A Socialist People’s Party (SPP) MP, who started the day threatening to resign from the party, was last night appointed chair of the parliamentary group. Pernille Vigsø Bagge wrote on her Facebook page…

After presenting her team of 23 new ministers to HM Queen Margrethe this morning, Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said the new government is raring to go to after ten years in opposition. On…

Brief pen-portrait of Denmark’s new Prime Minister Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt: ‘A hard worker with a social conscience’ 44 years of age. After finishing High School, and inspired by the film ‘Gandhi’, took…

Lars Løkke Rasmussen officially resigned as Prime Minister this morning and informed HM Queen Margrethe that he was handing over the reigns of power to an alternative parliamentary majority. Mr Rasmussen, who was…

New Minister for Trade & Growth, Ole Sohn, has been surprisingly excluded from the powerful Coordination Committee that’s at the core of all parliament’s legislative work and the government’s decision-making process. The Socialist…

Politics After 16 days of intense negotiations, the Social Democrats (S), Socialist People’s Party (SPP) and Social Liberals (SL) finally agreed to join together in a coalition that will form the next government….

POLITICA Después de 16 días de intensas negociaciones finalmente los Socialdemócratas, el Partido Socialista Popular (SF) el Partido Social Liberal (De Radikale), acordaron agruparse en una coalición que formará el próximo gobierno. Los…

Two weeks after the general election, and one day before the official opening of parliament, Denmark has a new government and its first ever female Prime Minister. Helle Thorning-Schmidt officially informed Queen Margrethe,…

Social Liberal (SL) leader Margrethe Vestager is to be ‘no.2’ in the new government, ahead of Socialist People’s Party (SPP) boss Villy Søvndal, named no.3. To avoid further humiliation of Mr Søvndal, who…

The government’s official political programme will be released today and according to initial reports will include the following: – The new government intends to abide by the retirement reform programme proposed by the…