The Danish public service broadcaster DR swallows enormous amounts of tax money from Danish citizens, yet it struggles to deliver impartial radio and TV without pushing its own agenda.

Danish government parties – including the Social Democrats, Liberals and Moderates – insist that “privatisation solves nothing” and that DR is a cornerstone of democracy. At the same time they quietly admit to controversial documentaries and clear bias.

The debate is raging in Denmark right now. The Liberal Alliance is pushing hard for privatisation ahead of the new media agreement for 2027 onwards, while the government says no.

As Swedish taxpayers we can only hope the Danes don’t invite us to another “merger” like the one in 2009, when Posten AB and Post Danmark formed PostNord. Many Swedes still feel Denmark brought higher costs, worse profitability and major structural problems into the deal. Sweden was more profitable before the merger, but ended up carrying Danish burdens.

The result? Years of heavy losses, cutbacks, strikes and constant criticism – much of it blamed on the “Danish tangle” we bought into.

Just to be safe, maybe we should install a jammer between Denmark and Sweden so no more bad deals can cross the border.

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