COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Denmark’s tourism agency has removed an advertisement from YouTube after complaints that it promoted promiscuity in the liberal Scandinavian country.

The video clip, nearly 3 minutes long, shows a young, blond woman cradling a dark-skinned infant called “August” and saying he is the result of a brief fling with a foreign tourist.

Speaking English in the video, she says she is “trying to find August’s father” through YouTube. Danish TV2 has clarified that the scene was staged and the woman is an actress.

Since being posted Thursday by VisitDenmark, the ad received more than 800,000 hits on YouTube. VisitDenmark removed the clip Monday, but it can be still viewed as it has been copied and posted elsewhere on the Internet.

Sociologist Karen Sjoerup said the ad suggested “you can lure fast, blonde Danish women home without a condom.”

Economy Minister Lene Espersen said the video presented “a not very well-thought-out picture of the country.” Espersen also holds the government’s tourism portfolio.

“I regret that the film has offended so many people,” VisitDenmark manager Dorte Kiilerich said, explaining that intent had been to tell “a nice and sweet story about a grown-up woman who lives in a free society and accepts the consequences of her actions.”

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TOTAL of 37 or 35 seats for the nationalists and national conservatives.

BNP leader Nick Griffin has been elected to the European Parliament as the party won its first two seats.

Mr Griffin was elected for the North West region while Andrew Brons picked up another BNP seat in Yorkshire and Humber, where it won 10% of the vote.

Mr Griffin said the BNP was not racist, but won votes because it “spoke openly about the problem of immigration.”

Labour’s Harriet Harman described the result as “terrible” while Tory leader David Cameron said he was “sickened”.

‘Great victory’

Mr Griffin was elected to Brussels even though the BNP polled fewer votes in the region than it had in 2004 – the slump in Labour support meant its share of the vote increased.

It meant that although the BNP came fifth in the popular vote in the region, it won a seat through the system of proportional representation used in the European elections.

Mr Griffin denied the party was racist, telling the BBC’s Radio 4 Today programme: “There’s a huge amount of racism in this country, overwhelmingly it is directed towards the indigenous British majority, which is one reason we’ve done so well in these elections.”

He said the “ruling elite” had made the “indigenous majority … second-class citizens in every possible sphere”.

“The Labour Party, the Lib Dems and the Tories, by leaving the door to Britain open, has forced people to turn to a party which speaks openly about the problem of immigration and says that while there might be a few good things about it there’s also a lot of bad things.”

‘People’s fears’

Ms Harman said: “I think it’s a terrible thing that we’ve now got representing Britain in the European Parliament a party that is a racist party, a party that doesn’t believe black people should even be allowed to join this party.

She added: “The British National Party have played on people’s fears …and we’ll have to work to tackle the fear that lead to people to vote BNP.”

Communities Secretary John Denham said that although “an element” of those who voted for the BNP would have been racists, most would have cast their ballots for the party because they felt ignored and excluded.

He told BBC Radio 4’s The World At One: “We’ve got to make it very clear that we want to hear what those voters are saying.”

Conservative leader David Cameron told party supporters: “It sickens me as it should sicken everybody here that the British National Party has succeeded in these European elections.”

“It brings shame on us that these fascist, racist thugs have been elected to the European Parliament.”

And Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg said politicians had to be “uncompromising” about the BNP which he said was “a party of thugs, of fascists”.

Media ‘onslaught’

But he added: “We should not dismiss the reasons why people have voted for the BNP – the anger, the frustration, the sense of alienation, the sense of powerlessness.

“We must listen to that and must react to that, that much is obvious.”

The BNP won more than 120,139 votes in the Yorkshire region, slightly less than in 2004, but enough to take one of the six seats on offer in the region.

Successful candidate Andrew Brons acknowledged that his victory would not be “universally popular”.

He said the party, which denies stirring racial hatred, had survived an “onslaught” by the media and the political classes during the campaign.

“Despite the headlines, money and misrepresentation, we have managed to win through,” he said.

The election was the “first step” towards the UK removing itself from the “EU dictatorship”, he added.

Dagenham Labour MP Jon Cruddas said the BNP “have not really moved on” in terms of its share of the vote since 2004 but the party had benefited from the drop in Labour support.

He added: “There’s a long-term legacy here of us failing to bring people with us and deal with some of the issues that concern them, be they around housing, or about employment insecurity or the recession or immigration.”

The BNP targeted the North West during the campaign, having had earlier success in local council elections.

It won one of its three English county council seats in Burnley in Thursday’s elections.

As Mr Griffin arrived at the North West count – held in Manchester’s town hall – on Sunday, his car was surrounded by noisy protesters, who broke one of its windows.

