Tag: Søren Pape Poulsen
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Staff sacked for prying into Conservative leader’s private life
Conservative leader Søren Pape Poulsen was among 477 citizens in Viborg that two expelled municipal employees poked, it has been confirmed. The two Viborg Municipality employees were dismissed at the end of March for accessing citizens’ private data. Furthermore, two more employees received a warning, reports Viborg Stift’s Folkeblad. The unjustified search of the public’s…
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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…
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International Round-Up: Had the stray missiles been Russian, the consequences would have been serious, says acting Danish foreign minister
The acting foreign minister, Jeppe Kofod, did not mince words after the news that a Polish farm was hit by missiles on Tuesday, killing two residents. “Together with Poland, we are part of the world’s strongest military alliance, NATO,” he told TV2. “A security issue for Poland is a security issue for all of us.”…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Parliament to address the sky-high energy prices
Help on the way The development has prompted The Folketing must look at helping the less fortunate to pay their heating bills. According to Conservative leader Søren Pape Poulsen, only the hardest hit – people who risk losing their homes due to the bill increase – should be able to seek help. Minister of Energy…
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Mette’s wage threshold for foreign labor reconsidered: Government is open to action to address labor shortages
The Economist recently ranked Denmark’s economic performance in 2021 as the best out of 23 wealthy OECD countries, but its overall growth of 3.8 percent could have been even better if the government had made it easier for companies to recruit workers from countries without for the EU, claims e.g. Danish Industry and Danish Business.…
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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…
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Ellemann and Pape want more manpower for companies
– The talk is too much about how we spend the money, rather than how we earn it. The challenge that companies face, namely the lack of manpower, is not really addressed in the speech, says Jakob Ellemann-Jensen. The chairman of the Conservatives, Søren Pape Poulsen, also lacks answers on how to obtain more labor.…
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Blue parties: The government moves in agricultural negotiations
– We have looked at the draft that we have received. We have some improvement proposals for that, says Liberal Party chairman Jakob Ellemann-Jensen. – We have sent them to the government. We must then discuss them with the government. The Conservatives’ chairman, Søren Pape Poulsen, believes that the negotiations in recent days have moved…
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Pape and Ellemann are ready for binding climate goals for agriculture
It appears from a letter that the chairmen of the two parties, Jakob Ellemann-Jensen (V) and Søren Pape Poulsen (K), have sent to Minister of Finance Nicolai Wammen (S). – We are certainly ready to accept a binding goal. And 40 to 60 percent sounds almost at the low end. But we are ready for…