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« Reply #1050 on: May 17, 2018, 12:47:01 PM »


So basically not two Ellemans in same government. Is this closest thing to political dynasty in Denmark these days.

Yeah, the Ellemanns are probably those with the most influence right now. Jens Peter Jensen became an MP for the Liberals in 1964, and ended up being elected for more than 20 years. His son Uffe Ellemann-Jensen became an MP in 1977, Liberal leader from 1984-1998 and Foreign Minister from 1982-1993. He is still quite active in the public debate on foreign policy as a strong advocate of internationalism. His daughter Karen Ellemann became an MP in 2007, has already held four different Minister posts, and is now Liberal Group Leader. Jakob Ellemann-Jensen became an MP in 2011, and after a succesful stint as Political Spokesperson for the Liberals, he just became Minister of Environment and Food.

The biggest contender is probably the Auken family. Svend Auken became an MP in 1971 and stayed until 2009. He lead the Social Democrats from 1987-1992. He was Minister of Labour 1977-1982, and Minister for Environment and Energy 1994-2001. His sister Margrethe Auken became an MP for SPP in 1979, sat until 1990, and again from 1994-2004. She has been a MEP since 2004 and is running again in 2019. Her daughter Ida Auken became an MP for SPP in 2007, became Minister of the Environment in 2011-2014. She moved to the Social Liberals in 2014, whom she now represents as a MP.

Hækkerup is probably the most significant historic dynasty. Lars Andersen Hækkerup became an MP in the first parliament in 1849 for the loose association of Farmers' Friends. His nephew Hans Kristen Hækkerup was a MP for the Social Democrats 1920-1929. His son Hans Hækkerup was a Social Democrat MP from 1945-1971 and Minister of Justice on/off in around ten years. His brother Per Hækkerup was a Social Democrat MP from 1950 to his death in 1979. He also had several important stints as Foreign Minister and Minister of Economic Affairs. His wife Grete Hækkerup was a Social Democrat MP from 1964-1966 and 1970-1981. Two of their children also joined politics. Klaus Hækkerup was Social Democrat mayor of Fredensborg from 1978-1988 before becoming a MP from 1988-2011, while Hans Hækkerup was a Social Democrat MP from 1979-1981 and 1984-2001 and Minister of Defence from 1994-2000. Hans' wife Lise Hækkerup was a Social Democrat MP 1990-1994 and 1998-2001. Klaus' had two children who joined politics as well. Nick Hækkerup was Social Democrat Mayor in Hillerød from 2000-2007, and a MP since 2007. He has been Minister of Defence, Minister of Europe and Trade as well as Minister of Health. Ole Hækkerup was a Social Democrat MP 1998-2001 and 2007-2015. His wife Karen Hækkerup was a Social Democrat MP from 2004-2014, and has been Minister of Integration, Minister of Food and Minister of Justice. In 2014, she left politics to chair the powerful Liberal-leaning association the Agriculture and Food Council, which represents the farming and food industry. So the circle has finally ended Smiley

Lastly, the Helveg Petersens has been influential as well. Kristen Helveg Petersen was a Social Liberal MP from 1964-1975, and had the roles as Minister of Education and Minister of Culture. His son Niels Helveg Petersen was a Social Liberal MP with short interruptions from 1960-2011. He was Social Liberal leader from 1978-1990, and influential posts as Minister of Economy and Minister of Foreign Affairs. His son Morten Helveg Petersen was a Social Liberal MP from 1997-2009, and has been a MEP since 2014. His little brother Rasmus Helveg Petersen became a Social Liberal MP in 2011, Minister of Climate and Energy in 2014, but lost his seat in 2015. He is running again in the next general election.
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« Reply #1051 on: May 30, 2018, 11:56:41 AM »

Two MEPs return to national politics



The two MEPs Jens Rohde (Social Liberals) and Morten Messerschmidt (DPP) have both announced that they are running at the next general election. The above picture is from when they co-hosted the radio show Europe in Flames, where Danish MEPs interchange in hosting the show for a few months at a time. Both of them have been MEPs since 2009.

