Tag: Lars Løkke Rasmussen
A large majority of Danes support sending weapons to Ukraine
PM: Putin does not stop at UkraineIn related news, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen claims that there is a significant risk that Russia will invade other countries if Ukraine loses the war. “If Ukraine loses, we risk the whole of Europe and the West losing. I have no doubt about that. I don’t think Putin will […]
Ukraine thanks Denmark for the support
A new symbol of this relationshipWhen Ukraine was invaded by Russia, Denmark gave its support to Ukraine. That support continues unabated as the war approaches the one-year mark. Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said this week that it was time to step up even more to support Ukraine. Acting Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said […]
Dane of the year: Who is Ariel and who is Ursula?
Given that 2022 brought us a general election, our ‘Dane of the Year’ should definitely be a politician. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Alex Vansplagh and Inge Støjberg – the respective leaders of the Social Democrats, the Moderates, the Liberal Alliance and the Danish Democrats – could all have been worthy inclusions based […]
Fallout from another Koran burning: How Rasmus Paludan’s actions could affect matters of enormous importance
Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has condemned the actions of Rasmus Paludan in Stockholm on Saturday, where he burned the Koran near the Turkish embassy. Rasmussen referred to Paludan as a “Danish-Swedish” citizen, but he is Danish-raised, and it was in Denmark that he trained and worked as a lawyer before becoming a full-time agitator […]
Denmark joins major nations in calling on the Taliban regime to end restrictions on women
Denmark and many countries around the world come together to condemn the Taliban regime’s treatment of women. A number of restrictions have recently been put in place by the Taliban to limit the opportunities for women living there – for example, barring them from working in NGOs. That is why Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen […]
Green light given for extradition of dividend fraud mastermind to Denmark
The British businessman Sanjay Shah, who is accused of having drained the Danish treasury of approximately DKK 9 billion in dividend tax, must be brought to justice in Denmark. A court in Dubai, which had previously rejected several bids from the Danish authorities, has now approved his extradition. “It is a great victory for Denmark […]
Danish News Round-Up: The temperature in the Arctic Ocean has risen dramatically in recent decades
Since 1982, the Arctic Ocean has not stopped warming. According to satellite-based research from the Danish Center for Climate Research (NCKF), the combined temperature of sea ice and sea ice at the 58th parallel has increased from around -3 degrees in 1982 to +2 degrees in 2021. For the very first time in climate research, […]
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 […]
Leader of the week: Den Borgenske sindro
Over five weeks ago, we had a general election that established an unusual balance between the red and blue bloc in the Folketing. Mette in the middleIn the middle, former prime minister Løkke Rasmussen tinted his new party, the Moderates, a purple shade to become a stepping stone between the blocs. However, his effort was […]
New SV government may be a few days away, as SF leaves the negotiations
“SF out of government negotiations” and “Frederiksen, Ellemann and Løkke meet at Marienborg – government cooperation can be close, says analyst” reports TV2 today. Given that the Danish general election took place on November 1st, these are the kind of headlines you might have expected to see in the first week of November, not the […]
Danish news: Close to 20 teenagers arrested for selling hash in Christiania in just 80 days
An increasing number of young people, generally aged 15-18, are selling weed on Pusher Street in Christiania. Between September 1 and November 21, Copenhagen Police arrested 17 such people for selling hashish, according to Berlingske. Fear that they cannot escape the environment“Someone has released a handbrake,” noted Police Inspector Tommy Laursen. “In the past, Christians […]
This week’s editorial: Pariah states and individuals
It is truly sad when the leaders of this world lie in broad daylight. Putin does it, Trump did it, and their relatives and lieutenants do it. They can’t be trusted – it’s that simple. Fact deniers, lie perpetratorsSøren Kjær, a Danish parliamentarian in the 19th century, became famous when his opponent in a debate […]
Mette’s magic formula is in the pot
It is already 12 days since the 2022 general election and not much has happened yet! However, one thing is certain. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen could have dissolved her government on 2 November, as is customary the day after an election, but she is still very much in charge. The negotiations for a majority, along […]
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 […]
2022 parliamentary election collection: Enhedslisten warns the prime minister to stick to the left bloc
Enhedslist’s political rapporteur Mai Villadsen has called on Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen not to go outside the red bloc in her efforts to form a new government. After the results, she admitted to DR that she finds it difficult to see any common ground between her party and Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s new party, the Moderates. […]
Election in 2022: Radicals emerge as kingmakers as blue bloc parties put pressure on leader Sofie Carsten Nielsen to join them
The votes are all in after yesterday’s general election, and the red bloc led by Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen appears to have the necessary 90 mandates to achieve a majority. Or do they? Pernille Vermund, the leader of Nye Borgerlige, last night invited Sofie Carsten Nielsen, her colleague in Radikale, to join Blå Blok, and […]
Danish election 2022: Exit poll is ready
Kingmaker LarsSo. What does it all mean for a new government in Denmark? Well, based on exit polls without taking the Moderates into account, Red Blok will get 85 mandates compared to Blue Blok’s 73. None of the blocs have the 90 mandates required to take over power, so Lars Løkke Rasmussen is likely to […]
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 […]
Election collection: Voting underway for the 2022 parliamentary election!
