The parliament should flake for the EU and the UN again

A majority in the Parliament Bureau has decided to flake for the EU and the UN at Christiansborg. It shall notify the Folketing on the claiming web site. th

Ann McDonald
Ann McDonald
12 September 2019 Thursday 12:00
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The parliament should flake for the EU and the UN again

A majority in the Parliament Bureau has decided to flake for the EU and the UN at Christiansborg.

It shall notify the Folketing on the claiming web site.

the Parliamentary Bureau in connection with a meeting Wednesday adopted changes.

- In the future there will from the main staircase in the Rigsdagsgården be the flag with the EU flag 9. may and with the united nations flag on united nations day 24. October.

- in Addition, there will also be the flag on Nordic day, 23. march, according to a præsidiumbeslutning from november 2017, says the message.

in practical terms, it will be such, that the flag with the Danish Flag on one flagpole and the supranational organization's flag on the other, it sounds.

president of the Danish parliament, Henrik Dam Kristensen (S), is open to further changes down the road.

- the Society is changing in a fast pace, and the Parliament should follow. If there is found a strong desire that we mark other events by hoist other flags, I am prepared to look at it, he says to the Danish parliament's website.

In 2016, the adopted Parliamentary Bureau, which at the time had Pia Kjærsgaard (DF) as chairman, that it would be the end to hoist the flag of the EU, the UN and the Nordic region today.

the Decision at the time irked political veterans as Mogens Lykketoft (S) and Bertel Haarder (V).

Updated: 12.09.2019 12:00