” I’m not the one who shall assess the Swedish comments if they have been in a domestic political context of my country, he answers to TT’s question.
Løkke Rasmussen met with his Swedish colleague Stefan Löfven (S) in Stockholm on Wednesday to, among others, talk about migration and integration. The Danish prime minister points to that the Swedish and Danish problems in the area are similar to each other. It is about societies is open and provides many opportunities out there, but all that will also need to learn certain basic values, ” he says.
” I think it is fair to say that we have had problems with it, and that we still have it. Perhaps, the debate has been more open in Denmark compared with Sweden, but I believe that our positions have been adapted with time.
“I welcome the discussion in Sweden is solution-oriented in the same way,” continues Lars Løkke Rasmussen.
a much tighter refugee policy than Sweden. But as a result of the refugee crisis in the autumn of 2015, the extraordinary chambers in Sweden, asylum policy, among other things, by a temporary, stricter law for a residence permit.
Stefan Löfven says that in the autumn of 2015 was a watershed event.
“It was obvious that we needed to change our actions, and it was what we did,” he says.
Löfven also points out that Denmark and Sweden are working together to get to a common EU policy on migration.
its neighbour when it comes to refugee policy are difficult to answer. Both yes and no, think Ann-Sofie Dahl, associate professor of international politics and among other things, linked to the u.s. think tank the Atlantic Council.
– When in Sweden closed the borders and strained the was that a tougher policy in Sweden, but it is not the case that Sweden consciously approached Denmark. It was reality that forced the policy. Now there is a more generous attitude from the government Löfven, but it does not depend primarily on the social democrats. Rather, it is the green Party and the Centre party, which runs through it, ” she says.
the rhetoric rather than the policy as changed. The harsh words against Denmark’s refugee policy has been toned down, think Ann-Sofie Dahl.
” You spoke earlier of Denmark in harsh terms, that is a terrible inhumane society. The tone has disappeared the last few years and is not talking about Denmark in the same way, ” she says.
Ann-Sofie Dahl rather that the Swedish and the Danish refugee policy has gone in different directions.
” It feels like the distance has increased again between Sweden and Denmark. It is about the immigration at completely different levels and talking about it in completely different ways in these two countries.
