8
Jul
2025
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Presentation of the programme of activities of the Danish Presidency (debate)
Madam President! Ministers! If Ursula von der Leyen were to want to appoint her dream prime minister, the choice could very well fall on you, Mette Frederiksen. A prime minister who says one thing to his constituents and does the exact opposite when Brussels calls. You called common EU debt a red line. Nevertheless, the Danish government voted in favour of EU loans of 750 billion euros, and now the support is there for even more debt. You said: "We need a smaller EU budget", but now the Danish president is working on the largest EU budget in history and a gigantic extra bill for the Danish taxpayers. And on top of all that, we are now supporting a huge eastward enlargement with express speed, without the necessary thought or reform. This will have consequences: wage dumping, welfare tourism and organised Eastern crime. It is neither responsible nor national, it is federal, and it is dangerous. But you have not only failed politically, you have also failed democratically. While we are dealing with Ursula von der Leyen's Pfizer-gate scandal these days, you found the recipe for avoiding responsibility. When your government illegally ordered mink killing during the coronavirus crisis, the Constitution was broken. But instead of a trial and an investigation, we got deleted text messages and a central government that shut down the whole case. That's impressive! You delete and release. Ursula, she refuses and is hanged. So yes, Mette Frederiksen, you are truly "European by heart". At least if it masks an uncritical support for a federal monster that the EU has evolved into with your help. And the Danish leadership is not leadership, but submission, which is why Ursula von der Leyen is a happy woman today, when Denmark takes over the EU Presidency.