New immunity vote pushes back Messerschmidt’s EU fraud case
The court case to determine whether Danish People’s Party leader Morten Messerschmidt committed fraud with EU funds has been postponed after he was elected to parliament last week. Parliament now needs to vote…
Populists sink to new low after Messerschmidt fails to reunite party
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) the biggest party on the right following the 2015 election with 21.1% and 37 seats, has sunk to a new low. The latest Voxmeter poll for TV2 shows…
Messerschmidt wins DPP leadership race
As expected, Morten Messerschmidt was elected new Danish People’s Party (DPP) leader, Sunday, winning 60% of delegates’ votes at an extraordinary party congress convened after outgoing leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl offered his resignation…
Messerschmidt heading for victory
Controversial MP Morten Messerschmidt looks like being a shoo-in to replace Kristian Thulesen Dahl as Danish People’s Party (DPP) leader in Sunday’s run-off. A TV2 survey shows an overwhelming majority of DPP voters…
Messerschmidt enters DPP leadership race as Støjberg waits for impeachment ruling
Morten Messerschmidt has announced he’s officially running for party leader but again stressed he will withdraw if former immigration minister Inger Støjberg joins the race. All candidates to become DPP leader are required…
Messerschmidt will back down if Støjberg enters DPP leadership race
Danish People’s Party’s (DPP) deputy leader Morten Messerschmidt has said he won’t get involved in a leadership battle with former immigration minister Inger Støjberg, who’s fast emerging as the favourite to succeed outgoing…
‘Smoking gun’ audio tape could rescue Messerschmidt
A previously unreleased audio file could rescue Morten Messerschmidt’s political career. Two weeks after the Danish People’s Party’s deputy leader was given a conditional, six-month prison sentence for defrauding EU funds and forgery in…
Messerschmidt found guilty of EU fraud
The Danish People’s Party’s (DPP) deputy leader Morten Messerschmidt was sentenced to six months’ conditional imprisonment by Lyngby District Court, Friday, after being found guilty of defrauding EU funds and forgery in the ‘Meld…
Messerschmidt hung out to dry by DPP colleagues
There was no help for Morten Messerschmidt from Danish People’s Party (DPP) leadership when his fraud trial resumed at Lyngby District Court, Monday, where the ‘crown prince’ of the party is accused of…
Messerschmidt blames ‘mountain of paperwork’ for forged documents
On the first day of his fraud trial, Monday, Morten Messerschmidt, claimed it was a ‘genuine mistake’ when a party employee signed an invoice as a hotel manager. The Danish People’s Party’s (DPP)…
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