Rohde, who was MP 1998-2006, was elected as a Liberal, but was increasingly at odds with the party line. He was front runner in 2009, where he won 171 205 personal votes, but was dumped as lead candidate in 2014 for being too federalist, although he was still elected with 48 882 personal votes. He has been increasingly critical of the Liberals' tough attitude on immigration and their tepid EU-support. Additionally, he is a tough personal opponent of Lars Løkke and was one of the lead rebels in the 2014 leadership crisis. In late 2015, he joined the Social Liberals. He will run in Western Jutland, where the party won one seat in 2015 for Andreas Steenberg. Rohde is probably favourite to win that seat due to his national profile (two seats are unlikely), but this will be Rohde's first election as a Social Liberal, so it's hard to gauge how many of his previous personal votes he can keep. He used to be a quite popular councillor in Viborg, one of the biggest towns in the constituency, but he did not run in 2017 (and his campaigning was not enough to get any Social Liberal councillors elected in Viborg despite the Rohde-name (his wife) being on top of the list).

Messerschmidt, who was MP 2005-2009, is the most well-known Eurosceptic, and probably among the 5 most well-known politicians in Denmark. He won 284 500 personal votes as lead candidate in 2009, and a massive 465 758 personal votes in 2014. In 2015-16, he became embroiled in a large case about misuse of EU funds. He had spend 3 million DKK from his European party illegally for DPP's general election campaign. The party has paid back the funds, but OLAF is still looking into whether he should be personally charged. Furthermore, his arrogance has meant that two female MEPs has left the DPP during his term as leader, both citing his leadership, which he responded to by calling them "twisted girls". Messerschmidt started out as an atheist and quite right-wing on economics, but has since "fallen into line" in the DPP as a Christian which favours ever-increasing welfare spending. He will run in Northern Zealand, where the party probably also hopes he can clip the wings of the New Right's Mette Thiesen. The EU funds scandal has hurt him, but he will likely do very well anyhow and play a significant part in the DPP campaign. He still has a significant public profile, e.g. he often participates in the most popular satirical radio show etc.
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« Reply #1052 on: May 30, 2018, 12:22:52 PM »

Agreement on Ghetto Plan. Red Bloc hold on to (narrowish) polling lead

All the bills in the government's Ghetto Plan have now been agreed upon. Some of the measures: 1-year olds in ghetto areas must go to a nursery for at least 25 hours a week. If children in ghetto areas do not pass a Danish test at the end of their first year of school, their advancement to the next grade will be postponed by a year. Parents will lose their child benefit for three months if their child is absent without reason for 15% or more of its classes. The share of children from ghetto areas in the yearly intake must not be higher than 30% for any nursery/kindergarten. Ghetto areas must make plans for how to reduce the share of council flats to 40% in 2030, to which they will then get financial support. Persons, who have been unemployed within the last six months, should not be offered housing in ghetto areas. Convicted criminals can be refused a council flat in these areas. Community boards shall communicate in Danish and follow democratic guidelines.

Most of these deals were made with DPP and the Social Democrats, but the Social Liberals and SPP voted for some of the less controversial ones.

Today, the final debate of this parliamentary year takes place. A poll today by Norstat for Altinget and Jyllands-Posten showed that 28% prefers Mette Frederiksen as PM, 22% favours Lars Løkke Rasmussen, while 32% prefer someone else. 18% are undecided.

The current polling average by Ritzau:

Social Democrats 26.5%
Red-Green Alliance 9.6%
SPP 5.5%
Social Liberals 5.4%
Alternative 3.8%
Red Bloc combined 50.8%

Liberals 19.5%
DPP 17.6%
Liberal Alliance 4.9%
Conservatives 4.4%
New Right 1.6%
Christian Democrats 0.9%
Blue Bloc combined 48.9%

With the New Right below the threshold, the Red Bloc has a quite clear 91-84 lead in terms of seats. Four of five major pollsters have the New Right between 2.0-3.3%, while the most recent poll from Voxmeter has them at 1.0%.
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« Reply #1053 on: June 01, 2018, 10:35:07 AM »

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44319921

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« Reply #1054 on: June 01, 2018, 11:54:15 AM »


In favour: DPP, Liberals, Conservatives, Social Democrats (-1), LA ministers + 1 LA MP (Henrik Dahl, by far the most right-wing on cultural issues in the party).

