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Danish minister: Green growth without prophesying
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By Timothy Spence Danish Environment Minister Ida Auken has an ambitious agenda for her country's EU presidency, in...
The Danish Crown Prince and Princess come to the EESC
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This evening, in what has been something of a royal week, we were delighted to welcome the Danish Crown Prince and Princess to the European Economic and Social Committee. They are instinctively shy of the limelight and their aides had insisted on a...
Danish Presidency priorities: presented in EP Committees
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The priorities of Denmark's Presidency of the EU Council of Ministers has been presented to European Parliament committees by Danish ministers this week. According to Trade and Investment Minister Pia Olsen Dyhr, the EU's international trade policy...
Priorities to be presented to EP committees
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Danish ministers present this week the priorities of Denmark's Presidency of the EU Council of Ministers to European Parliament committees. Notably, economic and interior affairs minister Margrethe Vestager underlines the role of the European Parl...
EU Council: Evaluating the Danish presidency programme
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For friends of melodrama we suggest Public Service Europe's take on the Council of the European Union, but let us return to bumbling through the primary sources about the Danish presidency. Our roadmap is the programme presented by the government of...
EU Council presidency of Denmark in the media 2/2
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Jon Worth's earlier as well as his two latest blog posts (here and here) about his press trip to Denmark and the launch of the Danish presidency of the Council of the European Union offer both his personal impressions and references to media. He has...
EU Council presidency of Denmark in the media 1/2
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After a look at media reporting about the Danish presidency of the Council of the European Union, the euroblogger Jon Worth pronounced ”perhaps not stellar, but at least there is some online discussion about the Press Trip and the launch of the Pre...
The launch of the Danish EU presidency: "a very, very sad day for Denmark"
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“This is a very, very sad day for Denmark”. Those were the most memorable words by Danish PM Helle Thorning Schmidt when she together with EU Commission president José Barroso yesterday launched the country´s EU presidency in Copenha...
Where the heck is Transnistria?
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The Danish EU Presidency has a small problem. Its foreign minister Villy Søvndal doesn’t know where is Transnistria, and probably would find it difficult to locate Moldova on a map of Europe. Sixty six Brussels-based journalist witnessed the embar...
The clock is ticking for Sarkozy
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The Danes said they will conduct a low-cost presidency. I think they made a very good point. Showing up in times of crisis is bad taste. But I think the Danes had one more message to deliver: they wanted to send a message to Sarkozy, the bling-bling...
So that was a Presidency Press Trip. I’m feeling rather empty.
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At one level it has been a privilege to attend the Danish Presidency Press Trip for the past four days. I’m the first blogger ever to have been allowed to attend, and hopefully not the last. But the whole experience … Continue reading ...
Why Nick Archer’s blog doesn’t work
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I’m just back from the Presidency Press Trip in Copenhagen. It has resulted in numerous blog entries from me (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), a set on Flickr, and masses of activity on Twitter. The FT blog has a … Continue reading →...
Thorny questions for Denmark and EU Council
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Each EU Council presidency has to confront a number of difficult issues. Denmark is no exception. Here I am going to name but two thorny issues, both relating to the area of freedom, security and justice (AFSJ), or justice and home affairs (JHA). Sch...
EU Commission in Copenhagen
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The entire Commission has been in Denmark to meet with the Danish Government and discuss cooperation over the next six months. Yesterday, we were also invited to the official inauguration of the Presidency, which was celebrated with a concert in the...
Work to do for the EU. The plans of the Danish Presidency for the first half of 2012
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It’s the start of a new year, and with the beginning of 2012 we also enter into a new Presidency for the EU. For the next six months it is up to Denmark to set the course for European policies. Last Friday, 6 January, the Danish Presidency presente...
An awkward start to Denmark’s EU presidency
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A good chunk of the Brussels press corps has been in Copenhagen this week for the formal kick-off of Denmark’s turn at the EU’s 6-month rotating presidency. Days of back-to-back ministerial briefings and ceremonial events have focused intensively...
Denmark: EU Council presidency with opt-outs
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The previous Grahnlaw post mentioned three of the Danish EU opt-outs. Let us take a brief look at all of them. Danish opt-outs At least on paper, Denmark looks like Britain, having four opt-outs from European co-operation. These opt-outs concern defe...
A safe Europe a priority Denmark has opted out of
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The government of Denmark offers four wide headings as its priorities for the first six months of Council life in the European Union 2012: A responsible Europe (see Grahnblawg in Swedish and Eurooppaoikeus in Finnish)A dynamic Europe (see Grahnlaw in...
What do you think of Denmark’s ‘Sustainable’ Presidency?
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Later this week, Denmark’s Presidency of the Council of the EU will officially be launched. These ‘Presidencies‘ rotate between countries, and see a different EU member-state take over the running of the Council every 6 months.
Avedøre Power Station
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Part of the Danish Presidency Press Trip is a tour of Avedøre Power Station. It’s a remarkable place – both in terms of its efficiency as a CHP plant, and in terms of its design. A set of photos (CC … Continue reading →...
What is danish “rugbrød”?
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In Denmark there is an expression called “et stykke rugbrødsarbejde” – translated directly into english “a piece of rye breads work”. This might not make sense for many foreigners, but for danes this means a solid and s...
What a ski slope 'in the world's flattest country' says about EU funding
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Fresh from giving Denmark some credit for prudent use of taxpayers' cash, here's a less flattering story:Over at Open Europe we have issued periodic briefings on projects of dubious value which have wasted EU funds – in our 2008 report on ‘100 Ex...
