Government jobs should be moved into rural areas, says DF

More jobs in the hinterlands would slow depopulation

moving government jobs away from the cities and into rural towns would slow the exodus from rural areas.

“We fully recognise that urbanisation is taking place all over the world, but at the same time, we see that the countries where politicians make the extra effort are showing results,” DF spokesperson Mette Hjermind Dencker told DR Nyheder. “If we ensure that there is work in rural areas and on the islands, there will be people that want to move there.”

Dencker said that “Danes live all over Denmark and the government should do the same”.

More than just jobs
Venstre spokesperson Erling Bonnesen has said that there needs to be effort applied to growth in rural areas, and Dencker said that the blue bloc will keep after the government to stop the depopulation of Denmark’s small towns and rural areas.

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Dencker said that she realised that jobs alone are not the answer to slowing down urbanisation and that she would also press the government to ease requirements and help free up cash for housing loans in small towns.

“We will look at all of that along the way, but first and foremost it is about jobs,” she said.

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