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Danish premier Thorning-Schmidt accepts that there is increasing inequality in the Danish Society
Tuesday, 09 July 2013
The Danish Prime Minister, Helle Thorning-Schmidt acknowledges that
inequality has technically increased during her coalition government.
She emphasizes that it is the government's focus on creating an
environment that jobs and growth are created which has inadvertently
paved the way for the growth of inequality - measured by the so-called
Gini coefficient. She agrees that it has increased under her leadership
of the country.
This follows criticism of the government's biggest reforms such as tax reform and the recent economic growth level that has meant that increased inequality in society has become a common place.
"We have through a really long time worked to ensure that we get
more people into work and push growth in Denmark, and we have been
concerned that more people get more opportunities. And one does if they
get more jobs," says Helle Thorning-Schmidt.
"Then it's also true that we have implemented some reforms which means
that you get more out of going to work. And it also means technically
that the Gini coefficient changes little," says the Prime Minister.
The Gini coefficient is a standardized way to calculate the distribution of society's values among citizens.
asked if the premier is worried that inequality increases. "I want a
just society and that Denmark should be a society that is one of the
most equal in the world. And we are fortunately still" says Helle
Thorning-Schmidt.
"What I'm most concerned about is that those who have least of all in
opportunities should have more opportunities," she says.
"And that's why the government after the summer will start to make more
focus on how we break the negative social legacy, and how we ensure
that children from the poorest backgrounds are having better options.
In this way we will ensure that we get more equality."
by Scancomark.com Team