According to the Prime Minister, there is a proposal in Copenhagen that elderly people cannot get meat. The Lord Mayor denies this.
Copenhagen's Lord Mayor Sisse Marie Welling (SF) criticizes Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (S) on Instagram for "creating a false picture of what is happening in Copenhagen" in a debate about meat in nursing homes. (Archive photo). (Photo: © Ida Marie Odgaard, Ritzau Scanpix)
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Ritzau ( [email protected] ) 27 minutes ago
Copenhagen's Lord Mayor, Sisse Marie Welling (SF), is taking issue with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (S) for "creating a false picture of what is happening in Copenhagen".
The Lord Mayor does this in a comment on a post from Mette Frederiksen on Instagram.
Here, Mette Frederiksen writes that there is a proposal in Copenhagen about "elderly people in nursing homes not being able to get the meat they want".
And the Prime Minister believes that is wrong, she writes on Instagram.
- It is a lack of respect for the elderly person's right to make their own decisions. It is a lack of empathy and understanding for the life they have lived. And it is completely out of proportion.
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (S) writes on Instagram that there is a proposal in the City of Copenhagen about "elderly people in nursing homes not being able to get the meat they want". Archive photo. (Photo: © Thomas Traasdahl, Ritzau Scanpix)
- The people in nursing homes who have worked and toiled for our country should of course be allowed to eat meat, writes Mette Frederiksen.
But Copenhagen's Lord Mayor is not satisfied with that interpretation.
- This is simply wrong, writes Sisse Marie Welling in the comment section.
- The elderly should naturally have the food they know and like. For many of them, that includes meat.
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'Elderly nutrition should outweigh climate concerns'
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Sisse Marie Welling further writes that she fights for "consideration for the elderly's nutrition to outweigh climate concerns", but that efforts should be made so that "the two things as far as possible go hand in hand".
- The nursing homes can themselves organize how the menu is put together and how much meat they want to serve. And thus take into account the needs and wishes that the elderly have, writes Sisse Marie Welling.
Ritzau is trying to get a comment from Mette Frederiksen regarding the criticism.
Recently, there has been debate among politicians at Copenhagen City Hall about a new food and meal strategy in the City of Copenhagen.
In that connection, a consulting firm has conducted an analysis of the current strategy, which Berlingske mentioned on Sunday.
The analysis describes how nursing home residents' birthday wishes for beef are rejected "in several places" due to "consideration for the CO2 account".
The strategy has, among other things, had a goal that meals in the municipality should be sustainable and climate-friendly, while beef should be reduced in overall purchasing.
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Beef an important parameter
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The analysis is based on a questionnaire survey among 200 nursing home residents and 607 home-dwelling citizens.
A majority of 58-60 percent are satisfied with the food, while 8-13 percent are to a small degree or not at all satisfied.
Several interviewed nursing home residents in the analysis experience a "low satisfaction with the quality of the meat served" and that "beef rarely appears on the menu" at nursing homes.
- When beef is included in the meals, it is highlighted as tasty and in line with the citizens' preferences, and it thus appears as an important parameter for the overall dining experience, the analysis states.
The analysis also shows that citizens are calling for greater influence over the meals.
DR News is also trying to get a comment from the Prime Minister.
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