Socialist People’s Party (Denmark)

Prepare for tough love on migration as Denmark takes over EU presidency Denmark's prime minister Mette Frederiksen pioneered hard-line migration policies despite being on the left. Now she's bringing her special formula to the EU stage.

June 24, 2025 Nicholas Vinocur

(Politico) Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has built a reputation for herself as Europe’s tough-love social democrat, with a hard line on migration that’s earned her more critiques from the left than from the right. Now she’s getting a chance to test-drive […]

Denmark to bring ISIS children home but not mothers

April 11, 2022 Charles Szumski

(Euractiv) Danish authorities have started planning the evacuation of five Danish children of ISIS fighters in the Kurdish-controlled al-Roj camp in Syria but their mothers will be left behind, Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod said. The decision comes after a new medical report […]

Naser Khader faces Supreme Court lawsuit in connection with calling female imam an Islamist Undeterred by defeat in the High Court last year, Sherin Khankan has continued with her bid to see justice

May 17, 2021 Ben Hamilton

(Copenhagen Post) Naser Khader, who stepped down from his duties as a Konservative MP to take stress leave in April, will today begin his defence in the Supreme Court against charges that he libelled the female imam Sherin Khankan. Like she did […]

Government appoints working group to decide future of Danish children in Syrian camps PM firm that six mothers cannot return, but their 19 kids should know their fate by mid-May

March 30, 2021 Lauren Beauchamp

(Copenhagen Post) PM Mette Frederiksen and her government remain opposed to six Danish women, who voluntarily travelled to the Islamic State’s terrorist caliphate in the mid-2010s to be with their IS warrior partners, returning home from two camps in the north of […]

Denmark bans anti-democratic donations In future, individuals, organisations and authorities will end up blacklisted for donations that aim to undermine democracy

March 10, 2021 Christian W

(Copenhagen Post) A broad majority of Parliament has voted in favour of banning donations that seek to undermine democracy in Denmark. The move aims to prevent potentially extremist forces from using donations to erode basic freedom and human rights. “There exists extremist […]

Raids without warrants: Denmark unveils tough new anti-jihadist proposals

January 16, 2020 Unlisted Author

(Local) The government is to work for tough new laws on citizens convicted of foreign militant activity, but is likely to be challenged by parties to its left. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, along with Minister of Justice Nick Hækkerup and Minister for […]

Denmark passes law enabling withdrawal of jihadists’ citizenship

October 24, 2019 Unlisted Author

(Local) An expedited bill, enabling the immigration minister to revoke the passports of Danes who join foreign militant groups, was passed by parliament on Thursday. The law is aimed primarily at individuals who have fought for the Islamic State (Isis) terror group […]

Should Danish parliament have power to revoke passports?

October 21, 2019 Unlisted Author

(Local) Denmark’s Minister for Immigration and Integration Mattias Tesfaye has said he does not want to hand the power to revoke passports to parliament. A number of political parties have called for parliament to be given the power to withdraw passports, rather […]

Social Democrats win Danish general election, ousting right wing

June 5, 2019 Johannes Ledel

(AFP) Denmark’s opposition Social Democrats won Wednesday’s general election after a campaign focused on concerns over the climate, welfare and immigration, as support plunged for the far right and surged for the main green party. Liberal Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen, whose […]