After suffering a comprehensive defeat at the general election, the Danish People’s Party (DF) wants to take on a new role in the country’s politics – with leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl continuing at the helm.
Border checks on Denmark’s frontier with Germany, which have been in place since early 2016, are not financed in the current form of next year's budget, the Danish People's Party has said.
Denmark’s immigration policies have been under scrutiny worldwide in recent years, with its infamous 'jewellery law', the recent ban on burkas and Integration Minister Inger Støjberg's decision to celebrate immigration restriction with cake all receiving their fair share of coverage – and criticism – from international media outlets.
The anti-immigration Danish People’s Party (DF) has called for a limit to be placed on the amount of people awarded Danish citizenship, regardless of other requirements being met.
The anti-immigration Danish People’s Party (Dansk Folkeparti, DF) wants to scrap a scheme that helps refugees to find paid work, thereby saving money for municipalities.
Politicians on the left and right of Denmark's parliament have distanced themselves from a proposal by the populist Danish People’s Party (DF) to impose a curfew on youths living in socially marginalised areas.
The government’s aim of securing tax cuts and a new budget by the new year has been put in doubt by parliamentary ally the Danish People's Party, which has made demands over the structure of the deal, as well as over immigration.
The right-wing Danish People’s Party (DF) failed to gain either a mayoral position or the increased vote share it had targeted in Denmark’s local elections.
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 (Dansk Folkeparti, DF) is calling for new requirements to be placed on a range welfare support payments available to foreign citizens.
Denmark’s Conservative Party, which forms part of the coalition government, is hoping to convince parliamentary allies to support reductions to the top tax bracket as the Folketing returns from its summer break.
The leaders of the Social Democrats, Denmark’s biggest opposition party, and the populist Danish People’s Party (DF) want Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen to take measures against free movement within the EU.
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.
Søren Krarup, a member of the Danish parliament from 2001-2011, said on Danish television that he would “never vote for that nice little gay boy” in reference to Emmanuel Macron.
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 Danish People’s Party (DF) and the Social Democrats (S) have long resided within their respective ‘blocs’ in the national political makeup, with DF a member of the right-of-centre blue bloc and the Social Democrats the leading party of the left-of-centre red bloc.
Kenneth Kristensen Berth, an MP for the anti-immigration Danish People’s Party, was in hot water on Thursday morning for comments he made at a debate in Copenhagen.
Leaders of the eurosceptic Danish People’s Party (DF) met with former UKIP leader Nigel Farage in Copenhagen on Wednesday and signalled that the party is considering formally backing a referendum to have Denmark leave the EU.
With Denmark once again engaged in a national conversation about what makes one ‘Danish’, Queen Margrethe II told German newspaper Der Spiegel that she represents “all people who are citizens of the Danish nation”.
A new political party that promises a stricter immigration policy than the Danish People’s Party combined with a libertarian economic outlook will be on the ballot the next time Denmark holds an election.