Eurosphere roundup: Danish Presidency, state of Hungary,
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Danish Presidency Press Trip from Jon Worth by Jon Sometimes unexpected doors open thanks to blogging, and next week is one of those circumstances. I am spending four days (Monday-Thursday) in Copenhagen on theDanish Presidency Press Trip. Growth an...
How much does a Presidency cost?
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The only point of genuine contention in the first session of the Danish Presidency press trip with Europe Minister Nicolai Wammen was a debate about the cost of running a Presidency. What – a Polish journalist asked – is the … Continue read...
Growth and jobs: Denmark's EU Council presidency
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Prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt and the rest of the Danish government presented the presidency programme Friday: Europe at work: Programme of the Danish Presidency of the European Union 2012, 1 January to 30 June 2012 (61 pages) The programme...
Priorities of the Danish EU Presidency
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Denmark has recently presented the official programme of the Danish EU Presidency for the next 6 months. The programme, which has been unveiled to the Danish and international press along with the diplomatic corps in Copenhagen, notably presents 4...
Leading by example...
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Danish daily Politiken today informs us that the ongoing Danish Presidency of the EU - the Danes took over the rotating six-month EU chair on January 1 - will aim to be "one of the cheapest yet", with a budget of around €35 million.In comparison:Th...
Denmark wants to make strides on EU budget
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The incoming Danish EU Presidency will try to get "as far as possible" on the next EU budget for 2014-2020, knowing that a deal is unlikely to be struck until the end of its term, the country's ambassador in Brussels said on 23 November. The EU's
Merkel and Thorning-Schmidt on EU and euro
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The German chancellor Angela Merkel met the leaders of Denmark and the United Kingdom, the two EU member states with opt-outs from introducing the euro currency. First a look at the press conference with the new prime minister of Denmark. Helle Thorn...
Copenhagen for the day
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I have spent the day in Copenhagen, as part of preparations for the incoming Danish EU Presidency. The day began with me giving a public lecture at the University of Copenhagen. The theme was the Arab spring and the EU’s migration policy. It wa...
EU2020: Innovation Union evaluates RDI in Denmark
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Innovation Union (with key documents), which was launched a year ago, is one of the seven flagship initiatives of the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. The web pages are excellent. You can follow @innovationunion on Tw...
EU2020: Research and development quality in Denmark
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In the blog post EU2020: Denmark aims for high employment we saw that a high employment rate (75 per cent) is a headline target of the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, but new reform efforts are needed to put the Euro...
EU2020: Denmark aims for high employment
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In the blog post Denmark: Competitiveness challenges we found slow productivity growth as well as high and rising wage costs among the major hurdles for the future of the Danish economy. What does the National Reform Programme (NRP) tell us about gro...
Denmark: Competitiveness challenges
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After Productive and sustainable Denmark as seen by the World Economic Forum (WEF), we look at what Denmark has planned in order to become even more innovative and competitive, in line with the aims of Europe 2020 strategy (EU2020) for smart, sustain...
Productive and sustainable Denmark
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Three magic words: competitiveness, productivity, prosperity. Studying innovative and competitive independent countries, or states of the USA, much of the Europe 2020 growth strategy (EU2020) is about learning from the best. Before turning to the WEF...
EU2020 growth reforms Denmark: Policy outcomes
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How does the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth (EU2020) turn into reality in the EU member states? Indeed, after the failed Lisbon strategy we need to ask: Does it? At least, through common statistics, shared goals and...
Denmark – First Woman MP, ‘Green’ ministers
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With the left having won the elections in Denmark on September 15, the right wing, xenophobic era that started in 2001 with Pia Kjærsgaard’s nationalist Danish People’s Party supporting the conservative government, has come to an end.
4 reasons why the election in Denmark is good for Europe
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On Thursday Denmark held their parliamentary election, which removed Lars Løkke Rasmussen from the post as prime minister, and put Helle Thorning-Schmidt as Denmark’s first female prime minister. Here is 4 reasons why this is remarkable to the...
Honeyball’s Weekly Round-Up
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The daughter in law of Lord Kinnock has won the Danish general election and will become the country’s first female Prime Minister. The centre-left coalition has ended the far rights 10 year grip on Denmark’s government. Her victory was narrower &...
Social democrats win the elections in Denmark with Denmark’s first female premier- EU Research Topics at #UACES2011 and more from Europe…
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#UACES2011 in Cambridge: A look at some interesting EU research from Ideas on Europe by Ronny Patz I must say that I very much enjoyed the UACES conference in Cambridge last week, especially some of the finished and ongoing research I was able to wit...
Best answer to Danish populist leader comes from a Young Turk (!)
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Fatih Şen with Pia Kjaersgaard, the 64-year-old head of the Danish People’s Party (DPP)… Fatih Sen, a 23-year-old born in Denmark to Turkish parents, and a group of friends crowd in to see Kjaersgaard. Wearing an “I heart Pia”...
Danish social democrats meets support on Twitter in todays general election
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It’s election day in Denmark, and in front of the danish social democrats stands a former member of the European Parliament, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, which is very well connected in Europe. She is married to Stephen Kinnock, the son of the forme...
"Danish Social Democrats: Electoral Victory, Electoral Disaster" by Fredrik Jansson
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Everything indicates that Denmark will get a centre-left government after the elections on Thursday. The four parties that now belong to the opposition – Social Democrats, Socialist People’s Party,...
