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…
MoreElection 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…
MoreElection 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…
MoreElection 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…
MoreElection 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…
MoreElection 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…
MoreElection 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…
MoreElection 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’…
MoreElection 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…
MoreElection 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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