Danimarka’nın farklı bölgelerinde görev yapan Belediye Başkanlarına göre eski Danimarka Başbakanı yeni Nato Genel Sekreteri Anders Fogh Rasmussen’i eleştiriyor.
Danimarka’nın Belediye Başkanları son günlerde yaptıkları açıklamalarda eski Başbakan Anders Fogh Rasmussen’in yerel yönetimlere karşı gaddarca ve liberal olmaktan uzak bir tavır içinde hareket ettiğini söylüyorlar. Belediye Başkanları yeni Başbakan Lars Lökke Rasmussen’i ise; daha ılımlı ve liberal buluyor.
Ülkenin farklı yerlerinde görev yapan gerek Liberal Partili gerekse Muhafazakar Partili Belediye Başkanlarının açıklamalarında Lars Lökke Rasmussen’in geçtiğimiz günlerde ‘yerel yönetimlerin yetki alanının genişletilmesi gerektiğine dair’ yaptığı açıklamaların etkisi olduğu söyleniyor.
Elsinore’un Muhafazakar Partili Belediye Başkanı Per Taersböl konuyla ilgili yaptığı açıklamada: “hükümetin yerel yönetimlerin daha çok yetkiye ihtiyacı olduğuna dair açıklamaları son derece olumlu ve liberal bir politikadır” dedi. Taersböl Anders Fogh Rasmussen döneminde yapılan uygulamalarla yerel yönetimin elinin ayağının bağlandığını söylüyor.
Önceki dönemde hükümet ile yerel meclisler arasında özellikle eğitim ve istihdam konularında ciddi bir güven sorunu olduğunu vurgulayan Lyngby-Taarbæk Belediye Başkanı Rolf Aagaard-Svendsen yeni dönem için “İzleyip göreceğiz, umarım Lars Lökke Rasmussen dönemi daha farklı olur” dedi.
Kendisi de Liberal Partili olan Furesö Belediye Başkanı Jesper Bach da eski parti başkanı Anders Fogh Rasmussen’in yerel yönetimlere karşı olan yaklaşımını eleştirenlerden biri. Jesper Bach “Önceki dönemde pek çok defa küçük bir olaya bakılarak ülkenin genelini ilgilendiren kanunlar çıkarıldı” dedi.
Anders Fogh Rasmussen dönemini eleştiren Belediye Başkanları genellikle baskıcı ve kısıtlayıcı bir yaklaşımla karşı karşıya kaldıklarını ifade ediyorlar.
Vallensbaek Belediye Başkanı Kurt Hockerup önceki dönemde istihdam konularında çıkarılan pek çok kanunu ‘gaddarca’ olarak değerlendiriyor.

Afghanistans islamistiske Taliban-bevegelse sier at Danmarks statsminister og påtroppende generalsekretær i NATO, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, er muslimenes «største fiende».

ABC Nyheter | 16. april 2009

Grunnen er at Fogh Rasmussen forsvarte publiseringen av karikaturtegningene av profeten Muhammed under karikaturstriden i Danmark.

Han tiltrer som NATOs generalsekretær i august. NATO-land har 56.000 soldater i Afghanistan som fører krig mot Taliban.

– Den største fienden av islams profet er blitt NATOs generalsekretær, heter det i en artikkel som er lagt ut på Talibans nettside.

Utnevnelsen vil ifølge artikkelen «ytterligere styrke muslimenes tro» i kampen mot NATO, og vil føre til en «intensivering av krigen» i Afghanistan. (©NTB)

Det lilla av Sveriges neutralitet som finns kvar, ryker all världens väg. Visst har man förstått att Sverige flörtat med Nato en lång tid, men nu pratar man i klartext.

I höstas la Sverige, Danmark, Norge, Finland och Island  fram ett gemensamt ”non-paper” om bättre samarbete mellan EU och Nato.  Nato är USAs  främsta politiska instrument i Europa, och EU-länderna som inte är med i Nato är viktiga partners.

Reinfeldt är överlycklig över att Fogh-Rasmussen blivit NATOs generalsekreterare, eftersom “Det kommer att betyda mycket för vårt samarbete med Nato”. Sveriges Nato-ambassadör Veronika Wand-Danielsson är lika glad: “Natoländerna och USA har stora förhoppningar på att Sverige under sitt ordförandeskap (i EU) ska gå vidare och förbättra samarbetet mellan Nato och EU – både politiskt och militärt“

Inte nog med att USA påverkar oss ekonomiskt och politiskt. Nu ska man blanda in militären mer och mer i politiken, det är ytterst obehagligt att USA ser en militär allians som sitt främsta politiska instrument här i Europa.

