Venstre Fertilizer Revolt
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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.
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 …
Four Venstre lawmakers will defy the party line, while a fifth remains undecided: “Quite a lot of hair in the soup”
Four of Venstre’s 18 members of parliament have said they will break with the party line and vote against the government’s proposal on the nitrogen law, also known as the fertiliser law. A fifth Venst…
Søren Gade to Defy Venstre Line in Fertilizer Law Vote
Søren Gade plans to take his place in Denmark’s Folketing chamber to vote against his party’s position on the fertilizer law, despite serving as parliament’s president. Gade told Ritzau that he would …
Two more Danish Venstre lawmakers defy party line on fertilizer bill
Four members of Denmark’s Venstre parliamentary group are set to defy the party line in a vote on the fertilizer bill, widening an internal disagreement before Thursday’s vote in Parliament. Preben Ba…