Liberals unleash attack on Social Liberals
Just days after mutually signing an agreement on the state’s budget plans up until 2020, the main government party launched a ferocious attack on Margrethe Vestager’s Social Liberal Party, (R). A vote for…
The Week That Was: May 30th-June 5th
Politics The latest opinion poll showed the opposition with a comfortable 94-81 seat majority. Finance Minister Frederiksen announced a final agreement on the government’s 2020 spending plans, meaning that the state could now…
Fogh looks ahead to post-Gaddafi Libya
The international community should prioritise planning what to do when the Gaddafi regime falls, argues Nato General Secretary, Anders Fogh Rasmussen. Judging the end of the regime to be no longer a question…
Social Liberals target oldies
The Social Liberals will penalise affluent old-age pensioners who have put money aside for their ‘golden years’. According to proposals published yesterday in the party’s own 2020 plan, pensioners shouldn’t automatically have the…
Oh no – it’s another 2020 plan
Not to be outdone by the government or the opposition, the centrist Social Liberals have now presented their own 2020 economic agenda, including a proposal for DKK11bn of income tax cuts. The party…
Social Liberals put higher property taxes on the agenda
The Social Liberals, (R), are prepared to challenge one of the sacred cows of Danish politics, namely the 2002 freezing of the property valuation tax. Leader Margrethe Vestager openly challenged this popular measure…
Finally – a deal
The government concluded a deal, Friday, that will tighten the eligibility requirements for early retirement and a state-funded pension. Although Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen announced his intention to abolish the costly early-retirement…
New Gallup poll could tempt Løkke to pull election trigger
Voters are shifting towards the parties behind Friday’s retirement reform agreement in large numbers, according to the latest Gallup poll which indicates the opposition’s lead has shrunk to just five seats. Leading political…
Negotiations finished today?
The long-drawn out negotiations about retirement reform could finally be drawing to a close. After another three hours of talks yesterday, Social Liberal leader Margrethe Vestager said there was now agreement on most…
Opposition will cap spending
In their own long-awaited 2020 economic plan, the Social Democrats (S) and Socialist People’s Party (SPP) will put a cap on public spending between 2016-2020. The two parties have surprisingly proposed that expenditure…
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