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Former Dansk Folkeparti leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl predicts that Morten Messerschmidt’s ultimative demands could cost the blue bloc its shot at power. Danmarksdemokraterne and Liberal Alliance are urging Messerschmidt to back down, but he refuses.

Blue-bloc party leaders turn up the pressure on Messerschmidt: »I hope Morten will also look at the possibilities here«

Dansk Folkeparti is bringing two hard-line demands to the government talks. One is that neither Moderaterne nor Socialdemokratiet may take part in a center-right government. Foto: Martin Sylvest/Ritzau Scanpix
Dansk Folkeparti is bringing two hard-line demands to the government talks. One is that neither Moderaterne nor Socialdemokratiet may take part in a center-right government. Foto: Martin Sylvest/Ritzau Scanpix
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The parties on the right are putting pressure on Dansk Folkeparti (DF) to climb down from the rigidly worded, take-it-or-leave-it demands the party has handed to the royal investigator, Troels Lund Poulsen of Venstre (V).

At the same time, Kristian Thulesen Dahl, Morten Messerschmidt’s predecessor as leader of Dansk Folkeparti, believes Messerschmidt’s hard-line, ultimatum approach could make it impossible for Troels Lund to seize the unexpected chance to form a center-right government.

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