On Monday last, the Danish parliament agreed to send 'aid' to Egypt, to the tune of 447 million kroner. The only party to oppose this move was the nationalist Danske folkeparti. Steen Gade of the Socialistiske Folkeparti (Socialist Peoples Party) is quoted as saying: "Its a bit absurd to say we should back out because a minority of politicians in Cairo have been critical [of Denmark]. It is important for Denmark to work closely with the Arab countries, including Egypt".
moif: One hundred years ago, Egypt had a similar population size to Denmark. Both nations held approx. 5 million people. One century on, and Denmark, a democratic, secular, fertile agricultural nation with 5.5 million inhabitants, is one of the healthiest nations on Earth whilst Egypt, a nation characterized by Islam, military dictatorship and vast tracts of desert has a population mark now passing 80 million and for the most part, wallowing in poverty and propped up by western aid lest it fall utterly into the power of Islamic extremism.
At the same time as we are giving the Egyptians this money, several local play area's for inner city children in Århus are being shut down to save a mere 3 million kroner bcause the current government refuses to pay for them.
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