The video below includes the relevant excerpt from the press conference where Løkke Rasmussen spoke out. Many thanks to our Danish correspondent TB for the transcript, to Anne-Kit of Perth, Australia for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes for the subtitling:
A complete transcript is below the jump
Transcript:
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| 00:02 | The fundamental question is whether certain urban areas can even be considered to be Denmark at all. | |
| 00:08 | Because Danish is a language spoken by a minority; because children play in the streets late at night because their parents don't have to get up in the morning … | |
| 00:16 | … because all satellite dishes point away from Danish news broadcasts, towards remote regions with which people identify. | |
| 00:26 | Because Danish standards of trust, equality, the rule of law and respect for public authorities do not exist. | |
| 00:35 | And if we fail to understand that these areas are of a completely different nature to the rest of Denmark … | |
| 00:43 | … then we are going down the wrong track. | |
| 00:45 | We have done a lot and invested billions in these areas, | |
| 00:53 | But apartment block renovations and paint jobs are not enough. | |
| 00:58 | Nor is putting more police on the streets. | |
| 01:03 | It requires a combined effort from the social services, policing, the legal system, the education system … | |
| 01:11 | … and the employment area to address the problems out there. | |
| 01:17 | So having a visible police presence is of course part of the solution, but it is not the whole solution. |
