The Week That Was, February 8th – 14th 2016
Politics/Economy The government warned that Denmark is facing an ‘historic integration challenge’ ahead of tripartite labour market negotiations between the government, employer organisations, and trade unions that started, Thursday. Danish People’s Party leader…
Denmark-Germany tunnel link in danger
The long-planned Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link between Denmark and Germany is in danger of being scrapped. After parties behind the mandate to build Denmark’s biggest-ever construction project raised doubts about the financing, the ruling…
Femern Belt project threatened
The planned Femern Belt Fixed Link between Germany and Denmark is in deep crisis with questions being asked as to whether it will ever become reality. According to German newspaper Hamburger Abendblatt, German…
EU green-lights Denmark-Germany link
The European Commission has approved the public financing model of the Fehmarn Belt fixed rail-road link between Denmark and Germany, considering it in line with EU state aid rules. Denmark’s EU Competition Commissioner…
PM will press Merkel on tunnel link to Germany
The long-planned Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link between Denmark and Germany will be high on the agenda when Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt holds talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Copenhagen today. After visiting two factories in…
Denmark bids for EU investment money
26 Danish projects could receive funding from the EU’s new investment fund. Although Danish EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager originally claimed that Denmark doesn’t need any funding from the plan, aimed at creating economic…
EU probe into Danish-German tunnel
European Union regulators are examining a complaint by ferry group Scandlines accusing Danish authorities of giving billions of euros in illegal state subsidies to state-owned builder Femern A/S to build a tunnel between…
Denmark hits €100m EU transport jackpot
Denmark is to receive over €100m (DKK790m) for new transport projects after EU members approved an EU Commission proposal, Thursday, regarding the distribution of funding from the ‘Trans-European Transport Net’(TEN-T). In a press…
Government presents new growth plan to create 150,000 jobs
The government presented its much anticipated stimulus package, Tuesday, aimed at improving Danish competiveness and boosting growth in this country. As part of ‘Growth Plan DK’ (Vækstplan DK), the government will invest DKK10bn…
EU bows to Danish rebate demand
It was a very satisfied Helle Thorning-Schmidt who returned home from Brussels, Friday, after signing the EU’s new long-term budget that guarantees Denmark a DKK1bn rebate on its membership fees. The Prime Minister…