Thursday, 6 June 2019

Hopeful signs in Denmark

Barely a fortnight after the Liberal bloc in the European Parliament was strengthened, elections in Denmark hit ultra-conservatives hard, strengthened the social democrats to the extent that they are now the largest party and even enabled the largest (economic) liberal party to more than hold its own. It is reassuring that the tide of xenophobia in Denmark seems to have been stemmed. Now the process of negotiating a coalition government, so familiar to devotees of Borgen, begins.

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