DPP-Social Liberals debate border control
Pia Kjærsgaard said last night she is ‘fearful’ of the effect the Social Liberals could have on immigration. During a ‘town hall’ debate with Social Liberal leader Margarethe Vestager, close to the Danish-German border,…
Kamikaze Conservatives
The Conservative Party is on a suicide mission, according to Danish People’s Party (DPP) leader Pia Kjærsgaard who admitted last night that the centre-right is ‘in a mess’. She said the Lib/Con/DPP alliance…
Voters ready to diminish DPP’s influence
A majority of the electorate wants to see broad, cross-party cooperation in parliament rather than the partisan politics that have dominated the past decade. A new Gallup poll shows that 77% of voters…
Conservatives and Social Liberals – New best friends
The Conservatives have signalled the end of the decade-long Lib/Con/ DPP alliance by vowing to work together with the Social Liberal,s no matter which side wins the election. Dismissing the ‘bloc politics’ that…
Conservative/Social Liberal Alliance – ‘a bomb under the election campaign’
Leading political commentator Hans Engell characterised the new alliance between his former party and the centrist Social Liberals as a potential bomb under the election campaign. The former Conservative Party leader said in…
Opposition divided on toll roads
The Social Democrats and Socialist People’s Party’s plan to impose a toll on cars entering Copenhagen has split the opposition as the election approaches. Social Liberal leader Margrethe Vestager said toll booths should…
Norwegian terror won’t become a campaign issue
Danish politicians on both sides of the aisle are determined not to allow the massacre in Norway to play any role in the upcoming election campaign in this country. In a survey by…
Undecided voters prefer government’s economic policies
Although the opposition appears to be heading for victory in this year’s election, a new Gallup poll shows that around 20% of voters are still undecided and could prove decisive for the outcome…
Stop the insults say Social Liberals
The Social Liberals have urged Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen to step in and put a stop to the growing Danish-German dispute about Nazis and borders. Party leader Margrethe Vestager said the exchange…
Opposition ready to hold referendum on EU exemptions
In an important policy announcement, Helle Thorning Schmidt, leader of the Social Democrats, (S), announced that her party would support a referendum, if elected, on various EU exemptions. These exemptions were negotiated back…
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