Løkke loses, but wins
After all the votes were counted late last night, Liberal leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen said he would try to form a government even though his party suffered a disastrous election, losing 12 seats….
MoreElection 2015: Thorning quits
“Tomorrow I will go to the Queen and tell her that the government is stepping down. Now it is up to Lars Lokke Rasmussen to try to form a government,” Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said…
MoreElection 2015: What the papers say
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) is acclaimed the real election winner in all newspaper editorials this morning, with much speculation as to how the party will utilise its position as the biggest party…
MoreElection 2015: DPP holds key to government set up
Liberal leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen is facing days – and possibly weeks – of negotiations as he tries to put together a new, centre-right government, with or without the Danish People’s Party (DPP)….
MoreElection 2015: DPP’s four ultimate demands
Danish People’s Party leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl, who’s constantly played down every positive opinion poll for his party over the past four years, celebrated his new role as the head of Denmark’s biggest…
MoreElection 2015: Denmark has chosen a dangerous experiment
In terms of Denmark’s international reputation and credibility, last night’s election result was the worst possible scenario, Politiken writes in a leader today. “The new strong man in Danish politics is Kristian Thulesen…
MoreElection Day: Polls signal dead heat
Denmark is heading for its tightest election since 1998, when one seat and just 176 Faroese votes handed the Social Democrats victory. The final polls before the election indicate a virtual dead heat…
MoreElection 2015: Greenland and Faroes could tip the balance in Thorning’s favour
The issues that have dominated the election campaign – immigration, economic recovery, zero public sector growth, and tax breaks – have little relevance in the Faroes or Greenland, which run their own affairs,…
MoreElection 2015: Thorning-Schmidt – The new comeback kid?
If Helle Thorning-Schmidt wins re-election today it would signal the mother off all comebacks. Three months after winning in 2011, her Social Democrat party’s support had plummeted to just 19 per cent, its…
MoreElection 2015: Løkke feels persecuted
Opposition leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen has accused Helle Thorning-Schmidt and the rest of the Social Democrats of focusing on just one thing throughout the election campaign – himself. At his final press conference…
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