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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,...

The popular regional leader from South Denmark, Stephanie Lose, will join the government

 Stephanie will resign from her position as president of the South Denmark Region and go into the government as a minister (we don’t know...

The new leader of Venstre (Liberals) will be Troels Lund Poulsen, the current Minister of Defense

A new leader will be elected at the party congress on 18-19 November. However, everyone is already pointing towards the only candidate, Troels Lund Poulsen. Former...

The leader of Venstre (Liberals) and Vice Prime Minister, Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, has said goodbye to Danish politics

Jakob’s comeback has been short; it has been fewer than three months since his return from the eight-month-long sick leave. After struggling to recover...