Tag: Jakob Ellemann-Jensen
Rising numbers unfit to serve in the army due to psychological and weight problems, recruiters say
Young men are far more likely to have mental health diagnoses or to be overweight than in the mid-1990s, according to the Defense Personnel Board, the Defense unit responsible for conscription. During the first half of 2022, the Norwegian Defense Personnel Board announced that 57.83 percent of all applicants for military service were unfit to…
Keeps promises: Denmark delivers formidable self-propelled artillery system to Ukraine
The CAESAR howitzer, the self-propelled weapon system that Denmark’s Ministry of Defense has promised Ukraine, has arrived in the war-torn country. In January, the then defense minister, Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, participated in a historic summit at Ramstein Air Base in Germany and promised military aid to Ukraine. Appreciating Denmark’s support, Oleksii Reznikov, Minister of Defense of…
Defense Minister on leave with confidence that he will return … at some point
The government was dealt a blow in February when Defense Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Jakob Ellemann-Jensen took an unexpected leave of absence after a bout of stress. Troels Lund Poulsen quickly stepped in as Acting Defense Minister, and Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen yesterday appointed Stephanie Lose as Acting Minister of Economy to cover Poulsen,…
Ministers revealed in Denmark’s new government
Mette Frederiksen IIIt is not surprising that the prime minister will again be Mette Frederiksen. As leader of the largest party in Denmark, she has received great praise for leading her country safely through the pandemic. The big question was which jobs should be given to Venstre leader Jakob Ellemann-Jensen and Moderates leader Lars Løkke…
Big change on the way: New government unveils a surprising platform
After a record 42 days of negotiations, Denmark has finally got a new government. And for the first time in 40 years, it will consist of parties across the middle – the Social Democrats, the Left and the Moderates. The three party leaders – Mette Frederiksen, Jakob Ellemann-Jensen and Lars Løkke Rasmussen – unveiled their…
A record number of women elected to the Danish Parliament
Voice magnets Mette and Inger Looking at the top ten politicians who attracted the most personal votes, women also fared well. Mette Frederiksen topped the list with 60,687 personal votes, followed by Inger Støjberg (47,211), Lars Løkke Rasmussen (38,439), Alex Vanoplasgh (38,284) and Jacob Mark (31,235). The top ten were rounded out by Magnus Heunicke…
The 2022 general election: Key figures from a historic evening
Gov across the middleDespite losing ground in the exit poll compared to the last election in 2019, the Social Democrats actually ended up enjoying their best result in two decades. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen stated that she wants a government across the middle, so the door is open for Rasmussen to play an important role.…
Right now: The polling stations in Denmark have closed
The polling stations have now closed in Denmark. Follow Ekot’s live broadcast of the polling station survey directly from Copenhagen. A total of thirteen parties are running in Tuesday’s election in Denmark. The incumbent Social Democratic Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s biggest challenger is the blue party Venstre with party leader Jakob Ellemann-Jensen. However, his opinion…
The 2022 parliamentary election: What you should be aware of on 1 November and beyond
The general election is approaching. Next week, Danes will go to the polls to cast their votes. We have made a small guide that gives you an overview of what will happen and what you should be aware of. Before November 1: Politics as usual or revolution ahead?The Danish political landscape has changed significantly since…
Behold our most golden queen: Diamond’s eternal immortality beckons
The timing of the Copenhagen cultural festival Golden Days could not have been better. Coinciding with the month chosen to celebrate Queen Margrethe II’s golden jubilee, a full 50 years and eight months after she acceded to the Danish throne in January 1972, Her Majesty visited Kongens Nytorv on September 2, where 50 female icons…
Blue block united on FE study
With the general election fast approaching, Blå Blok is clamoring for the need for an investigation into the Defense Intelligence Service’s (FE) foreign intelligence service and the recent imprisonment of its former chief Lars Findsen. Conservative leader Søren Pape Poulsen and his Liberal colleague Jakob Ellemann-Jensen recently outlined the potential investigation at a press conference.…
Support is growing for Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s new party the Moderates, but Inger Støjberg is losing ground
Inger Støjberg and Lars Løkke Rasmussen are former Liberal colleagues who are at the head of new political parties with the potential to shake up the establishment at the general election on 1 November. While Støjberg is committed to supporting the blue bloc, but on her terms, Rasmussen has not yet indicated that he will…
Danish news Round-Up: Heavy traffic is expected when the autumn holidays begin
Saturday 15 October from 10.00-14.00 has been highlighted as probably the busiest period on Danish roads due to the autumn holidays, which start tonight and last until Sunday 23 October. A large number of families are expected to take the week off, and many choose to spend it in their holiday homes. It is also…
Business Round-Up: House prices will fall
Reject across the board?For areas such as northern Jutland and Bornholm, the picture is a little less dramatic. House prices will fall by 3.3 percent and 3.7 percent respectively in 2023. Last week, Danmarks Nationalbank also predicted “significant price drops” in the Danish housing market with almost identical figures to Nykredit. Last week, Handelsbanken also…
Policy collection: Pia Kjærsgaard criticizes ‘non-Danish’ decision to sell kebabs at the football stadium
When the Danish-Turkish football team Vatanspor played against AGF Aarhus in the DM yesterday, the stadium sold kebabs along with the traditional hot dog. The decision to sell kebabs during the match was warmly welcomed by most home fans. However, Pia Kjærsgaard was not too happy about the announcement. Declines invitation to watch the matchA…
Danish news overview: It’s official! Denmark could have its first gay prime minister!
