Von der Leyen has been accused of a lack of professionalism for holidaying with the Greek prime minister in Crete amid multiple investigations into the Greek government’s use of spyware against opponents and the recent train disaster in Tempi.
Individuals with refugee status may be banned from travelling back home for a holiday even if they live in Denmark for over ten years as the government looks to tighten rules on those who may no longer require protection.
A broad sector of Denmark’s society—including the Lutheran bishops, business communities, Rightist and Leftist opposition parties, trade unions, and others—remain vehemently opposed, for varying reasons, to the government’s scrapping of the public holiday.
