Denmark and reality

The long-standing restrictive immigration policy in Denmark has been challenged by a judgement recently handed down by the European Court of Justice on the free mobility of labour and family reunification. Yet Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen is acting as if nothing had happened and Denmark could persist in its restrictive policy, writes Politiken. "Here in Denmark 'Comical Anders' affirms that immigration policy remains in our hands - and that in the worst case the EU judgement could only influence a 'small corner' of our immigration policy: 'The Danish rules on family unification will remain in force. The decision by the EU Court of Justice does not affect Danish practice in the least'. These were the Prime Minister's words while bureaucrats in his own government were admitting that the ruling had annulled the Danish regulations. The statement that help could be found in Brussels was also exposed as a bluff. The EU Commission has given the right-wing liberal government the task of changing the illegitimate Danish rules and bringing them in line with the rest of the EU."

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