DN demands increased immigration

Published June 4, 2024 at 10:39 a.m.

Media. “We need greater immigration to Europe”, reads the headline of an unsigned editorial in Dagens Nyheter today.

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According to DN, the low the birth of children and an aging population that Europe is in dire need of more residents from the third world.

“In the Swedish debate before the parliamentary elections, several parties emphasize how they want to stop immigration to the EU. No one talks about the fact that the Union is in reality the opposite urgently needs more immigrants, more residents. It's proof of poverty,” writes the left-wing newspaper.

The editorial strongly reacts to the Moderates' first name to the EU parliament Tomas Tobé declaring that the EU needs a zero vision for “economic migration”.< /p>

The US has a population increase of 3 percent per year, compared to 1.8 percent in the EU. Thanks to its high immigration, the United States will continue to keep China by the horns, according to DN:

“For a long time, analysts argued that it was only a matter of time before China took over the United States' position as the world's leading economic power. They In recent years, more and more people have said that it may never happen. One important reason is, of course, the increasing repression of the Communist Party, but another is the collapse of the population and the negative view of immigration. Without young working people, an economy cannot grow.”

Now it is necessary to create “legal ways to get here”, writes the newspaper further.

“The EU has done something. There is a system of blue cards for highly qualified labor and the EU Parliament recently improved the combined work and residence permits for those who do not meet those requirements. Still, it is not enough by a long shot.”