Weekly political overview
Konservative (Conservatives) have always been the party of monarchists. As staunch supporters of the Royal Family, their love has always been reciprocated by the ruling monarch. Well, until now. King Frederik decided to stop a centuries-old tradition of sending a greeting to the party’s yearly national general assembly.
See the first Danish prison abroad here. Watch the Minister of Justice’s visit to the rented prison in Kosovo.
The leader of Venstre (Liberals), Troels Lund Poulsen, hopes that after the next parliamentary elections there will be a possibility to form a blue (center-right) government with Konservative and Liberal Alliance. However, if the majority is not there, they don’t exclude another government with the social democrats.
Focus
The Minister of Justice wants to relax rules regarding disclosure of the nationality of perpetrators. Basically, the police should be allowed to communicate to the press the nationality of a criminal. Some politicians are asking to also allow the police to disclose the ethnicity of Danish citizens.
- This is a dangerous proposition for our community. While we are well aware that there are criminals among us (just like there are among Danes), naming certain nationalities will only lead to an increased level of discrimination and hate attacks against internationals.
Apply for a job with Moderaterne (Social Liberals). They just fired everyone from their political department to get a fresh start after a scandal around bad working conditions. Even the party secretary (department leader) has quit, so it will be a completely new team running the engine.
- Another consequence has been the loss of yet another member of Parliament for the party. Jeppe Søe, one of Moderaterne’s founders, couldn’t bear another scandal and decided to become independent.
