Editorial Excerpt | Dong in good hands

The state will retain its majority ownership of DONG, but in the long term, its majority can be reduced [from the current 60 percent] even further.

All it needs is a big enough majority to prevent a foreign company, such as Russia’s Gazprom, from securing a decisive number of shares.

For Denmark, making sure this doesn’t happen is a security issue. 

Berlingske

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