Voting has begun for the 2022 parliamentary election! Crowds began to form in the early hours at polling stations across the country, with many eager to exercise their democratic right before heading to work. And it is no exaggeration to say that it is chaos out there for commuters near polling stations. The polls close […]
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 […]
Bed for historic whalers in Denmark
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen looks like she might be able to stay on when Denmark goes to the polls on November 1. But her party Social Democracy lacks its own majority judging by the opinion polls and it looks like it could be quite complicated to form a new government after the election. A strong […]
Election collection: The Social Democrats do not regret the heat pool bureaucracy
DR has highlighted some of the ways in which the annual heating pool of DKK 100 million is used – and it doesn’t make you want to read on the way to the election. The municipalities, the report claims, have only applied for 1.1 million kroner to help their residents with bills received between 1 […]
Conservatives fall to the same level as the Liberal Alliance: Is it time for Pape to give up the PM dream?
Pressure is mounting on conservative leader Søren Pape Poulsen to withdraw his candidacy to become the next prime minister after a dismal showing in the latest Epinion poll for DR. Conducted on October 20, it reveals the Conservatives are running exactly level with Blue Bloc stablemate the Liberal Alliance. Both would get 7 percent of […]
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 […]
Forget parallel society: Is the ghetto plan stuck in a parallel universe?
On September 11, Denmark’s neighbors crossed the Øresund to the polls. A right-wing bloc has now emerged with a majority in the Swedish parliament, depriving Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and her Social Democrats of their position at the head of the government. However, it was the days and weeks before the election that revealed the […]
The moderates want the Social Democrats to be part of the next majority, but not with their left-wing allies
Lars Løkke Rasmussen is quickly becoming the kingmaker of this general election – and quite possibly the kingmaker who could become king. In recent days, his party the Moderates have gained in popularity, and Rasmussen has increasingly dictated the terms of who will be in the next government. And yesterday he strongly indicated that the […]
Election gathering: Sometimes the kingmakers Dansk Folkeparti and Radikale watch from the sidelines with little hope of influencing
Every Danish government back to the 1970s has been formed on the basis of a majority consisting of either the Radicals or the Danish People’s Party. But none of the ‘kingmakers’ are doing well in the polls and look set to become part of the next majority. Both will likely be frozen outDF (2.9 per […]
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 […]
Denmark must vote! The Prime Minister calls a general election on 1 November
Comebacks for Lars and IngerFormer Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen is back in the political spotlight with his new party the Moderates and Inger Støjberg has also returned to the fore with her new outfit the Danish Democrats. Both parties are expected to get a significant number of votes when they make their electoral debut. […]
Elections have not yet been called when the Danish Parliament opens
As the first Tuesday in October, Denmark’s politicians and royalty gathered today at Christiansborg to open the Folketing as tradition prescribes. And the big question was whether Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen wanted to call a new general election after the governing coalition Radikale’s ultimatum of no confidence in July. Well, she didn’t. At least not […]
It is important to dream big!
