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How did Denmark become a model for hardline immigration reform?
The social democrat Mette Frederiksen won Denmark’s 2019 elections on a platform of radical reforms to reach climate targets, lowering the pension age for manual workers — and stricter migration policies. Denmark has some of the strictest asylum legislation in Europe. The country grants only temporary asylum to refugees, regardless of their need for protection. It has tightened laws on family reunion, and introduced policies focused on prioritizing deportation, rather than integration.
Will Denmark's hardline migration policy influence rest of EU?
Analysis: Tough asylum legislation was in place before Mette Frederiksen came to power, but has become even more draconian under her administration By Mette Wiggen, University of Leeds The social democrat Mette Frederiksen won Denmark's 2019 elections on a platform of radical reforms to reach climate targets, lowering the pension age for manual workers – and stricter migration policies.
Denmark’s prime minister has led the country’s hardline migration policy - now she is trying to influence the rest of Europe
By Mette Wiggen, Lecturer, School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds The social democrat Mette Frederiksen won Denmark’s 2019 elections on a platform of radical reforms to reach climate targets, lowering the pension age for manual workers – and stricter migration policies. Denmark has some of the strictest asylum legislation in Europe. The country grants only temporary asylum to refugees, regardless of their need for protection.
Denmark’s prime minister has led the country’s hardline migration policy - now she is trying to influence the rest of Europe Original
The social democrat Mette Frederiksen won Denmark’s 2019 elections on a platform of radical reforms to reach climate targets, lowering the pension age for manual workers – and stricter migration policies. Denmark has some of the strictest asylum legislation in Europe. The country grants only temporary asylum to refugees, regardless of their need for protection. It has tightened laws on family reunion, and introduced policies focused on prioritising deportation, rather than integration.
Denmark’s prime minister has led the country’s hardline migration policy – now she is trying to influence the rest of Europe | Flipboard
13 hours ago Denmark is known for its happy citizens, cozy living and companies such as brewer Carlsberg AS and Ozempic maker Novo Nordisk A/S. But that’s not why establishment politicians from Germany, Austria and now the UK are turning up, eager to learn from the “Danish model.” What they want to know is how …
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In Norway, the Far Left Has Robbed the Radical Right of Its Voters
Parliament, Oslo, Norway, 08/23/2018 © Nataliia Sokolovska / Shutterstock For the time being, populist red-green forces seem to have robbed the radical right of its language as well as its voters. On March 1, Norway’s far-left Red (Rødt) party polled at 7.6% — its highest ever result. If an election was called today, this could translate to 14 members in the 169-seat parliament, Stortinget, where the party currently has just one, Bjørnar Moxnes.
Norway Has Failed to Combat a Climate of Hate
Norway’s politicians have not dealt with, or intervened, to undermine the racist ideology that made Anders Behring Breivik’s 2011 attacks possible. In July, Norway remembered the victims of the Utøya and Oslo attacks of 2011. A temporary memorial was unveiled with the names of those killed. The attacks have had an enormous impact on a country with only 5 million inhabitants. On July 22, 2011, 77 people lost their lives at the hands of a Norwegian right-wing extremist, Anders Behring Breivik.
Scandinavia: the radical right meets the mainstream
A legitimisation of radical right-wing ideology is taking place around the world. The world was shocked by the events in Charlottesville, America, and by Donald Trump’s failure to condemn racist violence. But it may be even more surprising to some to learn that the radical right has achieved a mainstream foothold in Scandinavia and that right-wing parties and groups have been accepted as legitimate and part of the mainstream.
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