Posted on 08/19/2018 10:59:17 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Denmark has approved a plan to erect a fence on its border with Germany to keep out swine fever but critics argue that is a symbolic gesture epitomizing anti-immigrant sentiments.
Denmark’s government gave greenlight to the building of the 68-kilometer (42-mile) fence on the border with fellow EU member state Germany.
The project is worth EUR 11 million, and is supposed to protect the large Danish pork industry from wild boar that might carry African swine fever, DW reports.
The Danish-German border fence will be 1.5 meters tall and half-meter deep, and will run from one coast of the Jutland Peninsula to the other, that is, from the Wadden Sea in the west to the Flensburg Fjord in the east.
The fence project, which is supposed to be completed by the end of 2019, has been criticized by environmentalists over its potential ramifications for the ecosystem.
Some critics, however, see a deep political meaning in it, a symbolic gesture towards the Danish anti-immigration right-wingers from the populist Danish People’s Party.
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They don’t get enough credit around here for putting their foot down, they’re doing it, better than most of Europe.
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Only 4.5 ft tall?
Might need a higher fence than that. Some of those ‘swine’ are big enough to climb over that very quickly.
Let’s stop kidding ourselves.
Don’t you want to Make Danes Great Again?
The Danes have also forced Russia to re-route their Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline with Germany. It is not allowed to run through Danish waters.
It’ll need to be higher to keep out the flyin’ swu!
Apparently the relatively low top is why it is being condemned as symbolic.
Good for Denmark.
They learned from Hungary who did that a few months ago.
“Might need a higher fence than that..”
Maybe not if they have barbed wire on top hooked up to the 220 Volt 50 HZ power they use over there.
Did congress fund their fence and not our own wall?
There’s always the gravlax.
We need to build The Wall for health reasons... or to quarantine Latin America, until we know what’s going on.
Swine fever.
Good one!
I approve of a fence to keep out those infectious swine. We need one too, although ours will need to be taller.
>>The fence project, which is supposed to be completed by the end of 2019, has been criticized by environmentalists over its potential ramifications for the ecosystem.
infected wild boar don’t harm the ecosystem???
no no no no no no..
Maybe Trump can get the wall funded if he says it’s to keep out swine.
Good pun referring to Muslims as wild boar; though if it is a reference to civility and personal hygiene maybe...
How do you say “Maginot Line” in Danish?
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