Norway can make a bold new start

The verdict of the court in Oslo in the trial against Breivik gives Norway the chance to make a fresh start and initiate a much needed confrontation with the social problems of these times, the news magazine Der Spiegel writes: "So not closure, but rather a new start for Norway: what the committee of inquiry revealed about the failures of the security systems sheds a disastrous light on the willingness of the political class to deal with the urgent problems of modern society. Unpleasant debates about fear of foreigners, immigration, criminality among immigrants, the security authorities' resources and so on are suppressed, irregularities overlooked. From this perspective also, the clearly formulated verdict against Breivik pronounced by an upright judge is a welcome development: terrorism and violence don't end at a country's borders; it is the task of the state to call a halt to dangerous ideologies."  

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