Danish students join European wave of youth strikes over education cuts
Thousands of young Danes took to the streets on Wednesday to protest over a government plan to cut student allowances, adding to a wave of European youth anger. Under the banner “Enough is Enough”, 11 high school and university student associations marched from Copenhagen’s City Hall Square to parliament over the proposed cuts to free up funds for defence spending. Student protests that started…
Thousands of Danish students demonstrated against proposed government cuts to student allowances on Wednesday, marching from Copenhagen's City Hall Square to parliament. The protesters, affiliated with a dozen high school and university student associations, chanted slogans like "Enough is enough" and "Don't Cheat the Young." The planned cuts aim to free up funds for defense spending, targeting those whose parents earn above 700,000 Danish kroner (€94,000).
This would result in around 14,000 students losing their grants and 8,000 others having their allowances reduced. The Danish High School Students' Association president, Oscar Tonsberg Hoffmann, emphasized the importance of maintaining this corner of Denmark's egalitarian university system. Despite initial opposition, some government parties, including the Socialist People's Party and the Social Liberal Party, defended the proposal as economically responsible.
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