Social democrats in Denmark propose a 0.5% wealth tax on assets over ยฃ1.86 million (25m kroner).
The Lego family has ยฃ7.2 billion.
Looks like - as in Norway - a wealth tax will win another election. Let's watch if the wealthy protests get rejected again. On 24 March.
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EXCLUSIVE: Iceland could conclude accession talks with the EU within โa year and a halfโ and become its 28th member country, Foreign Minister รorgerรฐur Katrรญn Gunnarsdรณttir has told POLITICO.
Wealth tax has dominated the Danish election campaign thus far, as well as agricultural spraying near drinking water.
In first poll since Icelandic EU referendum was announced; 52% Yes for continuing negotiations, 48% No to negotiations.
Should be said, what Iceland is doing is a two-stage process. The vote on Aug 29th isnโt strictly speaking on whether to join EU or not, but rather whether to resume negotiations which were paused in 2013. If itโs a Yes, and once talks conclude, then part two is the straight Yes/No to membership.
Should be said, what Iceland is doing is a two-stage process. The vote on Aug 29th isnโt strictly speaking on whether to join EU or not, but rather whether to resume negotiations which were paused in 2013. If itโs a Yes, and once talks conclude, then part two is the straight Yes/No to membership.
๐ฎ๐ธ Iceland confirms August 29th for referendum on EU membership talks.
It will actually be the first time Iceland will have a direct vote on EU membership.
Interested to see what Finnish public opinion is like on this. Polls around the time when Finland joined NATO showed 77% opposed to storage of nukes on Finnish soil.
Very worthwhile thread dispelling some of the narratives in UK press about Danish Soc Dems migration policy. It would be good if UK journos could engage with those who know a thing or two about Danish politics before writing the usual BS articles.
Frederiksen says โcooperation must respect current Danish nuclear policyโ. It might well be being considered, but both the PM and Defence Minister have made public comments like this.
Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said โ the โstrategic cooperation does not โinclude having nuclear weapons on Danish territory
Itโs incredible that, given these polls, there isnโt a serious conversation taking place in the UK about replacing FPTP. It is beyond contemptible when the *combined* Labour and Tory vote is only 32% that they hold 80% of seats in the Commons.
Iceland's Prime Minister Kristrรบn Frostadรณttir explains why Iceland want to join the European Union:
"Iceland has a lot to bring to the European Union"
"We've developed our resources in a positive way"
"We have a good welfare system"
"We have solid values"
"And we have respect for one another"
SF could be doing a lot of the heavy lifting here for Red Bloc
Will SF emerge the second largest party? Theyโve been polling that way for some time and got the Mayor of Copenhagen in November.
The Moderates have also benefited from the โGreenland effectโ. Both parties want some role in next govt, but unlikely both can together.
Logic is there - Soc Dems have poll boost with Red Bloc parties a majority. Interestingly, issue of wealth taxes could be part of the campaign (similar to Norwayโs election last year).
One graph which shows why Frederiksen has called an election
Mette Frederiksen has called a general election in Denmark for March 24th!
If Frostadรณttir can pull this off, itโll be quite the achievement.
In 2007, the combined FG and FF vote was near 70%. In recent times itโs been 40%.
Icelandโs referendum on resuming negotiations for EU membership could be held ahead of schedule, possibly August.
As the PM said, compared to 2009, Iceland is approaching these negotiations from a position of strength, rather than a post-crash economy.
The obsession with class in UK politics (and calling random things "middle class") is incredibly stupid. Not least because all evidence shows that social class today is no longer a predictor of how people vote.
Irony as well that just yesterday, Denmark provided an operation to evacuate a US submariner requiring urgent medical attention - by airlifting him to the hospital in Nuuk.
This one hits hard.
Response from Danish PM
There is a country where there are ยซmany people who are sick, and not being taken care ofยป but it sure as hell ainโt Greenland.
48% of Canadians in new poll support Canada becoming a member of the EU. Which seems an unlikely prospect, yet as article points out, Canada seemingly has a higher % in favour than does Norway (as if to underline the latters opposition).
Another great turnout in Glasgow for Finland film. Tx Gordon & Marcus from โฆโช@believeinscotโฌโฉ for organising. Musselburgh sold out on Thursday. Next week Dunfermline & Dundee plus 10 other screenings from Dumfries to Ullapool, Edin & Arran. Details lesleyriddoch.com/events
I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
With PR, 3-4 parties here would end with roughly same number of seats. Under FPTP? God knows, but it would leave millions without representation.
