See Europe Part I here.
One of the few countries whose government did ‘get it’ in Europe about the perils of multiculturalism and rapid expansion of a Muslim immigrant population has been swept from office.
From The Economist:
A DECADE in the political wilderness for Denmark’s left, and a steady series of election losses for Europe’s left-wing parties, ended yesterday when Helle Thorning-Schmidt led her Social Democrats to a narrow victory over Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s liberal-conservative administration. A jubilant Ms Thorning-Schmidt will take office as Denmark’s first female prime minister.
Opening the “welcoming” gates to preserve its “image” of tolerance?
Once the winners of yesterday’s election have worked out how to share the spoils of victory, they face a daunting in-tray. As well as the keys to his office, Mr Løkke Rasmussen’s is leaving behind Scandinavia’s worst-performing economy, a widening budget deficit and, by dint of the immense influence of the anti-immigrant Danish People’s Party over the last ten years, a tarnished international image of Denmark as a welcoming and tolerant society.
The Christian Science Monitor had a very detailed (but convoluted) article this week about what the results of this Danish election might mean for the European rightwing which would like to slow the flow of immigrants. The CSM attempts to make the case that if Denmark goes Left (which it did) then that is Europe’s reaction to Breivik’s murderous rampage in Norway earlier this summer. It is worth reading, but draw your own conclusions.
Update: Here is a Muslim who says many (?) white Danes are converting to Islam, however, in the US most increases in Muslim population come from immigration or black converts.