Danish Presidency Programme for the Nordic Council in 2021
Bertel Haarder och Annette Lind 2020.
At the same time, disintegration in Europe and the western world calls for Nordic unity and leadership, as do the climate crisis, the green transition, and the rivalry between global powers.
Democracy, human rights, and the rule of law are under severe pressure in Europe – even among the Nordic Region’s closest neighbours. These are fundamental principles of Nordic co-operation. In the same way, the UN’s sustainable development goals should serve as clear objectives in our work. The pandemic has laid bare the need for a follow-up on the recommendations of the Könberg report concerning areas such as antibiotic resistance.
Individually we are small. Together we are strong and significant. This is true politically, economically, and also culturally.
