The government lost its domestic majority in Parliament after a parliamentary member of Venstre (Liberals) switched to DD (Populists Nationalists). This means that the government parties cannot pass legislation without support from the Greenlandic and Faroese members of Parliament. However, so far, all the legislation has been passed with opposition support.
The Ministry of Justice announced a trial scheme where “reverse anklets” are used to protect victims of violence. The scheme is inspired by Norway. The anklet alerts the police when the perpetrator gets too close to the victim’s residence, rather than when they leave their home.
We have fewer children in Denmark compared to previous years, and that has triggered a serious debate this week. Moderaterne (Social Liberals) and DF (Conservative Nationalists) call upon the population to have more children. DF even proposed a 180,000 DKK annual tax deduction if you have three children or more. Socialdemokratiet (Social Democrats) supports a fertility treatment guarantee for the involuntarily childless.
Another debate taking up space at the dinner tables in Denmark is about mandatory female conscription. As mentioned last week, Liberal Alliance (Libertarians) and DD (Populists Nationalists) want to block the proposal, arguing that almost no volunteer female conscripts stay in the army after military training. However, new figures from the Ministry of Defense show that 20% of female conscripts stay in the Army after training.
Among the quirky proposals of the week in Parliament, one from Inger Støjberg, leader of DD, stands out. She proposed that Danish citizenship should be conditioned by signing a declaration in which you recognize Israel’s right to exist.
