denmark\s new pm scraps border control plan unveils cabinet
Last Updated : GMT 06:49:16
Arab Today, arab today
Arab Today, arab today
Last Updated : GMT 06:49:16
Arab Today, arab today

Denmark's new PM scraps border control plan, unveils cabinet

Arab Today, arab today

Arab Today, arab today Denmark's new PM scraps border control plan, unveils cabinet

London - AFP

Denmark's first woman prime minister on Monday announced on her first day in office that she would drop a controversial bid by her predecessor to place permanent customs controls at Danish borders. "The former government's decision on borders is to be stopped," said Helle Thorning-Schmidt, who with her three-party centre-left coalition has ended a decade of conservative rule in Denmark. The decision last May by the previous centre-right government, under pressure from its far-right anti-immigration parliamentary ally the Danish People's Party (DPP), has been met with harsh criticism from the European Commission and Germany, cautioning the move could violate the open-border Schengen Agreement. The plan was to have been introduced in three phases, adding 98 extra customs officers to the Danish border control regime by January 1, 2012, with 50 officers already deployed. A final phase to construct permanent control facilities was slated to be in place in early 2014. "In cooperation with our neighbours, Denmark will carry out an effective customs control based on a mobile, flexible and intelligence-based effort in keeping with the common rules in effect in the EU," the new government's programme said. German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, an outspoken critic of the former Danish customs control plan, was quick to hail Thorning-Schmidt's announcement Monday. "This is a decision in favour of liberty for European citizens," he said in a statement. The 44-year-old new Danish premier, daughter-in-law of former British Labour party leader Neil Kinnock, also Monday introduced the nine other women and 13 men who make up her cabinet to Queen Margrethe, before unveiling her programme. Thorning-Schmidt said her government was committed to its EU neighbours and would be calling a referendum during the current electoral term to do away with Denmark's opt-outs to EU defence and legal cooperation. She did not however say whether a referendum would be held on whether Denmark should join the eurozone. The government programme also vowed to kick-start Denmark's struggling economy, calling for a 10-billion-kroner (1.3-billion-euro, $1.8-billion) stimulus package and increased duties on tobacco and "unhealthy foods." When it comes to putting the programme into action, Thorning-Schmidt insisted earlier Monday she had put together "a very strong team." Among the ministers is the country's first-ever minister of immigrant origin: Indian-born Social Liberal Manu Sareen, 44, who has been given the Ecclesiastical and Equality Ministry. Thorning-Schmidt's cabinet includes five more ministries than that of her predecessor Lars Loekke Rasmussen, which heavily relied on the support of DPP. A notable change was the closure of the integration ministry, in the clearest indication yet that the right-wing DPP's decade-long grip on immigration policy has come to an end. The foreign ministry was given to Thorning-Schmidt's main partner through the campaign, Socialist People's Party leader Villy Soevndal, and the economy and interior ministry went to the head of the Social Liberal Party Margrethe Vestager. The key finance, justice and defence ministries meanwhile all went to Social Democrats, Bjarne Corydon, Morten Boedskov and Nick Haekkerup respectively. Thorning-Schmidt also appointed the youngest ever minister in Denmark's history: Thor Moeger Pedersen, 26, of the Socialist People's Party, who will be taxation minister. Thorning-Schmidt will give the prime minister?s speech at the opening of parliament on Tuesday.

arabstoday
arabstoday

Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

denmark\s new pm scraps border control plan unveils cabinet denmark\s new pm scraps border control plan unveils cabinet

 



Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

denmark\s new pm scraps border control plan unveils cabinet denmark\s new pm scraps border control plan unveils cabinet

 



GMT 13:24 2017 Sunday ,10 December

Nasser bin Hamad congratulated by governor

GMT 03:27 2017 Tuesday ,03 January

Istanbul Club Had 600 Partygoers During Attack

GMT 04:28 2017 Monday ,15 May

STC denies systems affected by virus

GMT 12:32 2017 Monday ,02 January

Packers, Lions reach NFL playoffs

GMT 10:58 2016 Sunday ,25 December

7 injured in Jebel Jais car crash

GMT 12:24 2013 Monday ,20 May

Moroccan ministry plots auto industry revival

GMT 22:15 2018 Saturday ,20 January

Bakri receives Chairman of Al-Haqeeqa Al-Fedrali Party

GMT 05:53 2014 Thursday ,05 June

Eclectic apartment design

GMT 04:04 2018 Wednesday ,03 January

Big seeds tumble out of Qatar Open

GMT 01:44 2018 Tuesday ,02 January

Kim says North Korea could participate

GMT 15:35 2016 Saturday ,10 September

IOF Target Gaza Fishermen, Farmers

GMT 04:10 2017 Tuesday ,12 December

Trial opens of Istanbul New Year massacre gunman

GMT 12:26 2017 Monday ,11 December

German prosecutors probe BMW diesel

GMT 13:55 2016 Saturday ,13 August

Civil Defence control warehouses fire

GMT 03:10 2016 Wednesday ,28 December

Tunisia dismantles suicide-related cell

GMT 05:17 2017 Wednesday ,23 August

Thousands flee IS-held Tal Afar: UN
Arab Today, arab today
 
 Arab Today Facebook,arab today facebook  Arab Today Twitter,arab today twitter Arab Today Rss,arab today rss  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday
بناية النخيل - رأس النبع _ خلف السفارة الفرنسية _بيروت - لبنان
arabstoday, Arabstoday, Arabstoday