Philanthropic work is like oxygen: often invisible, but vital to our society. In Denmark, the undisputed giant of philanthropy is Realdania, an association that has supported 4,500 projects with more than 2.9 billion euros. CEO’s insightIn this interview, Jesper Nygård, CEO of Realdania, shares some of his insights. Diplomacy Magazine caught up with him in […]
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 […]
About the city: Jonas Vingegaard is in the house!
More than 50,000 photos, 4,350 selfies, 1,231 pats on the back, 743 shirt signings and 13 and a half pancakes – yesterday was such a busy day for 2022 Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard that he probably wishes he was getting closer to the climb by Hautacam on stage 18 with the race still […]
New poll: Støjberg ready to return to the Folketing, Danish People’s Party on the edge
Just a week ago, the Denmark Democrats collected well over the 20,182 voter declarations needed to secure a place on the ballot – only eight days after Inger Støjberg founded the party. Now, less than a year after being sued, sentenced, sentenced to prison and thrown out of the Folketing, Støjberg and her new party […]
Lynetteholmen’s budget assessed as “unrealistic” by the mayor
The budget for building Lynetteholmen, a man-made island in the Port of Copenhagen near Nordhavn, which will house a new district, is unrealistic, according to Copenhagen Mayor Sophie Hæstorp Andersen, who warns that it will be a lot more expensive than expected. Her remarks suggest that part of the bill will be passed on to […]
The biggest show on earth
Copenhagen is no stranger to streets that are crowded with tourists and locals – especially in the summer. And it will not be any different on July 1, when eager Danes with a passion for cycling stand along the city streets to watch the first stage of the Tour de France: the time trial prologue. […]
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, […]
International Round-Up: Danish leaders congratulate Macron on election victory
A victory for EuropeThree former Danish prime ministers – Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Lars Løkke Rasmussen – also expressed their joy over Macron’s victory. The latter two leaders mentioned that, unlike the Kremlin, it was a good result for Europe. “Facilitated by re-election to Macron and election against right-wing nationalist populism. Good for […]
National Round-Up: Non-EU refugees fleeing Ukraine pile up in German border towns
As many as 250 refugees fleeing Ukraine have been rejected at the Danish-German border since 11 March because they did not meet Denmark’s entry requirements. Most are non-EU residents of UkraineIt is believed that the majority are foreign nationals from countries outside the EU who have a Ukrainian residence permit, who are seeking transit through […]
The Danes will vote in the referendum on 1 June on a ‘historic’ increase in military spending
On 1 June, Danes will be invited to the polls to vote on the abolition of the Danish defense reserve – a referendum that, if approved, will increase Danish military spending and give Denmark the opportunity to join EU-led conflicts. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced the referendum on Sunday flanked by the party leaders from […]
Gray clouds over red block: Lead lost
To put it in context, in May 2020, the same parties were able to muster 60 percent of the votes in a poll by Voxmeter. – The measurement points in the direction that there is great movement in the electorate. It points in the direction that the blue parties have stabilized, says political commentator Hans […]
FACTS: Niels from Aars created diplomatic crisis with India
* Subsequently, Niels Holck and his collaborators were forced to land in India, where everyone except Niels Holck was sentenced to life in prison. * In 1996, Niels Holck manages to escape to Denmark. * Following a change in the law on top of the terrorist attack on 11 September, it became possible for Denmark […]
Think Tank will remove SU for graduates
The future of the SU has regularly been up for debate. Business organizations and often blue politicians have regularly discussed whether it should be cut or whether part of the support could be converted into loans. Now there is renewed support for that idea. The think tank Arbejderbevægelsens Erhvervsråd (AE) proposes in Dagbladet Børsen that […]
Housing economists are pushing Lars Løkke’s tax plan to the ground
– It is done in Sweden, and it is not something that the Swedish housing economists like. They want to take over the Danish system, he says. In his book “Out of the blue”, Lars Løkke Rasmussen outlines a model that is similar to the Swedish one, where the profit from the sale is taxed. […]
Loop in new book: Will cut in SU and wants regional showdown
