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Nye Borgerlige

Nye Borgerlige already lost one of the six mandates obtained, after Mette Thiesen left the party and became independent. She left the party due to an internal...

Government is decided

Until a government is decided, new laws cannot be implemented. There will be no proposals for laws, nor debates on existing proposals. This situation affects a law...

Morten Messerschmidt

Morten Messerschmidt, the leader of DF, declared that their role in the negotiations is to convince Mette Frederiksen not to form a government with Radikale Venstre...

44% of the elected MPs are women

A record number of women have been elected to the Danish Parliament (79 out of 179). In the past 20 years, the percentages fluctuated between...

84,1% voter presence

The lowest in more than 30 years. Since 2011, voter turnout has been dropping. Why? It seems that the lines between the “red” and “blue”...