Politics / Economy A gang of around 70 youths from the immigrant-dominated social housing district of Vollsmose stormed Odense Hospital, Monday, putting immigration and integration debate firmly back on the political agenda. The…

Politics/Economy Socialist People’s Party leader Villy Søvndal will embark on a nationwide trip to improve relations between disgruntled local SPP grassroots members and leadership in Copenhagen. Under parliamentary questioning, Minister of Justice Morten…

Politics / Economy Pia Kjærsgaard dropped a post-summer political bombshell by resigning as head of the Danish People’s Party (DPP). ‘Leader in waiting’ Kristian Thulesen Dahl immediately urged all four centre right opposition…

Politics / Economy A slow, slow political week in Denmark. Handelsbanken dismissed the government’s attempt to kick-start the economy as a failure and predicted up to 50,000 more jobs could be lost by…

Politics/Economy The Liberals proposed that it should be illegal to set up a blockade against a company that has already signed a union agreement, a measure supported by the Danish People’s Party. Mattias…

Politics/Economy Danish People’s Party leader Pia Kjærsgaard compared Red/Green Alliance spokesman Per Clausen to ex-Cambodian dictator Pol Pot, while Social Democrat ‘whip’ Henrik Sass Larsen branded the Red/Green Alliance as ‘Marxists, Trotskyites, and…

Politics / Economy The political week was dominated by heated discussions between all parties about the 2013 budget. After the far-left Red/Green Alliance threatened to topple the government by abstaining when the bill…

Politics / Economy 55 per cent of voters said in a new poll that their confidence in Ms Thorning-Schmidt’s ability to lead the country has fallen since last year’s election, mirroring the Social…

Politics / Economy After weeks of on-off negotiations, the government finally brokered a tax reform agreement with the Liberals and Conservatives, leading to threats from the Red/Green Alliance not to vote for the…

Politics / Economy After opposition leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen walked out of tax reform negotiations to travel to the climate summit in Rio de Janeiro, the government looked left for a watered-down agreement…