FRA, IPRED, INSPIRE – dessa förkorningar som ska användas för kontroll av människor. Nu kan vi lägga till NATO, som ett komplement med stora militära möjligheter.

Svd, Blt, Regeringen, SMP, Aftonbladet, DN

AP now reports that Danish PM Anders Fogh Rasmussen is confirmed as new NATO secretary general, despite strong opposition by Turkey. It was not an easy choice for NATO, and carries with it a number of issues.

Fogh Rasmussen is certainly controversial in many places. One of the big problems Turkey had with his candidature may be his involvement in the Mohammed caricature controversy, in which he supported Danish newspapers quite vehemently. He is also closely tied to former US president Bush and has been very supportive of the war in Iraq. This is understandably difficult for a Muslim country partially located in the Middle East.

Fogh Rasmussen, a right-liberal politician, has also been controversial domestically. In 1992 he had to resign from his post as Minister of Taxation preempting a vote of no confidence for misinforming the Danish parliament. He is also known for his adherence to the liberal ideal of the minimal state and a preference for low taxes. On the latter point he has been criticized for not doing enough, but he has implemented a “tax freeze”, promising at the least not to raise any Danish taxes. The most controversial of his policies is arguably his government’s hard-line stance on immigration, by many accused of bordering on the xenophobic.

Fogh Rasmussen has also made a name for himself as a strong EU supporter, and has reportedly been considered for several positions in the EU leadership. He has however run into many problems on home ground during his years in the Danish cabinet, with Danish rejection of the Maastricht Treaty, the Monetary Union and most recently opposition to the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty.

The biggest challenge for NATO is however likely to be that many leaders in the Muslim world still connect Denmark and Fogh Rasmussen with the controversy over the Mohammed charicatures – a connection that could now spill over more strongly to NATO, giving more fuel to Muslim leaders that benefit from portraying it as an anti-Muslim alliance.

End Whale Bloodbath In Danish Faeroe Islands

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Every year between 2,000 and 3,500 pilot whales are corralled by men in
boats and forced into bays in the Faeroe Islands, a North Sea Danish
Protectorate mid-way between the Shetland Islands and Iceland.

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GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS / DENMARK
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark
Christiansborg, Prins Jorgens Gard 11
1218 Copenhagen K, DENMARK
ph: +45 33 92 33 00; fax: +45 33 11 16 65
email: stm@stm.dk

GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS / FAEROE ISLANDS
Kaj Leo Johannsen, Prime Minister of the Faroes
Prime Minister’s Office, Logmansskrivstovan, Tinganes
P.O. Box 64
FO- 110 Torshavn, FAROES
ph: +298 351010; fax: +298 351015
email: info@tinganes.fo

Members of Staff, Prime Minister of the Faroes
mah@tinganes.fo, anh@tinganes.fo, palln@tinganes.fo, sjr@tinganes.fo,
peturp@tinganes.fo, kristiannas@tinganes.fo, jeb@tinganes.fo

Jacob Vestergaard, Minister of Fisheries
Ministry of Fisheries
Heykavegur 6A / P.O. Box 347
FO-110 Torshavn, FAROE ISLANDS
ph: +298) 353030; fax: (+298) 353035
email: fisk@fisk.fo

The High Commissioner of the Faroe Islands
Amtmansbrekkan 6, FO-110 Torshavn
P.O. Box 12, FAROE ISLANDS
ph: +298 351200; email: riomfr@fo.stm.dk

FAEROESE PARLIAMENT
Office of the Logting
Tinghusvegur 1-3, Postboks 208, 110 Torshavn
email: logting@logting.fo

Jorgen Niclasen, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Tinganes, FO-110 Torshavn
ph: +298 306100; fax: +298 351015
email: mfa@mfa.fo

FAROE ISLANDS TOURISM
Faroe Islands Tourist Board
Samvit – Faroe Islands Enterprise
Bryggjubakki 12
P.O. Box 118, FO-110 Torshavn, FAROE ISLANDS
email: tourist@tourist.fo