Mr Griffin returned later and entered the building by the back entrance, accompanied by several minders. Police said one man was arrested in scuffles when Mr Griffin tried to get into the building.

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 In yet another direct violation of traditional civil liberties, the EU super state has announced that it will be introducing a range of thought crimes which include ‘racism, incitement to hatred, apology, denial or trivialisation of genocide’-punishable by up to three years in prison.

The announcement, made in Brussels last Friday and ignored by the entire world’s media, was made by the European Commission which said that member states have agreed to establish these penalties in their laws.

“It took nearly seven years of negotiations to achieve this,” said European Justice Commissioner Jacques Barrot.

“I welcome the introduction of strict and effective sanctions against these violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms which are common principles for European countries,” he added, ignoring the fact that freedom of speech is also a fundamental freedom, which he has successfully crushed.

While no-one would encourage hatred against anybody else, the law is clearly being framed in such a way as to become a catch-all for anyone who would dare suggest that European nations have a right to remain European.

The new law will also be directed specifically at the Internet.

In what is obviously aimed at Holocaust Revisionism, the EU also intends to punish “the apology, denial or gross trivialisation of public crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes as defined by the International Criminal Court.”

This will quickly turn into a prickly issue, as Turkey’s denial of the Armenian Holocaust will effectively criminalise that state as it tries to join the EU.

It is thus ironic that the EU, which claims to be anti-fascist, is in fact resorting to the very fascist tactics of denial of freedom of speech and arrest and imprisonment of people whose only crime is to think thoughts which they do not like.

What is next? The re-opening of Dachau for political dissidents? It seems not so far-fetched anymore.

* UKIP supporters should be aware that in January 2005, UKIP MEPs voted in favour of these originally-drafted laws in the European Parliament.

MORE than 50 million African workers are to be invited to Europe in a far-reaching secretive migration deal, the Daily Express can reveal today.

A controversial taxpayer-funded “job centre” opened in Mali this week is just the first step towards promoting “free movement of people in Africa and the EU”.

Brussels economists claim Britain and other EU states will “need” 56 million immigrant workers between them by 2050 to make up for the “demographic decline” due to falling birth rates and rising death rates across Europe.

The report, by the EU statistical agency Eurostat, warns that vast numbers of migrants could be needed to meet the shortfall in two years if Europe is to have a hope of funding the pension and health needs of its growing elderly population.

It states: “Countries with low fertility rates could require a significant number of immigrants over the coming dec ades if they want to maintain the existing number of people of working age.

“Having sufficient people of working age is vital for the economy and for tax revenue.”

The report, by French MEP Francoise Castex, calls for immigrants to be given legal rights and access to social welfare provision such as benefits.

It is not a new development, we must accept it.” Ms Castex said: “It is urgent that member states have a calm approach to immigration. To say ‘yes’, we need immigration … it

The proposals include the creation of a “blue card” system, based on the American green card, that provides full working and welfare rights.

Blue card holders would be entitled to move freely across the EU, setting up home in any of the 27 member states.

Last night Sir Andrew Green, of Mig rationWatchUK said: “England, with Holland, is al ready the most crowded country in Europe.

“As it is, we have to build the equivalent of seven cities the size of Birmingham over 25 years for the immigrants the Government already expects.

These would be ridiculous proposals if they were applied to the Britain. “Yet again the ‘one-size-fits-all’ policy of the EU produces absurd results.

“The Government must ensure that these work permits are not valid for the UK.

 “Higher levels of immigration are the last thing we need with a recession approaching.”

And Shadow Home Secretary Dominic Grieve said: “When ministers are talking tough about efforts to control immigration, they need to provide a clear explanation that national policy is not being undermined through the backdoor in Brussels.”

The UK Indepen dence Party leader Nigel Farage attacked the move as “an outrage”. He said: “The sooner Britain gets back control of immigration policy, the better.”

The proposals –  part of the Africa-EU Partnership signed in Portugal last December – also warns of the negative effects of mass immigration and calls for “better integration of African migrants”.

It calls too for a compassionate approach to the eight million illegal immigrants already living in the EU.

It states: “Irregular migrants must not be treated like criminals. Many risk their lives seeking freedom or the means of subsistence in Europe. As long as the EU has a higher standard of living than those countries to its south and east, the temptation to come will exist – especially if there are jobs to be had.” 

The declaration calls on the EU to assist African governments to set up migration information centres “to better manage labour mobility bet ween Africa and the EU”.

Other centres are expected to open soon in other west African states and later in north Africa. The first was the job centre opened in Bamako, capital of Mali, on Monday.

