From July 2024, you can take your driving test in a car with automatic transmission and get a driver’s license that is valid to drive both manual and automatic-geared cars. The only condition? Seven hours of driving in a manual transmission car with an instructor.
The government wants the tradition of morning singing in schools to be strengthened. Schools can apply for money from a pool of 10 million DKK. The money can be used for instruments or to upskill teachers.
The welfare political agreement from 2006 established that the retirement age increases in line with life expectancy. To cover the cost of an increasing older population, we have three choices: higher taxes, lower pensions, or raising the retirement age. Social Democrats (Socialdemokratiet) want to limit the retirement age increase and change the agreement from 2006. The limit? 70 years old (it’s 67 today).
Other proposals from political parties
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Socialists (SF) propose that parents should be allowed to stay with sick children at home for up to five days at once. Currently, it is just one day.
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Social Liberals (Moderaterne) are concerned with the low birth rate (1.5 children per woman) and propose finding solutions to raise the rate to 2.1 children per woman.
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Jakob Engel-Schmidt, the minister of culture, wants to reduce bureaucracy for associations. Part of the plan is to make it easier to obtain a bank account, permits for public events, and so on.
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Liberals (Venstre) propose to revive the “håndværkerfradrag” (tax deduction for house renovation), which was abolished in 2022.
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A public health reform plan will be presented in September. Part of the reform is a proposal to limit how many health specialists can be hired at one hospital depending on the burden of disease.
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Political parties have started to negotiate about automatic facial recognition.
