LA leader carries the can for tax defeat
Liberal Alliance (LA) leader Anders Samuelsen has offered an unreserved apology for the breakdown in tax reform negotiations and the role played by his party. In a rambling Facebook posting, Wednesday, the Foreign…
MoreSecret meeting led to collapse of tax negotiations
The government’s decision to admit defeat, Tuesday, and drop its ambition for across the board tax cuts was taken at a secret meeting of seven key cabinet ministers at the prime minister’s official…
MoreDenmark took 13 months to react to court’s ruling – Norway 51 days
Controversial immigration minister Inger Støjberg is again under fire after it was revealed she took over a year to react to an EU ruling on deportation for seriously ill refugees. After the European…
MoreNo deal but government eyes more immigration restrictions
Despite the prime minister’s reluctance to link tax reform directly to immigration policy the government is moving ahead with plans to tighten the rules for refugees and asylum seekers. Berlingske reports how the…
MoreEU justice opt-out could cost Denmark billions
The Danish authorities could miss out on the possibility of confiscating around DKK2.5bn in connection with the share dividend scam because of the county’s justice opt-out. According to the Europa think-tank, the State…
MoreHealth experts decry cheap cigarettes
Denmark may be one of the most expensive countries in the world but, paradoxically, one item is extremely cheap – cigarettes. A packet of cigarettes costs less in Denmark than any other European…
MoreTax cuts: Government backs down
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has admitted defeat in the tax vs. immigration battle with the Danish People’s Party (DPP). At a hastily called press conference, Tuesday, the PM announced that the government…
MoreCommentator: ‘Løkke raised the white flag’
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has suffered a major political setback by admitting defeat on tax reform, leading political commentator Hans Engell said yesterday. According to the ex-Conservative leader, the government has ‘raised…
MoreLA vows to keep fighting for tax cuts
Liberal Alliance leader Anders Samuelsen dismissed accusations he’s suffered another embarrassing defeat after Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen acknowledged it would be impossible for the government to reach agreement with the Danish People’s…
MoreLA: DPP aren’t a conservative party
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) no longer belongs on the right of Danish politics, the Liberal Alliance’s (LA) finance spokesman, Joachim B. Olsen, said last night after the government was forced to back…
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