You need to understand the context here.<p>Dansk Folkeparti (Danish Peoples Party) arose because of the established primarily left leaning political parties completely ignored and froze out the party to begin with.<p>The biggest political party, the Social Democrats (also likes to call itself the workers party) lost touch with it&#x27;s voters when society in general went from production sectors to service sectors. A rising unrest about immigration manifested itself in a lot of voters who didn&#x27;t benefit from the immigrants coming and taking jobs or just living of welfare that many danish voters felt they paid for (Denmark have extreme taxes)<p>And so while the political establishment tried to ignore them they slowly grew to become now the second biggest political party in Denmark. However now for other reasons than muslim immigration. The reason now is that DF is the only party that really takes the average joes concerns seriously no matter how primitive they might seem to many.<p>Today most parties are in line with DF as they have recognized that you can&#x27;t just take in a lot of people and then expect them to become a natural part of society.<p>Denmark has one of the most honest debates about immigration and it speaks volume about the level of political corectness and control over the media in other countries that even though Denmark is one of the countries who take most immigrants and refugees, spend most money on immigration both domestically and internationally and has some of the most extensive rights for immigrants it still had to defend it&#x27;s political line in the EU.<p>Denmark is fairly clear on what it&#x27;s doing. There are many bad things I can say about my home country but I actually think that debate wise we have some of the most free and civilized debates especially considering the hot topics we often discuss.