DPP leadership candidate: No social benefits for foreign nationals
Danish People’s Party MP Martin Henriksen will push to outlaw social benefits for immigrants if he wins the battle to become the populist party’s new leader next month. Mr Henriksen, who could become…
High Court overturns DPP deputy leader’s prison sentence
The High Court has overturned the 6-month conditional prison sentence handed down to Danish People’s Party (DPP) deputy leader Morten Messerschmidt in August when Lyngby District Court found him guilty of defrauding EU funds and…
Messerschmidt enters DPP leadership race as Støjberg waits for impeachment ruling
Morten Messerschmidt has announced he’s officially running for party leader but again stressed he will withdraw if former immigration minister Inger Støjberg joins the race. All candidates to become DPP leader are required…
Inger speculates about DPP leadership
Former immigration minister Inger Støjberg has declined to rule out the possibility of becoming leader of the Danish People’s Party (DPP) after Kristian Thulesen Dahl, who’s stepping down following a disastrous showing for…
Messerschmidt will back down if Støjberg enters DPP leadership race
Danish People’s Party’s (DPP) deputy leader Morten Messerschmidt has said he won’t get involved in a leadership battle with former immigration minister Inger Støjberg, who’s fast emerging as the favourite to succeed outgoing…
DPP members ‘waiting for Inger’
Kristian Thulesen Dahl will remain as Danish People’s Party (DPP) leader until a specially convened convention in January, amid rising calls for ex-immigration minister Inger Støjberg to succeed him. At a press conference,…
DPP leadership battle – Støjberg waits on the sidelines
Less than 48 hours after Danish People’s Party (DPP) leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl announced he would be stepping down a ‘war of the wings’ has broken out in the populist party over his…
EU scandal casts a dark shadow over DPP leadership battle
As the Danish People’s Party leadership battle got underway following Kristian Thulesen Dahl announcement he was stepping down, party officials said it’s time for a major clear-out at the top. Steen Petersen, a…
Messerschmidt found guilty of EU fraud
The Danish People’s Party’s (DPP) deputy leader Morten Messerschmidt was sentenced to six months’ conditional imprisonment by Lyngby District Court, Friday, after being found guilty of defrauding EU funds and forgery in the ‘Meld…
Morten who? Problems pile up for DPP’s deputy leader
New witnesses provided more damning testimony against Morten Messerschmidt, Wednesday, as the prosecution wrapped up its case in the EU fraud affair. Via a video link, Antonio Gambetta Vianna of the Italian Liga…
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