DenmarkArbejdsmarked og erhvervsliv 6 · Labour market and business
A conflict on the labour market has lasted a long time, and the two sides cannot agree. What can the Danish Parliament (Folketinget) do?
In the exam (Danish)
En konflikt på arbejdsmarkedet varer længe, og parterne kan ikke blive enige. Hvad kan Folketinget gøre?
- aNothing, because only trade unions and employers may get involved.Ingenting, for kun fagforeninger og arbejdsgivere må blande sig.
- bSend the case to the EU, which then decides.Sende sagen til EU, som så bestemmer.
- cEnd the conflict by passing a law.Stoppe konflikten ved at vedtage en lov.Correct answer
Why?
The Danish Parliament can step in with a law that ends the conflict. This happened, for example, in 2021, when the nurses had been on strike for more than two months.
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Questions from past Medborgerskabsprøve papers (danskogproever.dk), reproduced verbatim with their official answers by permission of the Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI), and our own practice questions on the facts of the official study material. The explanations are ours. Questions whose official answer no longer holds have been left out. The English translation and the explanations were made with AI help; in the test the questions are asked in Danish. We are not affiliated with SIRI.
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