In his new book, Lars Løkke Rasmussen presents a bit of a new policy, compared to when he was prime minister and chairman of the Liberal Party. It writes Politiken. Løkke has founded the party, the Moderates, and he writes in the book that gains that people have achieved through home sales must be made […]
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 […]
Fogh: I am very disappointed with Lars Løkke
The announcement comes after Løkke has left the Liberal Party and is working on his own project, the Moderates. The former Liberal chairman can not see the need for a new party that wants to cooperate across the center. – You can work well together across party lines without forming new parties. This week we […]
Skeptical hinterland has gained more faith in Ellemann
Despite the flight of members in the old agricultural party, the mood is turning, says Aage Ottosen, chairman of the voters’ association in Sdr. Vium. – In short, it indicates that the direction is heading towards something positive. That’s the mood here in the area. But it could not be worse either, says Ottosen. The […]
Ellemann has increased the confidence of the hinterland
Despite the flight of members in the old agricultural party, the mood is turning, says Aage Ottosen, chairman of the voters’ association in Sdr. Vium. – In short, it indicates that the direction is heading towards something positive. That’s the mood here in the area. But it could not be worse either, says Ottosen. The […]
Municipality puts school accused of exam cheating under scrutiny
This is stated by the municipality in a press release. Søndervangskolen in Aarhus, which has many bilingual students, is accused of giving students extra time for the final exam in Danish, even though the students were not entitled to it. But the municipal committee also refers to the fact that there has been criticism of […]
FACTS: Niels from Aars created diplomatic crisis with India
The relationship has been in deep crisis due to the Dane Niels Holck, whom India has wanted to extradite for almost two decades. Read about the case here: * In December 1995, Niels Holck – under the pseudonym Kim Peter Davy – helped drop several tons of weapons in the Indian province of West Bengal. […]
Mette Frederiksen is strong before opening
Among the support parties, the demands are in line. The Socialist People’s Party, the Radicals and the Unity List want action on, among other things, climate, primary and lower secondary school, welfare and services. Thus, it will be enough to address the opening speech if Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (S) is to satisfy his parliamentary […]
Media: The government wants 10 to 20 local hospitals
In a forthcoming health initiative, the government will plan to set up 10 to 20 local hospitals. They do not want beds but a range of treatment options. Berlingske experiences this on Thursday, describing it as the “main lines” in a health initiative that Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (S) is expected to present on Tuesday […]
Art sales will finance Løkke’s party dream
To finance the establishment of the party Moderaterne, which was started by former chairman of the Liberal Party Lars Løkke Rasmussen, the party’s business network, the Association 8 January 2021, sells art. It writes the Althing, which also writes that it can be a way to circumvent the rules for informing political donations. – The […]
Minister demands statement on school accused of exam cheating
Minister for Children and Education Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil (S) asks Aarhus Municipality for a statement from Søndervangskolen, which is accused of cheating with final exams. It writes Politiken. – The ministry is already contacting Aarhus Municipality today to get a statement. – It is fortunately very rare that such cases arise in the Danish school system. […]
Successful school is accused of cheating with final exams
Søndervangskolen in Aarhus is accused of cheating with final exams. It is a matter of students in 2016 and 2017 should have been given extra time for the written final exam in Danish without being entitled to it. It writes Politiken. Lisbeth Schmidt, head of children and young people in Aarhus Municipality, says in a […]
Ex-mayor goes into the hassles of those in power
In the local elections in 1989, he won a seat on the municipal council in Hørsholm Municipality, where he sat for a full 20 years. From 2001 and the following eight years he was the mayor of the municipality – but not as a conservative politician in all the years. In 2008, Uffe Thorndahl resigned […]
Lars Løkke’s shadow rests on a new poll
According to the poll, 4.7 percent intend to vote for a party other than those who have secured a seat on the ballot next time. When Voxmeter made a survey up to August 23, 1.1 percent answered the same. The increase comes after special attention was paid last week to former Prime Minister Lars Løkke […]
Mette F. wants to avoid a showdown between country and city
