– The talk is too much about how we spend the money, rather than how we earn it. The challenge that companies face, namely the lack of manpower, is not really addressed in the speech, says Jakob Ellemann-Jensen.
The chairman of the Conservatives, Søren Pape Poulsen, also lacks answers on how to obtain more labor.
– I must make an effort to disagree with large parts of the speech. But I miss concrete answers. How do we get more labor ?, says Søren Pape Poulsen.
Among other things, he points to more foreign labor as one of the ways to solve the challenge. A proposal supported by the government’s support party, the Radicals.
– We must provide people for all the vacancies. Foreign labor is one of the handles one can use. I wish we could do that and not be so afraid that there will be foreign policy at all, says the Radicals’ leader, Sofie Carsten Nielsen.
Here, however, the government is concerned that more foreign labor will prevent job-seeking Danes from entering the labor market. Therefore, the government will find other ways to get more hands on the companies.
Last month, the government presented the proposal – “Denmark can do more 1”. The initiative is primarily aimed at providing more labor by cutting the graduate rate in order to get more new graduates into the labor market.
In addition, the government is negotiating with the social partners on a tripartite agreement that will get more Danes into work.
– When we have to solve our society’s biggest challenges, it is not done with one reform. We have only just started, says Mette Frederiksen.
She is planning new reform proposals in the coming year.
However, there were also several positive elements in the speech for the bourgeois parties. Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, like the Prime Minister, is pleased that he succeeded in landing a climate agreement in the field of agriculture on Monday evening.
– It means a lot to the profession. So of course there are many areas where we can agree broadly.
– But there are also many areas where we can not agree. Now we have an opening debate the day after tomorrow, and it tends to be festive, says Jakob Ellemann-Jensen with reference to the Folketing’s opening debate on Thursday.
The opening debate usually lasts from nine in the morning until around midnight.
Source: The Nordic Page