Pia Kjærsgaard, the woman who built the far-right Danish People's Party into the kingmaker of Danish politics, transforming the country's immigration debate, has announced her retirement from parliament.
The far-right Danish People’s Party is in crisis after five of its parliamentarians quit the party in two days and its former leader failed to rule out also quitting in protest at the new leader, Morten Messerschmidt.
Morten Messerschmidt, the vice-chair of the Danish People's Party went on trial on Monday for forging documents and misusing EU funds when he was an MEP in Brussels. We explain what the case is about.
The Danish parliament has recently adopted a controversial text asking universities to ensure that "politics is not disguised as science". The Local's contributor Sophie Standen examines why Denmark's politicians are criticising university researchers.
Denmark's parliament on Thursday adopted a law enabling it to open asylum reception centres outside Europe where applicants would live while their case is processed, with the host country also taking them in if granted asylum.
A leading politician for the Danish People's Party has been sharply criticised by his own party after he reiterated his call for the Danish speaking areas of northern Germany to be returned to Danish rule.
The populist, anti-immigration Danish People’s Party (DF), a hugely influential player in Denmark’s politics for two decades, could lose as much as half of its vote share in the June 5th general election.
A proposed tightening of immigration rules could have a significant impact on refugees' ability to pay unforeseen costs of vital services like medicine and healthcare.
Denmark’s Liberal Alliance (LA), a member of the coalition government, says the nationalist Danish People’s Party (DF) is gambling with the result of next year’s general election.
The deputy leader of Denmark’s governing Venstre (Liberal) party says that the populist Danish People’s Party (DF) is capable of participating in a coalition government.
Denmark’s populist Danish People’s Party has asked the opposition Social Democrats to promise they will not change their immigration policies if they win the next general election.
Denmark’s nationalist Danish People’s Party (DF) will vote against granting any citizenships to applicants for the foreseeable future – even if they fulfil criteria the party helped to set.
Henning Dyremose, a former minister with the Danish Conservative party, has been criticised after comparing the nationalist Danish People’s Party (Dansk Folkeparti, DF) to the Ku Klux Klan.
Denmark’s Social Democratic party has joined calls to ban prayer rooms at schools and universities, as it continues its flirtation with the populist right.
The president of the European Parliament has accused the anti-immigration Danish People’s Party of misleading Danish voters into voting “no” in last year’s EU referendum.
A parliamentarian said he made “one of the few mistakes [he's] made in [his] life” when he damaged another vehicle and then fled the scene because he was having "a thoroughly bad day".
The capital may have branded itself cOPENhagen in a bid to woo foreign businesses and investors, but if Denmark's political parties don't do more to change the tone of the political debate, columnist Michael Booth argues that no branding campaign in the world can help.
While the Danish People's Party is expected to double its MEPs in Sunday's election, across the sound the Sweden Democrats look to get their first seat in the European Parliament.
