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He saw it coming from the morning on, and after a secret vote, Preben Bang Henriksen was expelled from Venstre. He would not promise loyalty, party leader Troels Lund Poulsen said.

The mood was heavy when another Venstre veteran led the room in applauding excluded party member

After 15 years in Parliament for Venstre, Preben Bang Henriksen attended his last caucus meeting with the party on Tuesday. At the meeting, he was expelled. Foto: Jens Dresling
After 15 years in Parliament for Venstre, Preben Bang Henriksen attended his last caucus meeting with the party on Tuesday. At the meeting, he was expelled. Foto: Jens Dresling

She was right, Louise Louring, Venstre’s member of Parliament, when she told reporters on her way into the caucus meeting Tuesday afternoon that it would be a »watershed caucus meeting.«

The crush of reporters was such that security at Christiansborg had to fetch extra barrier tape for the hallway outside the caucus meeting room.

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