PM: Growth through reform

Job growth in the future will come not through government-funded initiatives, but through public sector reforms and strict budget discipline that makes it possible to expand training and educational possibilities, PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt said in an interview with financial daily Børsen today.

“If you want to be better and more productive, you need to better educated,” she said.

Thorning-Schmidt also pointed to the negotiations between Danish Crown and employees of the slaughterhouse over whether to accept pay cuts in exchange for the company making investments that could secure growth as something characteristically Danish. “It shows there are a lot of people who are willing to bear a heavy burden.” 

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This story was included in The Copenhagen Post's Morning Briefing for Friday, September 6. If you would like to receive stories like these delivered to your inbox by 8am each weekday, sign up for our Morning Briefing newsletter today. 

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