Against: Red-Green Alliance, Alternative, Social Liberals, SPP, remaining LA MPs, Mette Gjerskov (Social Democrat rebel)
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« Reply #1055 on: June 04, 2018, 02:40:12 PM »

Mette Frederiksen promises: "No Social Liberals in government"



Today, Social Democrat leader Mette Frederiksen announced that if she were to win the next general election, she would form a Social Democrat-only minority government. It is hardly surprising considering the increasing distance between the Social Democrats and the Social Liberals, particularly on immigration. However, is still a significant historic shift compared with the last 25 years, where the Social Democrats and the Social Liberals have always governed together. During these years, the Social Liberals have no longer been the centrist party, that could support both centre-left and centre-right governments. The party has become increasingly entrenched in Red Bloc, not least due to the tougher immigration policies espoused by the centre-right parties. Could this Social Democrat rejection open up things again? I still doubt it. Most of their voters are left-leaning (more than the party on economy), so I think most would still much prefer supporting a centre-left government with common goals on enviroment, climate and education, rather than supporting a centre-right government with some shared economic policies. Even if Kristian Jensen, whom they love to praise, becomes Liberal leader, it seems unlikely that the distance between Liberals and Social Liberals on immigration will grow smaller.
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« Reply #1056 on: June 06, 2018, 10:44:20 AM »

Good to see the a major centre-left party take this stance
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« Reply #1057 on: June 18, 2018, 12:53:53 AM »

So the Social Democrats are the ones becoming more hawkish on migrant restrictions?

Also, with the Social Liberals out, does this endanger the possibility of a center-left government?
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« Reply #1058 on: June 18, 2018, 11:59:07 AM »

So the Social Democrats are the ones becoming more hawkish on migrant restrictions?

Also, with the Social Liberals out, does this endanger the possibility of a center-left government?

Yes, see the paper on the previous page, which describes their proposal for a new asylum system. However, they remain committed to the international conventions, so they are now around as hawkish as the current government, and still quite a bit away from DPP and New Right.

I don't think it endangers the possibility of a centre-left government. It probably makes it easier for Social Democrats to keep/win potential Liberal/DPP voters. I don't think the Social Liberals will stay away from supporting a Frederiksen minority government, but they will be annoying and aggressive. So far, Morten Østergaard, Social Liberal leader, says that he will only support a government "independent of DPP", which seems very open to interpretation. In the strict way meaning "DPP shouldn't have any influence", no such government would ever come about and it would mean Social Liberals couldn't support any government. In the more lax way it simply means " a government where DPP does not have the decisive seats deciding the PM", which will be no problem. DPP is very coherent in saying it supports the centre-right government with Løkke as PM, also after an election. Although they want Liberal Alliance tossed out of the government, and the possibility to enter themselves. So that should not make the Social Liberals have any problems with supporting a Frederiksen government.
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« Reply #1059 on: June 20, 2018, 12:31:29 PM »

Experienced Conservative Minister of Business resigns



Brian Mikkelsen, the Conservative Minister of Business, today announced that he is leaving politics. He will instead become CEO of the Danish Chamber of Commerce, which represents most large Trade, IT, Industry and Service businesses. Mikkelsen has been a MP since 1994, and has been in charge of several different ministries since 2001. His longest tenure was as Minister of Culture from 2001-2008, then Minister of Justice 2008-2010, before becoming Minister of Economy and Business 2010-2011. Since the Conservative entry into government in 2016, he has been Minister of Business. He has been a central player in the Conservative party for decades, and was often kingmaker when a new Conservative leader was to be picked. He never seemed to really go for the topjob himself. He is mostly known for his passion for sports, as well as being the richest minister (although a significant part of that is due to his wife Eliane Grethe Wexøe-Mikkelsen, who is board chairman and owns a significant part of the family business, the engineering firm Knud Wexøe.

