The Great Nordic Thread

[Libertas Vel Mors]

Denmark telling some migrants to work 37 hours per week for benefits.

Some migrants in Denmark will now be required to work 37 hours a week in order to receive welfare benefits.

It will be a requirement for those who have been on benefits for three to four years, and who have not reached a certain level of proficiency in Danish.

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said the rules were directly aimed at women from "non-Western backgrounds" living on benefits.

Denmark has repeatedly tightened its immigration policies in recent years.

It now has some of the toughest rules in Europe, and has set a target of zero asylum applications.

The government said the new plan was designed to help migrants assimilate into Danish society, but some have said the rules are misguided and unfair.

Seems completely reasonable.

[Libertas Vel Mors]

Former Finnish Minister of the Interior Pavi Rasanen is on trial for statements in a 2004 article that called homosexuality a developmental disorder, a radio interview, and a 2019 tweet which included a photograph of an extract of the bible.

The Finnish Lutheran Church (in which Räsänen is a member) has been extremely weak on this issue, failing to defend her. The Archbishop even declared, in response, that "freedom of religion is not without limits" and that one must make only "responsible interpretations" of the Bible.

Terrible. Especially since these beliefs were quite common in 2004. Retroactive criminalization of speech?