Denmark Office
Samvit – Faroe Islands Enterprise
Strandgade 91, 4. sal
DK 1402 Kobenhavn K
email: annette@tourist.fo

Additional Faroe Islands Tourist Offices
infoey-f@post.olivant.fo, infoey-r@post.olivant.fo, info@klaksvik.fo,
sandinfo@post.olivant.fo, info@vistinolsoy.fo, info@visittorshavn.fo,
touristinfo@post.olivant.fo, sout-inf@post.olivant.fo,
infovag@post.olivant.fo, vagar@vagar.fo, kunningarskivan@post.olivant.fo

REPRESENTATIONS OF THE FAROES ABROAD
The Mission of the Faroes to the European Union
Rue d’Arlon 69-71
B-1040 Bruxelles, Belgium
ph: +32 (0) 22 800 456; fax: +32 (0) 22 330 966
email: mfa@mfa.fo

Representation of the Faroes in London
55 Sloane Street / London SW1X 9SR
ph: 44(0)20 7333 0227; fax: 44(0)20 7333 670

Representation of the Faroes in Copenhagen
Strandgade 91, 4. Sal
DK-1401 Kobenhavn K, DENMARK
ph: +45 32 83 37 70; fax: +45 32 83 37 75
email: mfa@mfa.fo

DANISH EMBASSIES
Embassy of Denmark in the United States
3200 Whitehaven St. N.W. / Washington, D.C. 20008
ph: +1-202-234-4300; fax: +1-202-328-1470
email: wasamb@um.dk

FOR DENMARK EMBASSY LISTINGS AROUND THE WORLD, TRY:
http://www.allembassies.com/danish_embassies.htm
http://www.embassyworld.com/embassy/Denmark/Denmark6.html

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palln@tinganes.fo, sjr@tinganes.fo, peturp@tinganes.fo,
kristiannas@tinganes.fo, jeb@tinganes.fo, fisk@fisk.fo, riomfr@fo.stm.dk,
logting@logting.fo, mfa@mfa.fo, tourist@tourist.fo, annette@tourist.fo,
infoey-f@post.olivant.fo, infoey-r@post.olivant.fo, info@klaksvik.fo,
sandinfo@post.olivant.fo, info@vistinolsoy.fo, info@visittorshavn.fo,
touristinfo@post.olivant.fo, sout-inf@post.olivant.fo,
infovag@post.olivant.fo, vagar@vagar.fo, kunningarskivan@post.olivant.fo,
info@goscandinavia.com, wasamb@um.dk

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Honorable Officials of Denmark and Faeroe Islands:

Citizens worldwide are sickened by the annual vision of whales marooned in
blood-red waters. Islanders stone, gouge, spear, hack and bludgeon some
2,000 to 3,500 long- and short-finned pilot whales under the bizarre notion
that God created these animals for the Faeroese to butcher alive.

During a pilot whale “grind” boats chase whales into shallow bays, where the
disoriented creatures are easily gored with metal gaffs. Waters turn a
brilliant red by the time killers sink a 6-inch blade past blubber and flesh
to sever a whale’s spinal cord.

Finally, vital blood vessels are cut, leaving a bay littered with mangled
whales. Unbelievably, whale drives are festive community events. Young
children even take part in the massacre of terrified animals.

I cannot support tourism in the Danish Faeroe Islands until whale kills are
permanently terminated. I urge officials to legally shield wildlife from
abuse, including the senseless slaughter of whales for sport.

Moreover, the population count for North Atlantic long-finned pilot whales
is unknown. The Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and
Natural Habitats classifies them as “strictly protected.” Each time the
Faeroese kill even 100 whales, entire pods and family groups are erased.
This weakens the their gene pool and harms ecosystems in the North Atlantic
and the North Sea.

The whale drive is illegal in other European states. Residents of the Faeroe
Islands don’t use the toxin-contaminated flesh left behind. Tradition,
entertainment and sport never justify outright torture. For these reasons, I
respectfully ask you to outlaw whale drives in the Danish Faeroe Islands.

Thank you,

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End Whale & Dolphin Slaughter in the Faeroe Islands (Denmark)
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/end-whale-dolphin-slaughter-in-the-faroe-islands?page=134

Defending Whales / Danish Faeroe Islands
http://www.seashepherd.org/whales/danish-faeroe-islands.html

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