His replacement will be announced tomorrow. The Conservatives do not exactly have a broad bench of possible replacements with only 6 MPs. 2 of the MPs are already ministers (Pape and Mercado), Mikkelsen's replacement MP (Birgitte Jerkel) has little experience and won't get it. Rising star, political spokesperson Mette Abildgaard is pregnant and has announced she does not want to be a minister now. Naser Khader is a loose cannon, and mostly seems interested in immigration policy. 41-year old Rasmus Jarlov is perhaps the best shot among the MPs; he is also somewhat of a loose cannon, and loves nothing more than to provoke the leftist Twitter crowds. He has already been in politics since 2009, and is fairly well-known. He is an option, I would think. Mercado could also be promoted to the post, with Jarlov or someone else replacing her as Minister of Children and Social Affairs. If Jarlov does not become Minister, Pape will likely try to get someone from outside as a minister. Either a business (wo)man or one of their 8 mayors would be likely choices. It will be announced tomorrow. Not a good look for the government that more ministers voluntarily leave the government, but the right fresh face could be slightly helpful.
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« Reply #1060 on: June 20, 2018, 12:50:00 PM »

First of all I want to congratulate the Conservatives. Next it's pretty impressive that less than two month after the Lars løkke Rasmussen last changed the government another minister leave the government.

Brian Mikkelsen are clearly leaving the sinking ship, because he see little chance for continue as minister after the election and have little wish to to spend the next few years as a common MP.

While he's well known as a good negotiator, he's also the man who have behind many of the internal conflict in the Conservative party. He's a loss as a negotiator, especially as the Conservative lack experienced negotiators, but as a internal troublemaker getting rid of him is a plus. I also suspect that the Conservative will find a new minister outside parliament, which may create some trouble with Naser khader.
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« Reply #1061 on: June 21, 2018, 06:29:27 AM »

Rasmus Jarlov becomes Minister of Business



The 41-year old Conservative MP Rasmus Jarlov today replaced Brian Mikkelsen as Minister of Business. Jarlov graduated from his Economy and Finance studies at Copenhagen Business School in 2003, and then joined Novo Nordisk, where he worked until becoming a MP in 2010. He ran for local elections in Copenhagen in 2009, and managed an impressive number of personal votes(2.112) for a relative newcomer and was elected a councillor. He lost his MP seat at the 2011 election, where the Conservatives were more than halved. He then started a company that carries out sightseeing tours in Copenhagen, which he still owns. In 2013, he had risen to lead candidate for the Conservatives in the Copenhagen local elections, and managed a great result again (5.685 personal votes). In the 2015 election, he became a MP again as one of only 6 Conservative MPs.

He is quite well-known figure due to being a great communicator, who knows how to state his views in a way that makes his opponents amplify them. He is a hardliner on immigration, who will quite certainly push for harder immigration policies inside the government. He has been quite outspoken and aggressive as a MP, not afraid to speak up against the government which his own party was a part of. A few days ago, he criticized Liberal Alliance Minister of Culture, Mette Bock, for going to the World Cup in Russia.
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« Reply #1062 on: June 27, 2018, 12:00:00 PM »

Alternative leader now want to stay in place for entire next term. And claims he wants to be Prime Minister

In the tough day-to-day fight for oxygen among the non-socialdemocrat left, the Alternative has managed to claim a day or two of attention with the bizarre announcement that leader Uffe Elbæk wants to be Prime Minister after the next election. For a party in a downwards spiral with less than 4% support in the polling average, this will seem desperate and dumb to most people. However, for the far-left crowd on immigration, there might be some resonance with the criticism of the Social Democrats' new immigration policies that is implied with this move. In practice, it will of course not matter at all. At best, the parties will have to visit the Queen twice after the next election, at which point the Alternative will of course prefer Frederiksen instead of Løkke. The hardest criticism of the move comes from the other non-socialdemocrat left wing parties, who claim the Alternative move will lead to Løkke as PM despite a Red Bloc win. This is ofc not the case, but I see why some voters could believe this.

While the 'I want to be PM' announcement will mean little (except further focus on the Red Bloc divides), it did have a logical consequence that might mean something. Previously, Elbæk insisted that he would resign as leader during the next term, but now says he will lead the party throughout the term. A logical move when you pretend to want to be PM, but also a signal that the party lacks obvious replacements, particularly with the internal feuds damaging Josephine Fock and Rasmus Nordquist, the leading candidates and most prominent MPs from each wing in the party.
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« Reply #1063 on: June 29, 2018, 05:35:13 PM »

Ambitious, all-party energy agreement among flurry of deals finalized before the holiday season.



