Posted on 05. Jun, 2019 in: News

Election Day: Newspapers dismiss PM’s new direction

Today’s editorials in national newspapers question Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s motives for his last-minute turnaround and suggestion of a centrist government of ‘willing parties’. Tabloid daily BT asks whether voters really know…

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Posted on 05. Jun, 2019 in: News

Election Day: Foreign media focus on Social Democrats’ compromise

Today’s election has garnered attention abroad with news outlets focussing on the likelihood of a Social Democrat victory based on strict immigration policy. The British Daily Mail reports how ‘Mette Frederiksen, the leader…

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Posted on 05. Jun, 2019 in: News

Election Day: 13 parties – what they stand for

13 parties will contest today’s election, usually grouped in two opposing factions – the centre-right ‘blue’ bloc or centre- left ‘reds’. However, the traditional political lines have become blurred during the current elective…

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Posted on 05. Jun, 2019 in: News

Election Day: A who’s who of the 13 party leaders

A quick rundown of the 13 party leaders contesting today’s election: Lars Løkke Rasmussen: Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen (55) regained power in 2015. He succeeded (NATO Secretary General) Anders Fogh Rasmussen as…

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Posted on 05. Jun, 2019 in: News

Election Day: Comfortable victory for opposition followed by tricky government negotiations

The polls indicate a comfortable victory for the opposition today but it’s the post-election negotiations to form a new government that will be tricky according to analysts. Rune Stubager, an expert on Danish…

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Posted on 04. Jun, 2019 in: News

Election 2019: Mette, Løkke…or chaos?

No matter who wins tomorrow’s election, Danish politics are heading for a period of instability at a time when the complete opposite is needed – and according to Jyllands Posten the new government’s…

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Posted on 04. Jun, 2019 in: News

Election 2019: New poll indicates no way back for Løkke

The opposition parties have increased their lead in the polls and are on course to win 108 seats tomorrow, their best result for fifty years. Voxmeter’s latest daily poll indicates a potential landslide…

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Posted on 04. Jun, 2019 in: News

Election 2019: Party leaders in final debate – who said what

Health, immigration, and the climate dominated last night’s final party leader debate. Here’s what they said: Health: All party leaders, with the exception of the Liberal Alliance’s Anders Samuelsen and the New Conservatives’…

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Posted on 04. Jun, 2019 in: News

Election 2019: DPP leader – I’m no Comical Ali

Danish People’s Party (DPP) leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl, the big winner at the 2015 election,  won’t be celebrating with a rendition of You’ll Never Walk Alone this time around. When the populist party…

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Posted on 04. Jun, 2019 in: News

Election 2019: Immigration remains the key to victory

Since the 2001 election, when the Danish People’s Party (DPP) became a force in Danish politics, hard-line immigration policies have gradually become mainstream and look like propelling Social Democrat leader Mette Frederiksen into…

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7:59 – All the Danish News That Fits

7:59 – Danish News Today, is the most reliable source of daily Danish news in English for diplomats, the ex-pat community, the business sector, or anyone in Denmark or abroad seeking an insight into what’s happening in Denmark right now.

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7:59: TODAS LAS NOTICIAS DANESAS DEL MOMENTO.
7:59-Noticias Danesas de Hoy es una nueva fuente de noticias en inglés dirigida especialmente al cuerpo diplomático, extranjeros viviendo en Dinamarca

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