After a dramatic day of negotiations, Finance Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen gave up trying to conclude a final agreement on retirement reform last night and will start again today. Although all parties were…

The Danish People’s Party’s (DPP) deputy leader Peter Skaarup said he found it ‘odd’ that the Social Liberals have demanded the government drops planned cuts in student grants in return for their support…

No more than one in four of the Socialist People’s Party’s (SPP) political base believe that the Social Liberals should be invited to join a centre-left coalition government if the small centrist party…

The controversial early retirement scheme, ‘efterløn’, is to be maintained. After another day of negotiations, Sunday, Minister of Finance Claus Hjorth Frederiksen was forced to acknowledge that the government doesn’t have the votes…

Danish political alliances remain locked in an atmosphere of speculation and confusion as negotiations around the government’s 2020 strategy paper continue. More and more commentators now believe that the Social Liberals’ apparent flirtation…

If the opposition gains power in this year’s election the latest immigration restrictions proposed by the Danish People’s Party (DPP) will be repealed. The government has attempted to bring the Social Liberals and…

The Social Democrats will play no further part in negotiations concerning the government’s 2020 Economic Plan. After refusing to support efforts to phase out the costly early retirement scheme, Social Democrat leader Helle…

80% of the Social Liberals’ own voters want to see the party form part of a left-wing coalition after this year’s election, even though leader Margarethe Vestager has backed the government’s 2020 retirement…

The Social Liberals will demand that the government drops its property tax freeze when cross-party negotiations about the 2020 Plan get underway, Friday. Party leader Margrethe Vestager asked why homeowners should be afforded…

The Social Liberals, part of the centre-left opposition, are ready to support the government’s ‘2020’ economic package. Ahead of cross-party negotiations that will either lead to retirement reform, cutbacks in social spending, and…