With most of the political system going on holiday today, there were several important agreements that needed to be finalized. The most important one was arguably the energy agreement, where the government managed to unite all parties in parliament behind an ambitious deal. Some long-term goals were established (55% renewable energy and phase out of coal in energy production by 2030, net zero emission by 2050) as well as concrete projects (3 offshore wind farms with a combined capacity of at least 2400 MW in 2030 and significant investments in solar panels, wave energy and energy research). The yearly cost of the deal in 2025 is expected to be 2.8 billion DKK (380 million euro).

The Blue Bloc parties finalized the media agreement, which is based on the 20% reduction in the budget of state broadcaster DR (https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=150978.msg6110379#msg6110379). The agreement stipulates that the publicly owned media should have a narrower focus on aspects like culture, education and information instead of competing with the commercial channels on entertainment. In line with government policy, one of the public radio channels is moved from Copenhagen to Jutland, and the support for regional and local media, digital media and Danish film production are all boosted.

The government, DPP and Social Democrats agreed to create a new institution to deal with 10-17 year-old criminals. The age of criminal responsibility stays at 15 years, but the new agreement means that harder punishments can be used against those aged 10-15 years. These punishments can range from community service to "correctional sentences" of up to 2 years (4 years in exceptional cases). These correctional sentences will in the most severe cases lead to temporary stays at secured, semi-closed institutions. There will be stricter punishments for parents, who can easier get reductions in child allowances if their children are sentenced.

Finally, the government, DPP and Social Democrats agreed to tighten the rules for getting citizenship. You will be permanently banned from gaining Danish citizenship if you have served a mandatory sentence of at least one year, or a mandatory sentence of at least three months for violent crimes (violence, rape etc.). The Danish language requirements are increased. You cannot have received unemployment benefits within the last two years, or for longer than four months in the last five years. You must participate in a ceremony, where you promise to uphold the Danish constitution and respect Danish values.
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« Reply #1064 on: June 30, 2018, 07:37:05 PM »

So, what are the main policy issues facing each of the Nordic nations?

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Norway-

Sweden-

Finland-

Iceland-
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« Reply #1065 on: July 02, 2018, 06:13:35 AM »

So, what are the main policy issues facing each of the Nordic nations?

Denmark-

Norway-

Sweden-

Finland-
The administration reform (related originally to health care system but nowadays the reform of everything).

Iceland-
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« Reply #1066 on: July 02, 2018, 06:35:41 AM »

Agreement on Ghetto Plan. Red Bloc hold on to (narrowish) polling lead

All the bills in the government's Ghetto Plan have now been agreed upon. Some of the measures: 1-year olds in ghetto areas must go to a nursery for at least 25 hours a week. If children in ghetto areas do not pass a Danish test at the end of their first year of school, their advancement to the next grade will be postponed by a year. Parents will lose their child benefit for three months if their child is absent without reason for 15% or more of its classes. The share of children from ghetto areas in the yearly intake must not be higher than 30% for any nursery/kindergarten. Ghetto areas must make plans for how to reduce the share of council flats to 40% in 2030, to which they will then get financial support. Persons, who have been unemployed within the last six months, should not be offered housing in ghetto areas. Convicted criminals can be refused a council flat in these areas. Community boards shall communicate in Danish and follow democratic guidelines.

Most of these deals were made with DPP and the Social Democrats, but the Social Liberals and SPP voted for some of the less controversial ones.

Very informative NY Times article on the new Ghetto Plan (and the bias isn't even as bad as NYT normally is in articles about Europe,). Although they did manage to find one of probably 3 Social Democrat rebel MPs in this area; would perhaps have been more enlightening with one of the many, who are clearly and eloquently in favour, but Lykkeberg sort of makes their argument at the end.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/01/world/europe/denmark-immigrant-ghettos.html
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« Reply #1067 on: July 02, 2018, 11:23:57 AM »

Agreement on Ghetto Plan. Red Bloc hold on to (narrowish) polling lead

All the bills in the government's Ghetto Plan have now been agreed upon. Some of the measures: 1-year olds in ghetto areas must go to a nursery for at least 25 hours a week. If children in ghetto areas do not pass a Danish test at the end of their first year of school, their advancement to the next grade will be postponed by a year. Parents will lose their child benefit for three months if their child is absent without reason for 15% or more of its classes. The share of children from ghetto areas in the yearly intake must not be higher than 30% for any nursery/kindergarten. Ghetto areas must make plans for how to reduce the share of council flats to 40% in 2030, to which they will then get financial support. Persons, who have been unemployed within the last six months, should not be offered housing in ghetto areas. Convicted criminals can be refused a council flat in these areas. Community boards shall communicate in Danish and follow democratic guidelines.

