Brilio.net/en - The Meatball Wars, as they are being called, began in 2013 in some nurseries in Denmark that removed pork from their menus in order to accommodate the wishes of Muslims. Anti-immigration groups have since used the issue to further propagate higher restrictions on immigrants, claiming that they want to champion Danish culture and perverse their traditions.
The Danish Prime Minister criticized the decision of the nurseries. In his favor are the conservatives who have passed a law making it mandatory for pork to always be found on the menu at municipal canteens in Randers. The sixth largest city of Denmark will now be obliged to serve pork in the local canteens. We will ensure that Danish children and youth can have pork in the future, town councilman in Randers, Frank Nrgaard, told the Daily Mail. He went on to say: We just want to ensure pork in our institutions for those who want it. This isnt about a general distrust of our institutions leaders, but more and more places around the country are trying to sneak through [policies that say] there shouldnt be pork served in the institutions.
The move is a bold one as it comes just one week after politicians in Denmark debated whether or not to seize cash and valuables from refugees to pay for their resettlement.
The Anti-Immigration Danish Peoples Party (DPP) has stated that it does not wish to force pork on those for whom it goes against their religion but rather that it was unacceptable to ban Danish food culture.
Many are saying that this is entirely unnecessary as a survey revealed that only 30 out of the countrys 1,719 daycares stopped serving meat or offered halal meat, meaning meat that was prepared following Muslim rules. A former integration minster from the Danish Social Liberal Party, Manu Sareen, even went on to say that Randers policies are wanting to impose a forced ideologyin this case on children.
Lets hope the playgrounds are friendlier than the parliament.
(Reported by Ivana Lucic)