Danish lawmakers on Tuesday voted to abolish a springtime public holiday in order to use the savings and boost defense spending, despite harsh criticism from the opposition, trade unions and the country’s bishops. In a 95-68 vote, the 179-seat Folketing approved the centrist coalition government’s bill to scrap Store Bededag,…
The loss of the holiday - created more than 300 years ago when a Danish bishop merged several minor holidays - has triggered a backlash throughout the country
Danish lawmakers have voted to abolish a springtime public holiday in order to use the savings and boost defense spending, despite harsh criticism from the opposition, trade unions and the country’s bishops
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and her centrist coalition have been broadly lambasted by the opposition, trade unions, the country’s bishops and many rank-and-file members of their own parties for proposing to abolish a springtime public holiday. The three-party government wants to scrap the holiday that falls on the fourth Friday after Easter and that…