Queen Margrethe's speech highlighted on Denmark's struggle to lift up the economy, given the hard times last 2011.
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While most European monarchs give out
their annual year-end speeches on New Year's day, Queen Margrethe II
of Denmark gave hers on New Year's eve. She summed up the
difficulties that Denmark faced last 2011 while keeping her optimism
high with the coming 2012.
Queen Margrethe's speech highlighted on
Denmark's struggle to lift up the economy, given the hard times last
2011.
“We have faced adversity before and
we’ve seen before how we could get through a crisis by biting the
teeth together, support each other and not give up,” she said.
“We can not leave it to others or to
chance, how we should proceed. We need to make sure you get where we
can find a starting point. This applies both mentally and
concretely.”
“Also many of the young, the
situation is worrisome. They can not really hold, because they can
not find work or because they do not get the education that can
improve their chances of finding employment. It can give confidence
to recede, making it more difficult to get started, find a foothold
and move on. This is serious, not just for the individual young
person but the entire community. For it is the young who must lead
our society forward, they are the ones that our future must be
based.”
Watch the Queen's 2010 Year-end Message
The Danish queen hasn't forgotten the
troops in Afghanistan, who she personally visited earlier this year.
“We all know that they are doing a
great and good effort, but with my own eyes to see how they live, to
talk with them and gain an insight into their everyday lives is
something I will never forget.”
Of course, the queen put to mention the
joys of having a growing family, especially having more grandkids
around.
“We are pleased and touched by
everything that happens in our family. I could wish for all families
that they could experience as much joy as we: to see their children
grow up and develop, and their grandchildren thrive and spread joy.”
“God Save Denmark,” the queen ends
her speech.
Photo Source, Official Website of the Danish Royal Family, Retrieved Dec. 31, 2011.
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