While you were away: A round up of the Christmas – New Year news 16.12.19 – 3.1.20
Politics/Economy: Mette Frederiksen focused on the plight of vulnerable kids in the traditional Prime Minister’s New Year speech to the nation – as the self-proclaimed ‘PM for Children’ she said it’s time to…
MoreThe Week That Was, December 16th – 22nd 2019:
Politics/Economy: Climate Minister Dan Jørgensen was applauded at the COP25 summit in Madrid after presenting the government’s ambitious climate bill aimed at reducing CO2 emissions by 70% over the next decade. Denmark is…
MoreThe Week That Was, December 2nd – December 8th 2019
Politics/Economy: The government and its allies finally reached agreement on the 2020 budget that will increase welfare spending across the board – more childcare workers, more funding for schools, and more money for…
MoreThe Week That Was, November 25th –December 1st 2019:
Politics/Economy: Ahead of this week’s summit of allied leaders in London to mark NATO’s 70th anniversary the Danish government is preparing to accede to Donald Trump’s demand to spend at least 2% of…
MoreThe Week That Was, November 18th – November 24th 2019:
Politics/Economy: Less than two weeks after being founded by Liberal Alliance (LA) defectors Simon Emil Ammitzbøll-Bille and Christina Egelund, the new, centre-right party, Forward, is floundering at just 0.1% in a new poll….
MoreThe Week That Was, November 11th – November 17th 2019:
Politics/Economy: Parties on the left distanced themselves from Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s claim that international conventions ‘protect the wrong people’ and are forcing Denmark to repatriate Danish jihadists – in response to the…
MoreThe Week That Was, November 4th – November 10th 2019
Politics/Economy: A new political party, ‘Fremad’ (Forward), launched by Liberal Alliance defectors Simon Emil Ammitzbøll-Bille and Christina Egelund, was given a collective ‘thumbs down’ by leading newspapers who warned it will lead to…
MoreThe Week That Was, October 28th – November 3rd 2019:
Politics/Economy: The government’s left-wing allies pushed for significant tax hikes to fund their demands for more welfare – the Red/Greens called for more taxes on shares and capital gains, the Socialist People’s Party…
MoreThe Week That Was, October 21st – 28th 2019:
Politics/Economy: The climate topped the agenda on the first day of budget negotiations hosted by Finance Minister Nikolaj Wammen, Monday – the government’s parliamentary backers tabled a list of ’green’ demands, including a…
MoreThe Week That Was, October 14th – 20th 2019:
Politics/Economy: Economists at the Danish Economic Council warned that the state’s revenue from North Sea oil, which has boosted Danish prosperity for fifty years, will in future be far less than projected by…
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