The Week That Was, September 9th – 15th 2019
Politics/Economy: Voters have deserted the Liberals (Venstre) following the internal drama within the party over the past few weeks – a new poll showed the former ruling party has dropped to 20.7% from…
MoreThe Week That Was, September 2nd – 8th 2019:
Politics/Economy: As expected, Jakob Ellemann-Jensen formally announced his bid to become Liberal Party leader following ex-PM Lars Lokke Rasmussen’s dramatic resignation – he will be joined on a ‘dream ticket’ by former immigration…
MoreThe Week That Was, August 19th – 25th 2019:
Politics/Economy: Donald Trump dominated the headlines throughout the week – less than two weeks before he was scheduled to arrive in Copenhagen the US president postponed the visit after Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen…
MoreThe Week That Was, August 12th – 18th 2019:
Politics/Economy: The Liberals’ base in the ‘heartland’ of western Denmark has become increasingly disenchanted with leadership in Copenhagen and the ongoing power struggle between former prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and deputy leader…
MoreThe Week That Was, July 7th – July 14th 2019:
Politics/Economy: Parties on the left urged the government to drop plans to change the name of the controversial integration benefit’ to ‘repatriation benefit’ – the Social Liberals’ (Radikale) acting policy spokesman, Kristian Hegaar,…
MoreThe Week That Was, July 1st – July 7th 2019:
Politics/Economy: New Immigration Minister Mattias Tesfay signalled a softer tone in the immigration debate by removing a ‘legislation counter’ from the ministry’s website, used by his predecessor Inger Støjberg to proudly show how…
MoreThe Week That Was, June 24th – 30th 2019:
Politics/Economy: Social Democrat leader Mette Frederiksen became Denmark’s youngest-ever prime minister after finalising terms for a one-party minority government with her left-wing allies. After Denmark became the third Nordic country this year to…
MoreThe Week That Was, June 17th – 23nd 2019:
Politics/Economy: Social Democrat leader Mette Frederiksen acknowledged the disagreement between the centre-left parties on economic policy remains a major stumbling block to the formation of a new government. Although the Social Democrats, Red/Greens,…
MoreThe Week That Was, June 16th – 22nd 2019:
Politics/Economy: Mette Frederiksen has a very strong chance of becoming Denmark’s next prime minister according to her allies on the left. After four days of negotiations, Social Liberal (Radikale) leader Morten Østergaard said,…
MoreThe Week That Was, May 27th – June 2nd 2019
Politics/Economy: Election 2019: The latest YouGov poll for tabloid daily BT projected the centre-left parties are on course to win more than 100 seats in this week’s election, the biggest win for the…
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