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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8885

10 February 2005
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/denmark
Coalition in power wins elections, but big winner is Radical Party - Change of leader for Social Democrat Party

Brussels, 09/02/2005 (Agence Europe) - The governmental coalition in power in Denmark has slightly increased its share of seats from 94 to 95 in the elections of 8 February, obtaining 52.6% of the vote compared to 52.3% in 2001. The Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen's Liberal Party, however, lost seats and votes (52 seats in place of 56, and 29.1% of the vote compared to 31.2%), and the coalition was able to maintain its majority thanks to the gains made by the Conservative Party (from 16...

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