https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The appointment of former UK PM David Cameron as foreign minister has been greeted with astonishment, but Sweden's Carl Bildt and Denmark's Lars Løkke Rasmussen made the same move. What can Cameron learn from them? https://www.thelocal.dk/20231114/what-can-david-cameron-learn-from-nordic-pms-turned-foreign-ministers Tue, 14 Nov 2023 15:08:14 +0100 what-can-david-cameron-learn-from-nordic-pms-turned-foreign-ministers Denmark's former prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen completed a remarkable political journey when he was named foreign minister on Thursday in Social Democrat Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen's new left-right government. https://www.thelocal.dk/20221215/two-time-danish-pm-rasmussen-seals-government-comeback-as-foreign-minister Thu, 15 Dec 2022 15:01:02 +0100 two-time-danish-pm-rasmussen-seals-government-comeback-as-foreign-minister The governing Social Democrats should form a coalition across the centre according to former Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, an erstwhile rival. https://www.thelocal.dk/20221021/government-with-social-democrats-is-favoured-choice-of-rival-ex-pm-rasmussen Fri, 21 Oct 2022 18:09:35 +0200 government-with-social-democrats-is-favoured-choice-of-rival-ex-pm-rasmussen A new party created by ex-Danish prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has been approved to run in elections after meeting legal obligations. What is Rasmussen, a wily and experienced political strategist, trying to achieve with his new Moderate party? https://www.thelocal.dk/20210915/what-is-ex-danish-pm-rasmussen-trying-to-achieve-with-new-party-on-ballots Wed, 15 Sep 2021 17:31:10 +0200 what-is-ex-danish-pm-rasmussen-trying-to-achieve-with-new-party-on-ballots Former Danish prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen had a few words of advice for US president Donald Trump on Friday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20201106/this-is-how-to-leave-office-former-danish-pm-sends-trump-a-message Fri, 06 Nov 2020 12:53:30 +0100 this-is-how-to-leave-office-former-danish-pm-sends-trump-a-message Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen announced a dramatic change of course for his party on the eve of the general election by declaring its priority was now to form a government with traditional rivals the Social Democrats. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190604/danish-pm-declares-for-cross-aisle-coalition-in-dramatic-election-eve-announcement Tue, 04 Jun 2019 20:07:51 +0200 danish-pm-declares-for-cross-aisle-coalition-in-dramatic-election-eve-announcement Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen came in for a fright but was unscathed after a near miss with a falling roof tile outside the National Museum of Denmark. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190603/watch-danish-pm-rasmussen-in-close-shave-with-falling-roof-tile Mon, 03 Jun 2019 17:34:46 +0200 watch-danish-pm-rasmussen-in-close-shave-with-falling-roof-tile Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said he fears for even more polarization over Brexit in the United Kingdom following Theresa May’s resignation this morning. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190524/danish-pm-warns-of-painful-no-deal-brexit-after-may-resignation Fri, 24 May 2019 19:07:49 +0200 danish-pm-warns-of-painful-no-deal-brexit-after-may-resignation Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, in comments in a newly-released book, sounds more positive than ever before about entering government with the opposition Social Democrats. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190516/could-election-result-in-first-grand-coalition-in-denmark-since-1970s Thu, 16 May 2019 12:53:41 +0200 could-election-result-in-first-grand-coalition-in-denmark-since-1970s Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen was positive about the EU granting a short extension to the British government to facilitate an orderly Brexit, but said British PM Theresa May needed strong reasons for her requested delay. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190322/plan-needed-from-may-over-brexit-delay-danish-pm Fri, 22 Mar 2019 11:02:16 +0100 plan-needed-from-may-over-brexit-delay-danish-pm Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said in his traditional January 1st speech that the peaceful world many hoped for when the Berlin Wall fell is in danger of breaking up. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190102/danish-pm-laments-break-up-of-peaceful-world-in-new-year-speech Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:00:12 +0100 danish-pm-laments-break-up-of-peaceful-world-in-new-year-speech The Liberal (Venstre) party, the senior partner in Denmark’s coalition government, has posted its worst figures since July 2017 in a new opinion poll. https://www.thelocal.dk/20181022/danish-government-party-hits-worst-poll-figures-in-15-months Mon, 22 Oct 2018 20:09:14 +0200 danish-government-party-hits-worst-poll-figures-in-15-months Cars that run on fossil fuels should be phased out, with sales stopped within the next 12 years, the government has said. https://www.thelocal.dk/20181004/stop-selling-new-petrol-and-diesel-fuelled-cars-by-2030-danish-government Thu, 04 Oct 2018 12:02:56 +0200 stop-selling-new-petrol-and-diesel-fuelled-cars-by-2030-danish-government Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has moved to reassure British nationals living in Denmark over their future status in the country. https://www.thelocal.dk/20181002/watch-brexit-is-tragedy-danish-government-will-look-after-brits-in-denmark-pm Tue, 02 Oct 2018 16:07:54 +0200 watch-brexit-is-tragedy-danish-government-will-look-after-brits-in-denmark-pm Danish prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has called the speech given by US president Donald Trump at the United Nations general assembly ‘discouraging’. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180926/trumps-discouraging-speech-showed-lack-of-leadership-danish-pm Wed, 26 Sep 2018 15:14:03 +0200 trumps-discouraging-speech-showed-lack-of-leadership-danish-pm Danish prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen is set to bring up a mooted new form of expulsion centre for rejected asylum seekers when the subject of migrants and refugees is discussed at this week’s EU summit in Brussels. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180627/we-can-do-it-alone-pm-on-denmark-foreign-based-refugee-expulsion-centre Wed, 27 Jun 2018 21:34:18 +0200 we-can-do-it-alone-pm-on-denmark-foreign-based-refugee-expulsion-centre Danish prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen thinks the EU should reduce its budget after the United Kingdom leaves the union next year. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180503/smaller-eu-should-mean-a-smaller-budget-danish-pm Thu, 03 May 2018 15:04:06 +0200 smaller-eu-should-mean-a-smaller-budget-danish-pm Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen will meet former US President Bill Clinton in Copenhagen on Wednesday, the Prime Minister’s Office has confirmed. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180417/denmarks-prime-minister-to-meet-bill-clinton Tue, 17 Apr 2018 13:12:43 +0200 denmarks-prime-minister-to-meet-bill-clinton Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen underlined Denmark’s support for the United Kingdom in its diplomatic feud with Russia over the poisoning of a former spy in the British town of Salisbury. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180409/danish-pm-rasmussen-states-support-for-uk-after-copenhagen-meeting Mon, 09 Apr 2018 20:00:52 +0200 danish-pm-rasmussen-states-support-for-uk-after-copenhagen-meeting Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen says that the European Union should present a united front against new American tariffs on metal imported into the United States. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180320/danish-pm-hits-out-at-trump-over-steel-and-aluminium-tariffs Tue, 20 Mar 2018 17:06:05 +0100 danish-pm-hits-out-at-trump-over-steel-and-aluminium-tariffs