Most of these deals were made with DPP and the Social Democrats, but the Social Liberals and SPP voted for some of the less controversial ones.

Very informative NY Times article on the new Ghetto Plan (and the bias isn't even as bad as NYT normally is in articles about Europe,). Although they did manage to find one of probably 3 Social Democrat rebel MPs in this area; would perhaps have been more enlightening with one of the many, who are clearly and eloquently in favour, but Lykkeberg sort of makes their argument at the end.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/01/world/europe/denmark-immigrant-ghettos.html

They also overestimate the number of Muslims by 200.000 in Denmark, which is pretty massive overestimation in a country with 5,8 million people.

https://www.religion.dk/religionsanalysen/hvor-mange-indvandrer-lever-i-danmark
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« Reply #1068 on: July 02, 2018, 12:21:01 PM »

"Some are punitive: One measure under consideration would allow courts to double the punishment for certain crimes if they are committed in one of the 25 neighborhoods classified as ghettos, based on residents’ income, employment status, education levels, number of criminal convictions and “non-Western background.”

Ok that seems beyond the pale, unless NYT are really screwing around with the facts.
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« Reply #1069 on: July 02, 2018, 01:01:48 PM »

"Some are punitive: One measure under consideration would allow courts to double the punishment for certain crimes if they are committed in one of the 25 neighborhoods classified as ghettos, based on residents’ income, employment status, education levels, number of criminal convictions and “non-Western background.”

Ok that seems beyond the pale, unless NYT are really screwing around with the facts.

Well, the facts are not correct, but in reality the consequence might be close to that described. The law proposal does not prescribe any specific areas (here they mix things up with eg. the day care law, which will only be in force in the ghetto areas). The law proposal expands the powers of local police to introduce zones with increased punishment. Hitherto, this is basically only allowed for local police in terms of traffic crimes, so that punishments can be doubled in areas with many accidents or extensive road repairs. That list will now be expanded with crimes like violence, arson, theft, so that local police can designate areas with double punishments for these crimes if those areas have seen higher than normal levels of crime. So in reality, this will probably be used for some periods in these ghetto areas, e.g. at times when the local youth have fun with setting cars and dumpsters on fire, or throw rocks at police cars and ambulances. Similarly in areas of Copenhagen with youth gangs, who threathen shop owners and demand "protection money" from them, there could be almost permanent "double punishment zones". However, I guess there could also be some examples where it would be other areas. F.ex. break-ins, where the criminals will normally not make the actual crimes in the ghetto areas, but rather in nearby single-family house areas, where the double punishment zones will then be created.
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« Reply #1070 on: July 02, 2018, 04:16:03 PM »

I don't think this is a bad or particularly strange idea at all. Crimes are going to have a different social impact in different areas. It seems wise to adapt the punishment to this.
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« Reply #1071 on: July 02, 2018, 06:21:52 PM »

No one else will reply?

(PS: thanks Ethelberth)
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« Reply #1072 on: July 02, 2018, 06:47:57 PM »

Way too broad and subjective a question.
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« Reply #1073 on: July 02, 2018, 06:52:43 PM »
« Edited: July 02, 2018, 11:40:02 PM by Blue3 »

To say what the main issues facing each country are? How is that subjective?

In the US, it's obvious the main focus of politicians for the past year has been restricting illegal immigration, reducing taxes, enacting tariffs, undoing some of Obama's healthcare reforms, foreign relations with North Korea, and unraveling friendships with close allies.
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« Reply #1074 on: July 03, 2018, 02:26:43 AM »

According to voters in recent poll, where they can choose up to 3 answers:



From the top:
Refugees and immigration
Health
Environment and climate
Social policy (would understand this as how to help poor people)
Education
Law and Order
Taxation
Employment
Size of public sector
EU
Familiy policies (fluffy)
Business
Defence and security
Don't know
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