– It is important that we strengthen the connection so that it does not become land against city, says Peter Rahbæk Juel. Thus, he put conciliatory words in one of the few areas where Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (S) received criticism from parts of the hinterland at the party’s congress in Aalborg this weekend. Up […]
Commentators: The government is booming halfway
– The Social Democrats are at the top. For the first time in many years, the party is at the head of a one-party government and has come through with large parts of its policy, says Hans Engell. Commentators agree on two things that have helped the government in particular so far: a weakened opposition […]
The Social Democrats are taking the oxygen from the DF
December 2015 marks the time when the Danish People’s Party was closest to becoming larger than the Social Democrats. At Voxmeter, the DF then stood at 22.5 percent of the vote, while the Social Democrats stood at 24.5 percent of the vote. And the Danish People’s Party was then on its way forward, while the […]
Løkke reaches the ballot paper without a word about politics
Lars Løkke Rasmussen is following the same path so far – just in reality. In any case, the Moderates, founded by Løkke, have rounded up the magical 20,182 voter declarations, and this means that the name can be ticked next to the ballot paper for the next parliamentary election. Løkke himself calls himself “grateful”, but […]
Løkke’s party is taking a storm towards the ballot paper
Former Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s party, the Moderates, has in recent days almost doubled its number of voter declarations. Thus, the Moderates have received over two thirds of the voter declarations needed to be eligible to stand for election in the next election. Since June, the Moderates have been collecting voter declarations with a […]
Klaus Riskær gives up getting the Citizens’ List in the Folketing
To Ritzau, Riskær Pedersen elaborates that the Citizens’ List has put the collection of signatures on hold. – I feel an obligation to the 30,000 who gave me their vote. But I must admit with regret and sorrow that I could not lift the confidence they showed me. – I no longer think that it […]
The Left loses the three biggest vote-swallowers
In addition to losing a profile, Ahlers’ exit from politics once again underscores the Liberal Party’s problems in retaining voters. Since the election, the Liberal Party has declined significantly in opinion polls. And with Ahlers’ exit, the Liberal Party has in less than eight months lost the party’s three biggest voters at Christiansborg. It is […]
Voters had climate at the top in elections in 2019
– In the spring of 2019, we experienced an explosively growing climate agenda that we have never seen before. – It came as a surprise to many of the parties. But slowly the agenda exploded, says professor and election researcher Kasper Møller Hansen from the University of Copenhagen. He is one of the authors of […]
Now Lars Løkke Rasmussen can collect voter declarations
The Election Board has approved the name of Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s party Moderaterne. Thus, the party can start collecting voter declarations. It writes the secretariat leader of the party Jakob Engel-Schmidt on Twitter. – Then the Election Board has approved the party name “Moderaterne”. The Ministry of the Interior has started collecting signatures and everyone […]
Health clusters must close Bermuda Triangle
For the lucky ones who have close relatives, it will be those who have to act as messengers between the hospital, their own doctor and the municipality. The Bermuda Triangle is called among health experts when patients are thus lost between the different sectors. With 21 new health clusters located around the country’s emergency hospitals, […]
National Round-Up: The Danish government launches new cyber security initiatives
A nice sum In Denmark, a third of the large Danish companies have experienced security breaches. This is also supported by the fact that half of all Danes have experienced phishing and misuse of card information. The implementation of the government’s strategy will be quite costly – around 500 million kroner will be taken from […]
Interrogates sugar over massive memory failure in Tibet case
The answer from the other, Robin Glinka, who has previously been a clerk in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is again and again “I do not remember”. The topic of the questions in the Tibet Commission is the ministry’s behavior in connection with the COP 15 climate conference in 2009. At the time, the two […]
Health clusters must provide better patient outcomes
It must help to create good processes for patients and ensure a uniform quality throughout the country. This was said by Minister of Health Magnus Heunicke (S) at a press conference on Friday morning. – Too many patients feel homeless in the system between the hospital, the municipality and the general practitioner. – The idea […]
