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Matlok, Siegfried
Chefredakteur "Der Nordschleswiger"
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3 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Danish municipalities bleeding for EU fiscal pact
Denmark will keep a tighter control on the budgets of the municipalities in order to comply with the European fiscal compact. This will severely limit the municipal authorities' room for manoeuvre, Der Nordschleswiger, the daily of the German-speaking minority, comments: "The municipalities are complaining, and even though the financial minister has explained that the state won't start interfering with the municipalities' priorities the Municipality Association (KL) continues to see this as a violation of the freedom of Danish self-government. Because Copenhagen is responsible to Brussels and above all must ensure the trust of the capital markets in the Danish state the town halls now share a large portion of the responsibility for achieving this. The municipalities' room for manoeuvre is shrinking even further: the debt trap is turning into a debt gallows!"
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Siegfried Matlok on the treatment of mental illness
The suicide of Robert Enke, goal keeper of the German national football team, has caused widespread consternation in Germany and abroad. Society must do more to identify and treat mental illness, writes Siegfried Matlok in the daily Der Nordschleswiger: "In recent years Danish state and religions ... have invested much money in improving psychiatric care. But even more importantly a growing number of prominent people are publicly admitting they suffer from such disorders. Crucial in this respect is the call by former social democraic prime minister Poul Ryrup Rasmussen, whose daughter committed suicide after protracted mental illness. ... He stressed that it is vital not to shy away from addressing such problems in the family and on the job, no matter how difficult that may be. Let it be hoped that Robert Enke's suicide will not just provoke pity, but that it will also make us more willing to give these people the attention they deserve - before it's too late!"
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More from the press review on the subject » Health and Medicine, » Germany, » Denmark
Greenland's growing autonomy
Greenland's increased autonomy was introduced on the weekend with pomp and ceremony. Denmark will now determine only the security, foreign and monetary policies of the world's largest island. The German-language daily Der Nordschleswiger comments: "The new head of government [Kuupik Kleist of the leftist Inuit Ataqatigiit party] wants to put an end to the nepotism and social grievances of earlier times. Although he did welcome the royal family, he very noticeably did not utter a single word of thanks to Denmark and avoided making any reference to the continuated participation of Greenland in the Kingdom of Denmark. Many Greenlanders hope that the increased oil production in the wake of climate change will allow them to declare not only their economic independence from Denmark. The new settlement brings more freedom, but in foreign policy terms Greenland continues to be directed by Copenhagen."
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