Danish people support criticism voiced by their foreign minister to Israeli practices
Israel-Denmark, Politics, 8/21/2001

An opinion poll issued on Monday in the Danish daily " Yalndas Postin" said that 43 % of the Danish people support the criticism made by the Danish foreign minister Mogins Likfout for Israel, considering this criticism as appropriate and neutral.

The opinion poll which was held on August 15 and 16 on a data of 1183 persons over 17 year old revealed that 20% of the persons who were asked about their opinion said that their foreign minister was positive towards Israel, 21 % said he was negative and 15 % gave no opinion.

The opinion poll also showed that voters for the government's coalition parties of socialists, democrats and radicals were of more support to their foreign ministers in 54%, while voters for the middle democratic parties expressed support at 53% and then the conservatives at 45% and the liberals at 40%.

Worthy mentioning that the Danish foreign minister was exposed last week before the foreign political committee at the Danish parliament to criticism by the opposition which viewed him of greatly biased in terms of the Arab- Israeli conflict.

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