21 health clusters must ensure coherence in the treatment
Denmark must have 21 new health clusters that will be located around the country’s emergency hospitals. The government, Danish Regions and the National Association of Local Authorities have agreed on this, the Ministry of Health writes in a press release – Too many patients feel homeless in the system between the hospital, the municipality and […]
Løkke names his new party, the Moderates
According to Lars Løkke Rasmussen, the party will be founded after the local elections. – I often get inquiries from people who want to get involved in the local elections for this party. But it will not be serious to stand and participate in the municipal elections in a few months, he says. – That […]
Lars Løkke’s party is named the Moderates
If a parliamentary election is called in the autumn, however, the party will be ready, says Lars Løkke Rasmussen. If it is to be on the ballot paper for the next election to the Folketing, a little over 20,000 voter declarations are needed. It is trying to achieve 125 new parties according to the Ministry […]
OVERVIEW: Such have been the reactions to Schlüter’s death
Here are a number of reactions from former colleagues and current politicians on top of his death: * The Conservatives’ current chairman Søren Pape Poulsen (K): – The family has lost a dear member, and our country has lost one of the most important people of our time. * Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (S): – […]
Lars Løkke rejects order for intervention against protesters in Tibet case
Lars Løkke Rasmussen is very clear in his speech when he receives a direct question on Friday from the chairman of the Tibet Commission, National Judge Tuk Bagger. – Have you given such a message? – No. – Can you honestly say that? – I can say that quite honestly, answers Lars Løkke Rasmussen, who […]
Lars Løkke rejects order to intervene in the Tibet case
Lars Løkke Rasmussen is very clear in his speech when he receives a direct question on Friday from the chairman of the Tibet Commission, National Judge Tuk Bagger. – Have you given such a message? – No. – Can you honestly say that? – I can say that quite honestly, answers Lars Løkke Rasmussen, who […]
From Dalai Lama to pandas – Lars Løkke is questioned about China
A string of interrogations during the spring have shown that the Commission is not only narrowly interested in the authorities’ handling of a number of official Chinese visits. And whether the citizens’ right to speak in this regard has been violated. The commission also takes into account the actions of Danish politicians on the issue […]
V-profile: Løkke’s departure was a breach of promise
Almost two years after Lars Løkke Rasmussen was dramatically pressured by the chairmanship and slammed the back door, the former prime minister and Liberal chairman is still joking in the party. This time e…
Commentator: Krarup slaps Løkke to help Venstre
In an interview in Berlingske, Lars Krarup says, among other things, that Løkke announced that he would resign as chairman before the presidential showdown in August 2019. But Løkke allegedly did not live up to that promise in the first instance. – A great deal of bitterness has accumulated towards Løkke among some of the […]
V-profile accuses Løkke of lying about the meeting in the basement
In a new book, the Liberal profile and the longtime mayor of Herning Lars Krarup goes to court with his former party colleague Lars Løkke Rasmussen. Krarup thus believes that Løkke has come up with a vertical lie about what actually happened during the Liberal Party’s dramatic main board meeting in 2014. It writes Ekstra […]
The Crown Prince who never became Left King
One in a basement in Odense in 2014. The other in a hotel in Brejning in 2019. For Kristian Jensen, who turns 50 on 21 May, the goal of his political career was clear from an early age: the chairmanship of the Liberal Party and the prime ministerial candidacy that has followed since the 1990s. […]
Kristian Bil is on the right track towards record time
And although there is a long way to go up to Svend Heiselberg’s record of just over 24 years as transport rapporteur, he is one of the current transport rapporteurs who has been in office for the longest time. On Wednesday 19 May, he turns 60 years old. Kristian Pihl Lorentzen was born in 1961 […]
Danish record in party defections
Since the election in June 2019, twelve of the 179 members of the Folketing have left the party they were elected for, either to become political savages or to join another party, which is a Danish record. Among other things, Denmark’s former prime minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, has left the Liberal Party to form his […]
Chinese pressure did not make Samuelsen raise an eyebrow
