The Week That Was, May 13th – May 16th 2019
Politics: Election 2019 The opposition’s lead in the polls is turning into a landslide – if an election was held right now the ‘red bloc’ parties would win by 57%-43% merging giving them…
MoreThe Week That Was, May 5th – May 12th 2019
Politics/Economy: Election 2019: After months of speculation Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen finally named the date for the general election – Constitution Day, June 5th. As the election campaign got underway a new…
MoreThe Week That Was, April 29th – May 5th 2019
Politics/Economy: The far-right right ‘Stram Kurs’ party, led by notorious Islam critic Rasmus Paludan, is at 2.7% in a new Megafon poll for TV2, above the 2 percent hurdle needed to enter parliament – Justice…
MoreThe Week That Was, April 23rd – April 28th 2019
Politics/Economy: With less than two months to the deadline for a general election the latest Megafon poll for TV2 indicated a comfortable victory for the centre-left bloc of parties, with 97 seats, compared…
MoreThe Week That Was, April 8th – April 16th 2019
Politics/Economy: Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen warned Denmark’s strict immigration policy would be dismantled if the Social Democrats regain power at the upcoming election – at a press conference, dismissed as a ‘scare…
MoreThe Week That Was, April 1st – April 7th 2019
Politics/Economy: Analysts predicted that cross-party negotiations to form a new government after the election could be lengthy, chaotic, and even end in deadlock after Social Liberal leader Morten Østergaard warned he will actively resist…
MoreThe Week That Was, March 25th – March 31st 2019
Politics/Economy: The latest Megafon poll for TV2 showed the ‘red’ bloc parties – the Social Democrats, Red/Greens, Socialist People’s Party (SF) and Social Liberals (R) – would win 51.1% of the vote if…
MoreThe Week That Was, March 18th – March 24th 2019
Politics/Economy: Leading political commentator Hans Engell said a pre-Easter election is highly unlikely as the prime minister still needs to conclude pension and health agreements before clearing his desk. Although the Social Democrats…
MoreThe Week That Was, March 11th – March 17th 2019
Politics/Economy: Opposition leader Mette Frederiksen promised two major offshore windfarms, in addition to the three already scheduled, as the Social Democrats tried to push green energy higher up the election campaign agenda. A…
MoreThe Week That Was, March 4th – March 10th 2019
Politics/Economy: A weighted average of all recent opinion polls showed Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen needs to encourage at least 64,000 voters to change sides to stand any chance of winning a new…
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