Casualties
For the odd non-Danish reader: The 2009 European Parliament election has its first Danish casualty as the June Movement will be calling it a day after failing to get an MEP elected.
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Category: Politics | Tags: Denmark, Europe 2009 2 comments »
June 8th, 2009 at 15:01
And the same will probably happen to the younger Swedish equivalent ‘Junilistan’, although the top candidate (Sören Wibe) along with the the party leader (Nils Lundgren) has not yet thrown in the sponge: link
June 8th, 2009 at 18:57
Not unlikely. Drude Dahlerup is blaming Jens-Peter Bonde for not (re)entering a formal cooperation with the People’s Movement.
http://www.berlingske.dk/article/20090608/epvalg/90608132/