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377,000 people in Denmark would not vote again for the government parties

Only one year has passed since we had the new red-blue center government. Research made by professor Kasper Møller Hansen (renowned election expert) shows the...

Nye Borgerlige (far-right libertarians) lost 64% of their members since January 2023

Pernille Vermund’s creation is facing difficult times. After she decided to retire from politics at the beginning of the year, a political storm hit Nye...

The state secrets leak case has been dropped

The prosecution (Anklagemyndigheden) decided to drop the case against former Minister of Defense Claus Hjort Frederiksen and former head of the Defense Intelligence Service (FE) Lars...

The red-blue center government is struggling in the opinion polls

Only 37.4% of the people in Denmark would vote for one of the government parties (Socialdemokratiet, Venstre, or Moderaterne). 2.1% lower than in August...

Five young leaders of Venstre (Liberals) launched a book that outlines their take on the future of the welfare state

Marie Bjerre (37 years old, Minister of Equality and Digitalization); Morten Dahlin (34 years old, political speaker for Venstre); Linea Søgaard-Lidell (36 years old,...