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Kathrine Lilleør: This week showed Venstre faces a defining choice, and the way forward should be clear

From Berlingske · () Danish

Translated from Danish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

Opinion Named sources Context piece
  • Opinion writer Kathrine Lilleør argues that opposition to nitrogen regulation is dividing Denmark’s Venstre party internally.
  • She says classical liberal thinking could instead unite and inspire the party.
  • Lilleør cites Bertel Haarder’s description of a shift from liberation liberalism toward classical liberalism.

After this week, even the angriest farmer should understand that opposition to nitrogen regulation is splitting Venstre from within, Kathrine Lilleør argues. Classical liberal renewal, she says, could unite and inspire the party.

Lilleør has little sympathy for Søren Gade and other Venstre politicians who have opposed the party line. She asks why the party is waiting when the direction forward should be obvious.

The article points to Bertel Haarder’s question at the end of his foreword to Alex Vanopslagh’s book, “The Invisible Spirit”: “So, what are we waiting for?” Haarder writes that he, Venstre and Vanopslagh, together with Liberal Alliance, have moved from “liberation liberals” to “classical liberals.”

The piece is an opinion article and presents Lilleør’s argument about the party’s internal conflict and ideological direction.

So, what are we waiting for?

· Bertel HaarderThe question appears at the end of Haarder’s foreword to Alex Vanopslagh’s book and frames Lilleør’s argument for change in Venstre.
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Originally published by Berlingske in Danish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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