Tag: Social democracy
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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…
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Right now: Announcement of a new government is expected in Denmark
Now it is clear with a new government in Denmark. The Danish Social Democracy is forming a government with the bourgeois Liberals and Moderates, Mette Frederiksen says according to Ritzau. Hear Samuel Larsson, Sveriges Radio’s Denmark correspondent in Ekot’s live broadcast.
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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…
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And then there were eight! Only four parties have so far pulled out of Frederiksen’s negotiations to form a majority across the centre
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen recently announced to the nation that a new government will not be in place for a few weeks. However, she confirmed that it is not about who will be part of the majority, but more about who will not be. As things stand, eight parties are still at the negotiating table…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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2022 general election: Immigration policies were crucial in 2019, but how important are they this time?
Over the past few weeks, the politics of Denmark’s political parties have been renewed to fight this year’s general election on 1 November. Big focus in 2019In the build-up to the last election in 2019, Danish political parties used immigration and refugees as a politicized policy area. But now, with inflation issues, the energy crisis…
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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…
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Right-wing extremists make gains in EU as Brussels hints at consequences
Right-wing populists continue to win in Europe – a “difficult” scenario for the unelected EU leaders Europe’s far-right won another victory this week when Italy’s Giorgia Meloni and her party, the Brothers of Italy, won large in the country’s general election. It is the first time since 1948, when Italy’s anti-fascist constitution came into force,…
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Australian Labor is not alone. Left parties are making a comeback
One aspect of May’s federal election has been strangely overlooked: Labor’s gains follow a pattern among the main center-left parties in Europe and comparable countries. Traditional social democratic and workers-based parties are re-emerging and now hold offices (alone or in coalition) in all Scandinavia and in Germany, Spain, Portugal and New Zealand. Where the last…
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Local election results are in: Excellent night for Conservatives
Large cannons fade Meanwhile, the story was completely different for large parties, the Liberal Party and the Social Democrats. The Social Democrats received the most votes (28.5 percent), but it was a decrease of 3.9 percent compared to 2017. Four years ago, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s party secured 47 mayors, a number that has fallen…
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Local Elections 2021: Go Westh for Your Local and Regional Health Solution
Vibeke Westh Inlet: Frederiksberg (local) and Copenhagen (regional) Party: Social Democracy Age: 58 When it comes to prioritizing healthcare, few candidates can match Vibeke Westh. The former head of the Nurses’ Organization in Copenhagen, Westh, has long been a champion of health in the city – and abroad via UNICEF and WHO. On the ballot…
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Social democracy is greatest in all regions in school elections
Nationwide, the ruling party has received 23.5 percent of the vote – 11,467 votes. The Radical Left has received 7,143 votes, corresponding to 14.6 percent, and is thus the second largest party. The Social Democrats are close to having received twice as many votes as the Liberal Party, which has received 11.8 percent of the…
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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…
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The waiting day was not dead – it just slept
Several heavyweight Social Democratic party districts want to abolish the qualifying period deduction for good, Ekot has reported. The demands are being driven ahead of this autumn’s party congress. The qualifying period in health insurance is one of Swedish politics’ oldest contentious issues. Right and left have been arguing about it for over half a…
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OVERVIEW: This is what the parties think about the controversial exit center
Read here what the different parties want: * Social Democracy: The governing party will place the 130 expelled foreigners on Holmegaard on Langeland. It will place them far from major cities, and the party will send 50 officers to the area to ensure security. * SF: SF, which has the mayoral post on Langeland, wants…
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The fifth man in the traffic mafia
Helge Mortensen was born in 1941 in Fraugde, a small village close to Odense. Already as a 14-year-old, Mortensen pulled on his work clothes, where he worked as an agricultural assistant for a few years. As a 19-year-old, Helge Mortensen Funen moved to Jutland, where he had got a job as a telephone fitter at…
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He kept Nyrup in power and made him angry
This was partly due to the fact that the last of the two Faroese mandates went to the Social Democrat Jóannes Eidesgaard. The Faroese, who turn 70 on Monday 19 April, secured their mandate by less than a 200-vote margin. And that was just enough for the then Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (S) to…
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From Iceland – Icelandic Political Parties: Who are these parties?
As we regularly report opinion polls that reflect voter support for Iceland’s political parties and in the run-up to elections this autumn, we thought Grapevine might be a good idea to provide to those who follow from abroad – and especially those unfamiliar with these parties – a handy overview of who the parties are.…
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OVERVIEW: 145 MPs for Supreme Court case – 30 against
Here is an overview of where the individual parties stand (number of seats in parentheses): For Supreme Court case: * Social Democracy (48): – It is important for the Social Democrats to make it clear that a minister can and must set the political direction, including being able to challenge and question the government agency’s…