EU election 2014: Danish eurosceptic and anti-immigrant People’s Party wins
Source: telegraph.co.uk
The eurosceptic wave that swept across the continent engulfed Denmark on Sunday night, as the anti-immigrant Danish People’s Party topped the polls at the European election.The DPP, which had campaigned to reclaim border controls and curb benefits to other EU citizens living in Denmark, won 26.7 per cent of the vote – and doubled its number of MEPs from two to four.
The result means that Ukip, France’s Front National, and the DPP are the three biggest eurosceptic parties in the European Parliament.
But the DPP - like Ukip - has repeatedly distanced itself from Marine Le Pen’s FN – and on Sunday night announced that they were seeking an alliance with David Cameron’s party.
"We want as much influence as possible in order to pull Europe in another direction, namely in the British direction," said Morten Messerschmidt, the leading DPP candidate. He said Mr Cameron and Mark Rutte, the Dutch prime minister, were potential partners.
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