Politiken: Danish Social democrats save Bendtsen
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10 March 2005 -- According to an article in the Danish newspaper Politiken, the Danish Social Democrats will not punish his disobedience against the Parliament at Monday's EU Council meeting any further. His behaviour was criticized by socialists, social liberals and the Danish Peoples Party, opening the possibility of a no confidence vote had the social democrats backed it.
Selected translated quote:
- "A majority outside of government had obliged Bendtsen to block a
- no-debate vote on the directive at the EU Council of Ministers meeting but this didn't happen. According to the Social Democrats the minister did fight monday to have the directive postponed in the EU Council of Ministers but lacked backup from other countries. This is stated by Social Democrat EU spokesman Jeppe Kofod after a hearing with the minister thursday morning in the Parliamentary EU Committee."