The Week That Was, December 15th-21st 2025:
Politics/Economy: Voters continue to desert the Social Democrats in droves – a new opinion poll showed the ruling party would win no more than 16.5% of the vote if a general election were…
MoreThe Week That Was, December 7 – 13th 2025:
Politics/Economy: Liberal leader Troels Lund Poulsen’s suggestion that Denmark should pull out of the European Convention on Nationality by the end of next year was dismissed by Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen as a…
MoreThe Week That Was, December 1st-7th 2025:
Politics/Economy: Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said a closer alliance with the Green Left (Socialists/SF) would be ‘beneficial’ ahead of the next general election, signalling the potential end of the ‘grand’ across the centre…
MoreThe Week That Was, November 24th – 30th 2025:
Politics/Economy: A new opinion poll showed the Social Democrats have sunk to their lowest level of support since Mette Frederiksen became party leader in 2015 and would win no more than 17.5% of…
MoreThe Week That Was, November 17th-23rd 2025:
Politics/Economy: Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said she has no intention of stepping down after local leaders blamed her focus on immigration, defence spending, and the ‘grand coalition’ with the Liberals and Moderates for…
MoreThe Week That Was, November 10th – 16th 2025:
Politics/Economy: A new poll showed the right-wing populist Citizens’ Party (Nye Borgerlige) would win 3.1 per cent of the vote and six seats if an election were held right now, the same as…
MoreThe Week That Was, November 2nd – 9th 2025:
Politics/Economy: Green Left (SF) surged in the latest Megafon poll for TV 2 and Politiken, nearly doubling its support and closing in on the Social Democrats. The Danish People’s Party (DPP) received criticism…
MoreThe Week That Was, October 26th – November 1st 2025:
Politics/Economy: The Islamist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir urged Muslims not to vote in the upcoming municipal elections as any form of support for a political party would be ‘haram’ – an Islamic term used…
MoreThe Week That Was, October 19th – 26th 2025:
Politics/Economy: The Conservatives split with their centre-right allies by backing the government’s 2026 draft budget. Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen (V) said chief of defence, Michael Hyldgaard, should meet parliament at least once…
MoreThe Week That Was, October 6th – 12th 2025:
Politics/Economy: In her opening speech to parliament Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Greenland’s population of 60,000 still lives in fear of an American takeover and warned that while it isn’t top of Trump’s…
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