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SF’s Signe Munk could become the government’s pivotal minister. She is also, by the way, the only one who lives outside Copenhagen.

On Langeland, older residents are now getting their homes cleaned only every fourth week. The opening address does not change that

It is simply not good enough.

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is absolutely right about that. It is not good enough that older people can get cleaning only every fourth week, but that will be the reality on Langeland starting next year. The hard-pressed island municipality earned the dubious honor of being mentioned in the prime minister’s opening address, where she spoke of the »lovely older people« on the long island who, from January, will have to get used to things getting dirty. Whether they live in Snøde, Humble, or Rudkøbing, the reality is the same: welfare services are being cut to the bone.

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