ELECTION!
Voters will go to the polls on March 24th. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called a snap election, Tuesday, following months of speculation dominated by President Trump’s threats to annex Greenland. Announcing the decision…
MoreDefence minister declares candidacy for top job
Liberal leader Troels Lund Poulsen has finally announced his candidacy for prime minister. After calling the election, Thursday, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said she found it ‘strange’ that the centre-right ‘blue bloc’ parties…
MoreLiberal leader open to working with PM again
Although Liberal leader Troels Lund Poulsen has announced his candidacy for prime minister he’s declined to rule out making Mette Frederiksen the head of government again. During the first televised party leaders’ debate…
MoreTaxes top Social Democrats’ campaign agenda
After announcing the election, Thursday, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said the Social Democrats’ campaign would be built around two major tax initiatives – scrapping the property evaluation tax on Denmark’s cheapest homes and…
MoreLeaders reject wealth tax
The proposed wealth tax looks like becoming a major campaign issue – the Prime Minister’s move to impose even more taxes on high earners was immediately dismissed by Moderates leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen…
MoreDPP leader wins first debate
Danish People’s Party (DPP) leader Morten Messerschmidt emerged as the winner of the election campaign’s first party leader debate last night. In an immediate BT News poll of viewers following the live event,…
MoreTrump could disrupt election campaign
Renewed tensions over Greenland could disrupt the election campaign. After the Prime Minister called the March 24 election, Thursday, one of the country’s leading analysts, Professor Rune Stubager of Aarhus University, warned that…
MoreCap on residency permits for Ukrainians
The government has announced plans to limit the number of Ukrainians granted residency in this country. The Ministry of Immigration and Integration has suggested that Ukrainians from areas considered ‘less affected by the…
MoreEconomy Minister dismisses call for wealth tax
Left-wing parties’ call for a wealth tax has been denounced by Minister for the Economy Stephanie Lose as ‘an attack on Danish businesses, jobs and entrepreneurship.’ After the Green Left (Socialists/SF) and Red/Greens…
MoreConservatives urge right-wing parties to get behind Liberal leader
Conservative leader Mona Juul has warned parties on the right that if they don’t unite behind Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen as the ‘blue bloc’s’ prime ministerial candidate they risk losing this year’s…
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