The soup thickens

摘要

To the casual eye, Anders Fogh Ras-mussen, Denmark's prime minister, ought to be a shoo-in at the snap election he has called for November 13th. For six years he has led a stable minority coalition of his liberals with the conservatives, backed by the far-right Danish People's Party of Pia Kjaersgaard. The economy is in rude health after 15 quarters of growth, the lowest unemployment in 33 years and a budget surplus of over 3% of GDP.