Yesterday the Daily Express revealed that, in an apparent contradiction of immigration policy, thousands of migrants – like Kanoute Tieny from Mali – are being given up to £5,500 in grants by the EU to return home to Africa. 

French president Nicolas Sarkozy wants to implement an EU-wide immigration plan by the end of the year when he stands down as head of the Council of the European Union.

This body implements policy proposed by the European Commission and discussed by the European Parliament.

French immigration minis ter Brice Hortefeux has represented all the 27 EU states, including Britain, in a succession of whirlwind tours through west Africa to help create a strategy.

Last night the Home Office said the UK had nothing to do with this EU plan.

A Border Agency spokesperson said the initiative is aimed at promoting legal migration routes in the Schengen area of the EU which the UK opted out of. The area includes most but not all member states.

“We therefore retain full control of our own borders and our asylum system.”

http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/65628

BRITAIN has officially ratified the controversial Lisbon Treaty, it was announced today.

 The Government confirmed that the final stages of passing the agreement have been completed.

But the future of the deal is still in doubt as EU leaders consider how to respond to Ireland’s surprise referendum “no” vote last month.

Under the UK’s ratification process, both houses of Parliament must pass the treaty.

The Queen then gives Royal Assent, and signs goatskin “instruments of ratification” along with the Foreign Secretary.

These are then sealed, bound in blue leather, and deposited with the Italian ministry of foreign affairs in Rome.

A spokesman for the Foreign Office said all these stages had now been completed.

“The documents were lodged in Rome yesterday,” he said.

Foreign Secretary David Miliband is due to deliver a statement to Parliament on the matter later.

The process had been stalled while a High Court challenge was considered over the Government’s refusal to hold a referendum on the treaty, but that was dismissed last month.

Under EU rules, all 27 member states must ratify the Treaty before it comes into effect.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1434919.ece

Britain and Ireland could be forced to share one European Commission seat

 French President Nicholas Sarkozy is looking for ways of cutting the number of European Commissioners

Britain would be forced to share a European Commissioner with Ireland under plans being drawn up by France.

With France now at the helm of the six-month rotating EU Presidency, President Nicholas Sarkozy is looking for ways to cut the number of national representatives in the European Commission.

But critics say it is a back door plan to reduce our influence in Europe, and that it proves the EU wants to push on with the Lisbon Treaty despite its rejection by the Irish.

At the moment, there are 27 commissioners, one for each member state  -  ensuring each country has a voice at the top level of European decisionmaking.

Britain’s commissioner is Peter Mandelson, the former trade minister who was forced to resign from Tony Blair’s Cabinet twice.

But President Sarkozy says 27 is too many, and has suggested that countries with similar cultural backgrounds should be prepared to share a commissioner  -  citing the UK and Ireland as an example.

This is despite the fact that Britain is one of the largest contributors to EU coffers.

And there is no mention of France having to share, even though it has a very similar population to the UK.

Neil O’Brien at Open Europe, the Eurosceptic think tank, said: ‘It would be barmy to try and force countries to share commissioners.

‘The Irish don’t want to have Peter Mandelson as their commissioner any more than most people in Britain do.

‘It is a bizarre idea to shoehorn countries into cultural groups with which they might not feel any identification.’

Philip Davies, Tory MP for Shipley, said: ‘We are handing over more and more money every year, and in return they are stripping away any remaining influence we have.

‘Only a few months ago, Sarkozy was talking about the strength of the relationship between Britain and France, and now he is pushing this idea.’

France, which now holds the rotating European presidency, says a reduction in the number of commissioners is required because the necessity to allocate 27 jobs to appointees from each EU member is becoming unwieldy.

Government sources in Paris, quoted in the German newspaper Die Welt, said: ‘Countries which share a common cultural heritage, such as Germany and Austria, Great Britain and Ireland or the Benelux countries could share a common commissioner.’

Plans to reduce the number of commissioners were contained in the Lisbon Treaty. Small countries such as Ireland-argue that they should be allowed to keep their commissioner to help safeguard their influence in the EU.

Mark Francois, Tory Europe spokesman, said: ‘This is clearly part of a plan to try and bully and cajole the Irish people to have another referendum on Lisbon.’

Nigel Farage, of the UK Independence Party, said the plan was ludicrous and ‘another clear example of why being in the EU does us no good’.

The idea is also being treated with suspicion in Brussels, with officials pointing out that many EU countries which share the same language and culture have had uncomfortable pasts.

The Foreign Office said it opposed the French plan.

But a spokesman added: ‘In general, the UK supports a reduction in the number of EU commissioners. Now that the EU has reached 27 members, we need to streamline the Commission to ensure it can deliver against the priorities the EU needs to tackle.’

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