Politics A new Gallup poll, conducted after the tax leak allegations against former Minister Troels Lund Poulsen and his closest advisor, gave the Liberals 31% and indicated a five seat majority for the…

Politics The new fiscal pact agreed between the 17 eurozone countries looks like creating major division within the tripartite government coalition. Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt welcomed the agreement hammered out in Brussels, but…

Politics/Economy The ‘Taxgate’ affair heightened, Friday, when Minister of Taxation announced an independent commission to investigate alleged political involvement in Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s personal tax affairs. After a series of disastrous opinion…

Politics/Economy  Encouraging news for the Social Democrats. A Voxmeter poll for Ritzau gave the ruling party 22.9%, compared to 20.4% two weeks ago, stemming the downward trend since the election. However, the opposition…

Politics/Economy Two opinion polls signalled bad news for the government. A Gallup poll indicated an eight seat victory for the centre-right opposition if an election was held today, while a Rambøll poll for…

7.59 – Danish News Today – The Week That Was, November 7th – 13th, 2011 Politics Berlingske’s average of all polls published over the past 31 days showed a dramatic increase in popularity…

7.59 – Danish News Today – The Week That Was, October 31st – November 6th, 2011 Politics / Economy The government is hoping the 2012 budget proposals, released Thursday, with DKK18.7bn’s worth of…

Politics The S/SL/SPP coalition has made the worst start of any government for forty years as the Social Democrats and Socialist People’s Party, the backbone of the new government, continue to lose support…

Politics Berlingske Barometer’s ‘poll of polls’ – the average of nine post-election opinion polls – showed that Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt has so far failed to live up to expectations and the ‘blue’…

Politics This week, Social Liberal leader Margrethe Vestager’s approval rating hit an all-time high while Socialist People’s Party boss Villy Søvndal’s and his two colleagues, Ole Sohn and Thor Möger Pedersen, took a…