Liberal leader Jakob Ellemann-Jensen is not the only prospective new prime minister among the blue bloc, as Søren Pape Poulsen has officially confirmed that he wants to stand as a candidate to become prime minister. As leader of the Conservatives, he said this week that he wants to improve Denmark without putting the country through…
Political Round-Up: Red and blue blocks hang level with kingmakers waiting in the wings
The Red Bloc and the Blue Bloc are in the polls with 47.9 and 47.8 percent of the vote, according to the latest Epinion poll. Admittedly, the odds for Mette Frederiksen remaining prime minister after the next election have been extended to 5/6 by prominent bookmaker William Hill. Conservative leader Søren Pape Poulsen has been…
The Liberal Party’s “lighthouse” Uffe Ellemann-Jensen died 80 years ago
Tributes have poured in from the entire political spectrum after the confirmation yesterday morning that Uffe Ellemann-Jensen, one of Denmark’s true heavyweight politicians at the end of the 20th century, has died at the age of 80. Uffe, father of the current Liberal Party chairman Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, led the party for 14 years until 1998,…
New Civic and Liberal Alliance speaks for nuclear power in Denmark
On Tuesday, all the leaders of the parties were invited by TV2 to talk about the future of the EU and NATO, and Denmark’s use of Russian gas became a big talk. The ongoing war has shown how much Europe is dependent on gas coming from Russia. That is why the leaders Pernille Vermund (Nye…
Danish News Round-Up: Liberal Alliance confirms belief in the Conservative leader as future prime minister
Liberal Alliance leader Alex Vanopslagh has told Jyllands-Posten that there is no doubt in his mind that his conservative colleague Søren Pape Poulsen is a candidate for prime minister. Poulsen has not yet said himself that he is interested in the post, but he informed the same newspaper that “” before election day I will…
Could Denmark be on the verge of having its first LGBT minister? The bookmakers definitely think so
It will not be a big deal if the Conservative leader Søren Pape Poulsen becomes the country’s first homosexual prime minister – or at least not according to Nordic conditions. Per-Kristian Foss was the first LGBT world leader when he briefly served as Norwegian Prime Minister in 2002, replacing Kjell Magne Bondevik during one of…
This week’s editors: Remember, remember: 16 Nov.
The local and regional elections are approaching. Integration indicator Tuesday the 16th is the big day: Not only for Danes, but also for expats who have the right to cast their vote. On the lampposts, we note that some of the candidates, judging by name and appearance, are of foreign origin. We warmly welcome this,…
Parties putt with mayoral ambitions
After the most recent local elections in 2017, the Social Democrats won 47 mayoral posts and thus the most. The Social Democrats’ party secretary, Lasse Ryberg, states that the governing party won an “extraordinarily good election” in 2017. – We went forward, and we got not least many new mayors. This is probably not the…
The Liberal Party faces difficult local elections
Of course, the Liberal Party’s candidates will fight for everything they have learned in the local elections, to conquer and recapture mayoral posts. The question is how much the polls that remain miserable for the Liberal Party will be reflected in the election result. Nationally, the party stands at 14.9 percent in a recent poll…
Hans Engell: Fogh came to Ellemann’s rescue with speech
– He did it because Ellemann in his big speech yesterday was not really particularly critical of Mette Frederiksen, says Hans Engell. – He had many themes, but you will not find anywhere in the speech with a deep shock in relation to the government. Engell believes that Jakob Ellemann-Jensen let Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen…
Ellemann: Now I feel comfortable in the role of chairman
In his closing speech to the national meeting, Jakob Ellemann-Jensen says to the 1700 participants that he has now finally found his way into the role of chairman of the party. – I just had to state that it was not necessary to put on another chairman’s hat. To be someone other than who I…
Fogh: Mette F.’s government is the most fox red in decades
– I am sincerely concerned about the political development in Denmark. Not only is it difficult for the press to gain direct access to ask critical questions of the Prime Minister. But under the guise of the Corona and a tight foreign policy, the Prime Minister has firmly ruled the most fox-red government for decades,…
Ellemann: I can easily see Pape as prime minister
– I think Søren Pape is an excellent politician. We share many views. We work closely and confidently. In the polls, the pair race is also close. In the latest Voxmeter poll, the Liberals stand at 14.9 percent of the vote, while the Conservatives stand at 14.5 percent. Thus, not many voters will have to…
Ellemann will not set targets for difficult local elections
At the national level, the Liberal Party is struggling with a marked decline in opinion polls. Sometimes up to 10 percentage points. However, the national political opinion polls usually only take effect with half force in local elections. But it will also be a noticeable decline for the Liberal Party. – I think it will…
Uffe Ellemann: City and country have moved closer together in the Liberal Party
– It is not at all, not at all the same today as 40 years ago. It is the common interests that bind us together. The liberal attitudes. That is why it suits such a national meeting so well that a strong ideological speech is given, says Uffe Ellemann. From the front row, the former…
S would like to look at V proposals – but not without funding
– I think it is difficult to call it a proposal when the Liberal Party does not come up with any funding itself. – I remember that the Liberal Party’s former finance minister Claus Hjort had a sign standing on his drill that said: “Where should the money come from?”. And the same can probably…