6-8bn of the DKK17bn (€2.2bn) that Denmark gives in…
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