Politics/Economy: The Social Democrats were given a Christmas boost by a new opinion poll showing the party would win 31.1% of the vote, and power, if an election was held today – policy…

2017 ended with the government in disarray after failing to agree tax and immigration reform with the Danish People’s Party (DPP) – two issues that dominated the political agenda throughout the year. Here’s…

Forcing EU member countries to take obligatory quotas of refugees and asylum seekers ‘doesn’t work’, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said at a Brussels summit, Friday. He said instead of talking about how to re-distribute ‘the…

Politics/Economy: The government finally put together a majority for the 2018 budget but coalition partner, the Liberal Alliance (LA), threatened to vote against the bill on December 22nd unless a parallel agreement on…

Politics/Economy: Liberal Alliance (LA) leader Anders Samuelsen upped the stakes in stalled budget negotiations by speculating about the possibility of a snap election if the Danish People’s Party (DPP) refuses to make concessions….

Politics/Economy Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said the government is determined to serve its full term in office and there will be no general election before he’s constitutionally required to call one. Danish…

Politics/Economy Social Democrat leader Mette Frederiksen attributed the party’s success in Tuesday’s municipal elections to voters ‘who are slowly regaining confidence in us’. With 32.45% of the vote the Social Democrats made gains…

Former finance minister Bjarne Corydon is the new editor in chief at financial daily Børsen. During his time as minister in the previous Social Democrat-led government Mr Corydon, ex-prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s right-hand…

Politics/Economy A candidate for the far-right New Conservatives (Nye Borgerlige) in this week’s municipal elections was expelled for racism – in a direct-mail campaign to voters in Gentofte, under the heading ‘Dear Patriots’,…

Politics/Economy The ruling Liberals moved into their strongest poll position since the 2015 general election. The Supreme Court ruled the government acted correctly by forcing refugees to wait three years for residency by family reunification….