Dänemark

Donald Trump Jr visits Nuuk, Greenland, on Tuesday, January 7, 2025
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Caught between a Danish colonial past and threats from Donald Trump’s US, Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat) will hold elections to its parliament, the Inatsisartut, today, on March 11. Greenland’s political status within the Kingdom of Denmark is difficult to explain, especially to those who are not from Denmark or its Northern Atlantic territories. Yet, understanding this dynamic is crucial to grasping what is at stake in Greenland’s elections. “Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark,” states Wikipedia—a ...
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As the European Parliament elections this June draw nearer, the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation is conducting a series of interviews with left-wing parties and candidates from across the EU on the election campaign, their political programmes, and the challenges facing left-wing forces domestically and at a European level. The foundation’s Duroyan Fertl spoke to Frederikke Hellemann, second on the list for Danish Left-Green Alliance, or Enhedslisten, about the Danish Left’s priorities in this super election year.
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Sozialdemokratische Ministerpräsidentin Mette Frederiksen
Sozialdemokratische Ministerpräsidentin Mette FrederiksenIMAGO / RITZAU SCANPIX
Denmark’s new centre-right “grand coalition” government is historic in its composition, and – in its brief existence – has already come down clearly on the side of the upper-class. It has used the insecurity generated by Russia’s war on Ukraine to push through tax cuts for the wealthy, attacks on pensions, and abolishing a national holiday, while failing to address the real problems facing Danish society. An unusual negotiation for an unusual government When Social Democratic Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen launched the election ...
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