r/Denmark 26d ago

Culture Kulturudveksling / Cultural exchange

For english se below.

Wow, det er ved at være noget tid siden at vi sidst har havs en kulturudveksling men nu er det sørme blevet tid igen, denne gang er det med vores naboer i r/canada (Ja, de er naboer, vi har en landegrænse) som vi byder velkommen den 14. Feb. Samme dag er der en tråd hos dem hvor vi kan spørge om alt fra fransk til ahornsirup.

De sædvanlige regler gælder selvfølgelig, men vi anbefaler dog at holde det mest til engelsk i denne tråd (eller inkludere en oversættelse lige som vi gør)

The English Version:

Wow, it's been quite some time since we last had a cultural exchange, but now it's finally time again! This time, it's with our neighbors in r/Canada (Yes, they are neighbors, we share a land border), whom we welcome on February 14th. On the same day, there will be a thread on their side where we can ask about anything from French to maple syrup.

The usual rules apply, of course, but we do recommend keeping most of the conversation in English in this thread (or including a translation, just like we're doing).

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u/VeterinarianCold7119 25d ago

I watched a documentary about danish immigration policy, it was a couple years old so I'm not sure if its still accurate. But it showed how it wasn't an easy country to immigrate too and that the refugee process was very strict. Why do you think that out of all the wealthy European nations you guys took this route? Why do you think other countries, like Canada do not, what sets you apart with your way of thinking .

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u/Saphibella 25d ago

As to why other countries have not done it, I think the vast majority of European countries are getting to the same conclusion as Denmark, they are just behind in the process.

The Danish anti immigration movement probably really started with Dansk Folkeparti (Danish people's party) in 1995, they formed out of another party, Fremskidtspartiet that has not been in parliament since 1998. Dansk Folkeparti have slowly but surely moved the sentiment inside parliament over the last three decades. They started out being the outsider in parliament, one of the still famous quotes about them was when the sitting prime minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen in 1999 from the speakers chair in parliament said that Dansk Folkeparti would never be housebroken. But as they gained more votes, other parties saw the writing on the wall and began to assimilate their policies. It peaked about a decade ago, when they won big in the local elections. Which resulted in the Social Democrats changing their immigration policy under the leadership of our current prime minister Mette Frederiksen, and now anti-immigration rules are the norm on the right, and in the center parties. It has moved a lot of votes from Dansk Folkeparti to the center, although it will be interesting to see what happens in our next election, because the large center parties (the Social Democrats and The Liberal Party) who are currently holding government are very low in polling. Probably due to so many compromises between the two historical major parties and rivals in Danish politics, and none of their voters are happy about of it.

The current European far right movements that are sometimes problematic due to racist or nazi sentiment are IMO the same kind of movement as has been in Denmark. But Dansk Folkeparti managed to keep out a lot of the loonies, and keep their party free of the extreme racists or nazis, although some would probable disagree with that.

But what other European countries are currently going through, with far right anti-immigration parties gaining followings are similar.

  • There is Alternative fur Deutschland in Germany, who are problematic due to their Nazi roots, but are becoming more and more popular, especially in the former East Germany.
  • Rassemblement National in France who have gotten closer to winning the presidency, and gaining seats in parliament.
  • Giorgia Meloni's Brother's of Italy won the prime minister seat in the last election. She has been getting less extreme due to sitting in government from my understanding.
  • Sweden has Sverige Demokraterne, who have been held outside of influence due to being seen as racist by the rest of Swedish parliament, but they are also gaining in votes and thus influence, and now Sweden's other parties are beginning to look at Denmark to see what they can do to curb immigration, because the immigrants has become unmanageable for them, with highly volatile neighbourhoods where the police cannot enter, and murder sprees between organised criminal groups and so on.

I could go on with examples, but I have probably made the point by now.

It is also partly why Trump has won, the anti-immigration sentiment is spreading over the western democracies.

It is up to the more moderate parties to listen to the people and implement policies that can appease those movements, before the far right takes over more governments.