Shake up in Denmark as anti-immigration party gains power
Some countries in Europe ‘get-it’ and are trying to stop the invasion of their country, but I think it might be too little too late as thousands of migrants come ashore elsewhere in the EU.
New political force in Denmark, Kristian Thulesen Dahl of the Danish Peoples Party, does not want to be co-opted and may stay out of the government to wield power from outside.
From the Guardian:
Denmark woke up on Friday to a radically altered political landscape after the anti-immigrant Danish People’s party finished second in the country’s general election and demanded stricter border controls to stem the movement of migrants.
The DPP took more than 21% of the vote and 37 seats in the country’s 179-seat parliament. On a night of political contradictions, the centre-left Social Democrats, who increased their vote and were easily the biggest party, conceded defeat and Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Denmark’s first female prime minister, resigned as party leader.
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Despite becoming the new strongman of Danish politics, Kristian Thulesen Dahl, the DPP leader, held out the prospect that he would stay out of government, preferring to wield influence by propping up a minority coalition of the centre-right while maintaining his party’s independence, even at the expense of ministerial positions.
Dahl is wary that the party’s image may be damaged by power, as has happened in Norway where the anti-immigrant Progress party has suffered a sharp loss of popularity since joining a coalition with the Conservatives. In Finland, the rightwing populist Finns party entered a coalition government in April.
In a speech on Thursday night, Dahl listed four priorities for the DPP: cutting the number of asylum seekers; reintroducing border controls;reforming the EU, with Britain as a close ally, to prevent migrants claiming benefits; and raising welfare spending on sick and elderly people.
For our complete archive on the ‘Invasion of Europe’ click here. And, for our previous posts on Denmark, go here.
What about America? Anyone with guts here?
I’m watching Donald Trump, the only US Presidential candidate willing to make the case about the problem of mass immigration. Here he is on twitter this week:
Donald J. Trump
Druggies, drug dealers, rapists and killers are coming across the southern border. When will the U.S. get smart and stop this travesty?
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