On the 5th of October, the Danish Parliament restarted work after a long summer vacation. As customary, prime minister Mette Frederiksen opened the Parliament with a “state of the country” kind of speech.
Her speech was focused on climate, environment and green transition. Main remarks:
- “Imagine a future where the air in Denmark is completely clean”
- “Electric cars that are affordable.”
- “Eating more green, locally-sourced products. “Measures – phase out gas and oil production; recycle more waste; reorganize road transport; make agriculture more sustainable and introduce a CO2 tax”.
- “Denmark doesn’t have raw materials, we make a living from being skilled and innovative”
- “We need to adapt our education system to the new era with robots and AI. To be prepared for the digital and green revolution.”
- “Families with ordinary income should afford to live in the cities. We will build 20,000 houses within the big cities in the next few years that will have a capped rent at max. 8,000 dkk/monthly.”
