The Week That Was, July 29th – August 4th 2013
Politics / Economy Former Minister for Trade and Industry, and Communist Party leader, Ole Sohn signalled a major shift in his political views by publicly backing the Liberals’ proposal of zero public sector…
MoreThe Week That Was, July 8th – July 15th 2013
Politics / Economy Conservative spokesman Brian Mikkelsen characterised East European migrants as ‘grasshoppers’ who are ‘sucking the life out of the Danish welfare system’ after it was revealed that the number of EU…
MoreThe Week That Was, July 1st – July 7th, 2013
Politics / Economy The Danish People’s Party threatened to form a political alliance with the Social Democrats after the next election if the centre-right regains power, signalling a radical change in the power…
MoreThe Week That Was, June 24th – June 30th
Politics / Economy Former tax minister Thor Möger Pedersen joined other prominent Socialist People’s Party politicians who have switched allegiance to the Social Democrats, while leading political commentator Peter Mogensen dismissed the possibility…
MoreThe Week That Was, June 17th – June 23rd 2013
Politics / Economy Two out of three voters believe the crisis is over and the long-awaited economic upturn is just around the corner. A surprising 0.3% rise in retail sales in May was…
MoreThe Week That Was, June 10th – June 16th 2013
Politics / Economy Finance Minister Bjarne Corydon is Denmark’s most powerful politician, according to Berlingske Business Magazine’s ‘Power Analysis 2013’, ahead of Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt at no.3. The Danish National Bank forecast…
MoreThe Week That Was, June 3rd – June 9th, 2013
Politics / Economy In her Constitution Day speech Prime Minister Helle Thorning Schmidt declared bloc-politics, in which parties belong to one specific electoral bloc and vote accordingly, ‘dead and buried’. After a 99-42…
MoreThe Week That Was, May 27th – June 2nd, 2013
Politics / Economy A new Megafon poll for TV2 News showed the centre-left coalition, backed by the far-left Red/Greens, would suffer a resounding defeat at the hands of the opposition if an election…
MoreThe Week That Was, May 20th – May 26th, 2013
Politics / Economy Finance Minister Bjarne Corydon told parliament’s finance committee that the Danish economy won’t be normalised before 2019 at the earliest, more than ten years after the crisis started. Despite this,…
MoreThe Week That Was, May 6th – May 12th, 2013
Politics / Economy The government is facing an embarrassing defeat in parliament’s final debate before the summer recess after the Red/Green Alliance threatened not to provide the votes needed for a majority unless…
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