Saturday, January 21, 2023

Denmark to ditch public Christian holiday to meet Nato defense spending increase

They say that Scandinavian people are generally quite pragmatic and down to earth! Here is another proof! 😊

"Denmark wants to reach its Nato financial commitments three years ahead of schedule, and has introduced a parliamentary bill to boost state coffers — by ditching a centuries-old Christian public holiday.
The Danish government's proposal, a coalition between centre-left and centre-right parties, has found a way to bring forward the two percent of their GDP to defence spending agreed for 2030.
How? By removing a public holiday from the workers' calendar, which, according to its federal ministry of finance, will result in DKK 3.2bn (€430m) a year. ..."

Denmark to ditch Christian holiday to hit Nato spending

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