Denmark wants to reach its Nato financial commitments three years ahead of schedule, and has introduced a parliamentary bill to boost state coffers — by ditching a centuries-old Christian public holiday.
The Danish government's proposal, a coalition between centre-left and centre-right parties, has found a way to bring forward the two percent of their GDP to defence spending agreed for 2030.
How? By removing a public holiday from the workers' calendar, which, according to its fed...
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Paula joined EUobserver in January 2023 and left for Euronews in 2024. Previously she worked for the Spanish online newspaper El Confidencial, where she covered mainly economic and financial affairs.