The Denmark Democrats want to toughen penalties for climate and Palestinian protesters who illegally block traffic. She agrees that this should also apply to angry farmers in tractor protests.

Party leader wants to penalize protesters who block traffic, including farmers

Tegning: Roald Als
Tegning: Roald Als
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Inger Støjberg stands in Copenhagen’s City Hall Square, holding up a large cardboard sign.

»Denmark is NOT your playground, Greta Thunberg«, reads the message that the leader of the Denmark Democrats raises above her head—not towards the speeding motorists on Denmark’s busiest road, but towards her campaign team, who are photographing Støjberg with the cars as a backdrop.

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