POINTS SYSTEMS (2)

A points system for potential immigrants was one of those nasty things that the Danish People's Party demanded as the price for their approving the 2011 Finance Bill. It had nothing to do with macroeconomic or fiscal policy and everything to do with their using their political leverage.

Following last autumn's general election, the Government changed from right of centre to left of centre, and the DPP are now without influence. Today the new Government announced that the points system will be scrapped, and replaced with a Danish language test.

A small, but significant, change, both practically and politically. And most welcome.

Walter Blotscher