Danish government faces biggest crisis yet over illegal mink order

  • 11/17/2020
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark’s minority government finally gained parliamentary support on Tuesday to legalise the cull it ordered earlier this month of all farmed mink to prevent the spread of coronavirus, but a poll showed public trust had plummeted over the crisis.The Social Democratic government’s admission there was no legal basis for its Nov. 5 order to cull the country’s entire mink population magnified an outcry over the measure, which farmers say will end their business for good. Food and Agriculture Minister Mogens Jensen said late on Monday the government had won parliamentary agreement for legislation underpinning the cull that would “hopefully create some peace”. But Berlingske daily called on Tuesday for the government to step down if a government report on the order expected on Wednesday shows it breached the constitution. Mink farmer Frank Andersen described the cull as “panic solutions” and said authorities should have come up with a compensation plan first.

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