New government lays out political platform: Targets tax reform, inflation, defence spending, CO2 emissions…..
Acting prime minister Mette Frederiksen, alongside her new partners, Liberal leader Jacob Ellemann-Jensen and Moderates leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen, laid out the new government’s political platform, Wednesday. The 63-page document, entitled ‘Responsibility for…
MoreWhat the papers say
There’s praise for the government’s political platform in today’s editorials but also criticism for the lack of ’new thinking’ and ‘too few climate ambitions’: According to Jyllands-Posten, the government should be praised for…
MoreEllemann-Jensen: Prime minister is only a middle-manager
Liberal leader Jacob Ellemann-Jensen caused a stir at the new government’s first-ever press conference, Wednesday, by saying he still has prime ministerial ambitions and he only sees Mette Frederiksen as a ‘middle manager’….
MoreLiberal leader flip-flops again
Jacob Ellemann-Jensen has backed down from another of his pre-election ultimatums. During the campaign, the Liberal leader demanded an investigation into acting Mette Frederiksen’s role in the espionage scandal but, after becoming part…
MoreCredit card abuse probe won’t be finished before Spring
The National Audit Office’s review of cabinet ministers’ use of official credit cards won’t be concluded until Spring next year. The probe, which will include a check on all current and previous ministers’…
MoreFacebook drops multi-million investment in Odense
Meta, formerly Facebook, has terminated a major expansion project in Denmark with immediate effect. The global social media giant has already invested billions of kroner in a 56.500 sq.metre data centre in Denmark’s…
MoreNew government: Acting PM announces grand coalition
Denmark has a new government. After six weeks of negotiations, acting prime minister Mette Frederiksen has announced a ‘grand coalition’ that will bring together the Social Democrats, the Liberals (Venstre) and the Moderates….
MoreLars Løkke: The ‘Comeback Kid’ does it again
The new government signals yet another comeback for former prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, who quit as Liberal leader after the 2019 election and formed the Moderates this year with the specific aim…
MoreFury on the left
Acting prime minister Mette Frederiksen’s former allies on the left launched a late-night Twitter attack on the new centrist government. Socialist People’s Party (SPP) leader, Pia Olsen Dyhr, said as the head of…
MoreEspionage trial won’t end before 2024
Criminal proceedings against suspended ‘spy boss’ Lars Findsen won’t be concluded until 2024 at the earliest. Copenhagen District Court has scheduled 28 hearings, the first on October 30th next year, and doesn’t expect…
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