It appears from papers presented during the interrogation of the former foreign ministers Anders Samuelsen (LA) and Kristian Jensen (V) on Thursday in the Tibet Commission. As recently as 2019 and 2018, China has expressed criticism – and also over the work of the Tibet Commission. Whether it is Denmark’s lack of compliance with Chinese […]
Claus Hjort accuses Lars Løkke of splitting in the blue block
It is former Liberal Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen who is behind the split in the blue bloc, after he in a “brutal” way proposed a government collaboration across the middle in the last parliamentary election. This is what Member of Parliament and former Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen (V) says in an interview with Berlingske. […]
This week’s editorial: The world’s longest wait on the table
This week we resumed the habit of eating out. This time, however, the experience includes distancing, masks, reservations and Corona passes. Nevertheless, it is a huge step back to normal, which for several months was a no-go. Back to the new normal Large shopping malls are up and running again and vaccinations have freed the […]
Every tenth voter will consider giving Løkke’s party a vote
A total of 9.3 percent of the 1,071 respondents consider it “very likely” or “likely” that they would be able to vote for the longtime Liberal leader, who on January 1 resigned from the party to become non-attached. They are divided into 2.1 percent, which corresponds to “very likely”, while 7.2 percent consider it “likely” […]
Denmark does not dare to receive the Dalai Lama
It is now 12 years since the Dalai Lama met a representative of the Danish government. As the newly appointed Liberal Prime Minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen took over at Marienborg in May 2009. However, his foreign minister, Per Stig Møller (K), chose a different course on the same occasion. He decided on a discreet meeting […]
Ellemann-Jensen: We have been in crisis for months
The Liberal Party’s chairman, Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, did not hide the fact that the party is in crisis on Tuesday after the party leader debate in the Folketing. The opinion polls over a broad ridge show that the Liberal Party has declined significantly since the election in 2019. And not least since the subsequent presidential showdown, […]
See who’s left! Lars Løkke Rasmussen founded a new party
A formidable ballast Last year, he started a new political network ‘The Political Meeting Place’ and now, after his participation in a reality series involving the crossing of the Atlantic in a boat, he dropped the new party hammer in his blog on BT tabloid. “We are serious. There will be a new party that […]
Lars Løkke wants to create a new Danish center party
The name, candidates and party program are still unclear. But one thing is clear. Former Liberal Party Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen wants to start a new party. He confirmed this in a column in BT i wee…
New center parties risk ending up in a political black hole
Basically, the idea is good, because many voters are tired of bloc politics, says Kasper Møller Hansen, who is an election researcher and professor at the Department of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen. But as a new party without a clear flagship issue, it is not an easy place to place itself in […]
Ex-member of parliament must lead the organization behind Løkke’s network
Jakob Engel-Schmidt also has a past as chairman of the Liberal Youth from 2009 to 2011. Since then, he became a member of the Folketing twice. First from 2013 to 2015 and then from 2016 to 2019. His recent time in the Folketing, however, was marked by an unconditional revocation of his driving license and […]
OVERVIEW: April 1 with Lars Løkke as editor-in-chief at EB
Former Prime Minister and now non-attached Member Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Ekstra Bladet have apparently put the years-long dispute behind them. According to the newspaper, Lars Løkke Rasmussen has become editor-in-chief of Ekstra Bladet. – If you can not beat them, join them, says Lars Løkke Rasmussen according to Ekstra Bladet about his new employment. […]
OVERVIEW: Focus on the country’s births
Since the turn of the year, several media, including Femina and DR, have focused on conditions in the country’s maternity wards. They have reported violent events. This has again focused on the conditions in the Capital Region’s maternity wards in particular. On Tuesday, Minister of Health Magnus Heunicke (S) will be convened by the Unity […]
EL: Paradox that S is tougher than Løkke towards children in Syria
Her party is working hard to get the children – and as such their mothers – home. Which, according to the court spokesman, had bizarrely been easier under the previous government. – The blue government did not lift the children home. But it is completely correct that Lars Løkke’s government had a different practice in […]
