Helle on Hard Talk: Euro shouldn’t be used as a scapegoat for EU’s problems
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt rejected that the euro was the cause of Europe’s economic woes when she was asked to appraise the Danish EU Presidency in an interview with the BBC’s legendary Hard…
MoreDanes shouldn’t be liable for others’ debt says Helle
Denmark won’t stand in the way of eurozone countries’ latest rescue attempt but at the same time won’t pay one single krone to pay other countries’ debts or help out failing banks. Before…
MorePresidency? What Presidency?
A large proportion of the electorate knows nothing about the Danish EU Presidency. In a new Epinion poll for DR News, 33 per cent of respondents say they have no idea how the…
MoreDrastic poll numbers have to be taken seriously says PM
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt characterised a new poll, showing that the Social Democrats have plunged dramatically and are in danger of being overtaken by the far-left Red/Green Alliance, as ‘extremely dissatisfying’ and something…
MoreSocialists stop unrest
Socialist People’s Party (SPP) leadership has quashed a mini-rebellion within the ranks. Two leading MP’s who had threatened to vote against the government’s tax reform bill in parliament have been ordered to toe…
Moreal-Assad is desperate says Søvndal
President Bashar al-Assad’s claim that his country is at war is the last act of a desperate man, according to Minister of Foreign Affairs Villy Søvndal who said the Syrian despot’s use of…
MoreVestas bombed back to square one
Vestas shares closed last night at their lowest level since the company was first listed on the stock market in 1998. After topping at DKK 692 in 2008, when the wind-energy giant had…
MoreRed/Greens – the darling of the left
The Red/Green Alliance, who’ve been a protest voice on the outer fringe of Danish politics for years, could soon become the left-wing’s biggest party. While a new Rambøll poll shows that the Social…
MoreAgreement on transparency in African investements
After Berlingske revealed how major private and public investors have bought government bonds from eight African countries renowned for corruption, a lack of democracy, and violating human rights, Minister for Business and Growth…
MoreHard Talk hot seat for Helle
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt can be seen on the BBC’s flagship programme, Hard Talk, Wednesday evening, in an interview to mark the culmination of the Danish EU Presidency. After the 25-minute taping at…
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