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- Original title:Statsministerens nytårstale
- Category:Movie / Documentary / Short
- Released:2003
- Duration:13min
- Video type:Movie
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In his second annual New Year's speech Anders Fogh Rasmussen looks back on EU presidency and strikes a sour note on immigrants.
13 months into his term of office, Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks in his second traditional New Year's speech. He looks back on six months of being President of the European Union and also looks forward by announcing for the first time that any referendum on the Danish exemptions on EU should wait until after the new EU constitution. He goes on to speak about a number of policy issues: A new focus on basic skills in the education system; a tougher line on organized crime; and, especially, an attack on those immigrants who do not accept Danish values, laws and rights.
The Danish Prime Minister's annual New Years speech is a tradition since 1946 when it was first broadcasted on radio. It was originally a spin-off of the Queen's similar annual speech. Now it is televised annually on the first day of the year on several channels. The Prime Minister's speech is usually taped a few days ahead of broadcasting due to the fact that there is an official state dinner on January 1st. This brought Queen Margrethe of Denmark to call it a "canned speech" in a conversation with Poul Schlüter.
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 | Anders Fogh Rasmussen | - | Himself |