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Venstre Fertilizer Revolt

Denmark 🇩🇰 Elections & Politics

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Four of Venstre’s 18 lawmakers plan to vote against the Danish government’s nitrogen and fertilizer bill, while a fifth remains undecided. Folketing President Søren Gade joins the rebellion, widening an internal rift over the party line.

🇩🇰 Denmark/Danish

4,500 angry farmers took aim at the minister. But Venstre ended up in the line of fire

About 4,500 people, most of them farmers, gathered at a vast conference centre in Odense to let their anger echo through the building. The crowd was large enough to fill a venue that could have hosted a handball finals tournament. The government had been the target of the gathering’s anger. Yet the political fallout appeared to land heavily on Venstre, the Danish party associated with the farming …