#DENMARK: Condemned By Coalition Partners Over Immigration, Social Democrats Will "Go It Alone" In The Future

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Denmark’s Social Democrats will not seek to form a coalition government with long-time ally the Social Liberal Party in the event that the current opposition wins the next general election, says Social Democrat Party Leader Mette Frederiksen. The change breaks a 25-year agreement between the two parties to form coalitions together, in part because Social Democrats' increasingly anti-immigrant, populist outlook has drawn rebukes from the Social Liberals and other Left-leaning parties.

Pictured: Social Democrat leader Mette Frederiksen (Ritzau Scanpix)

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#DENMARK: 7 Parties Seek To Block EuroSkeptics By Banning "Denexit" Referendum

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Three of Denmark's left-leaning political parties hope to unite all seven of the nation's pro-EU parties to prevent the euro-skeptic populists and Greens from ever holding a Brexit-style referendum in Denmark. Mainly, they want to prevent the Danish People's Party from forcing a party to agree to one as a condition for a coalition in the next election. The People's Party is riding high in the polls. The push is being led by Morten Østergaard, leader of the Social Liberal Party

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Pictured: Morten Østergaard