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…

Politics / Economy Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s approval ratings have hit an all-time low. A new Epinion poll for DR News showed that 68 per cent of all voters are dissatisfied with her…

7.59 -Danish News Today – The Week That Was, June 4th-June 10th, 2012 Politics / Economy A new Gallup poll showed that voters have lost confidence in Prime Minister Helling Thorning Schmidt and…

Politics / Economy The government’s tax reform programme, published Tuesday, dominated the political week. Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt claimed reform would solve many major challenges at a stroke by significantly reducing income tax,…