Budget deficit exceeds euro requirement
With a projected budget deficit of DKK74bn this year – around 4.1% of GDP – growing to DKK80bn (4.3%) next year, Denmark will far exceed the EU’s 3% convergence requirement for the euro….
MoreBusiness confidence
The business sector is slowly regaining optimism. The latest business cycle indicator, based on expectations for the upcoming three months, was 12 in April, a modest rise from 10 the previous month but…
MoreLøkke’s secret plan: Vestager for Prime Minister
Liberal Party leadership allegedly has a secret contingency plan ready to stop Helle Thorning- Schmidt becoming Prime Minister if the government loses this year’s election. According to leading political commentator Helle Ib of…
MoreVestager: Løkke must be desperate
Social Liberal leader Margrethe Vestager has dismissed speculation that she could be a candidate for Prime Minister after the next election. In response to reports that the the Liberals and Conservatives may attempt…
MoreHealth and the economy more important than terrorism and immigration
Health and the economy look like being the major issues in this year’s election, as terror, immigration and the environment have slipped into the background. In a new analysis, voters name hospitals, unemployment…
MoreFinance Minister: Now we can pay the bills
Six weeks of intense negotiations came to an end, Friday, when Finance Minister Claus Hjorth Frederiksen announced that agreement had finally been reached on the government’s 2020 economic plan. He said passage of…
MoreThe Rasmussen spending spree
The last three ‘Rasmussen’ Prime Ministers – Lars Løkke (V), Anders Fogh (V) and Poul Nyrup (S) – have more in common than a surname. They all overspent massively during their periods of…
MoreRitt named as China trade supremo
The government has appointed ex-Mayor of Copenhagen Ritt Bjerregaard, a former EU Commissioner, Social Democrat cabinet minister, and long-time opponent of the centre-right, as a special export envoy to China. The move, agreed…
MoreDPP demands crackdown on Greenpeace
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has called for naval intervention to stop Greenpeace’s harassment of an oil rig of the coast of Greenland. After three campaigners from the environmental organisation attached themselves to…
MoreSmokers are a burden on society
Smoking is the cause of 25% of all deaths in this country as Danes continue to be amongst the world’s most heavy smokers. Health experts have now called for a greater national effort…
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