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This visit is being covered very closely here in DK.
Mainly because it's King Frederik's first official visit abroad and there is a lot of interest in seeing what if anything he might do differently - and of course how he is doing this first solo trip on the top-job.
I think it's way too premature to even expect FX to do things differently. After all this visit was planned long ago and I see very little reason to deviate from what is already planned.
There has been some commenting on FX speech, regarding climate policy and attitude towards the climate change. But ding-a-ling that official Danish policy, supported by practically every single member of the Parliament.
FX did not say anything that went the least bit against Danish policy and I doubt very much his speech would no have been read and approved by the government.
Apart from that, the climate policy is the whole reason for him being in Poland in the first place!
One of the major exports of DK (and we are talking real money and jobs here) is green technology, know-how, and solutions and that's exactly what the Polish government wants. Because Poland wishes to eventually move away from fossil fuel and close down their considerable coal-mining industry. The Polish aren't stupid, they know where the future is. They wanna be on that train, and preferably sitting up front in the train.
So FX is doing fine, and he is actually continuing along the lines he has laid out for years. It's just that Danish media sucked at reporting what he has actually said in his speeches these last years. It's actually only the business papers that bothered writing about that.
Because King Frederik in a suit and wearing glasses while giving a speech is not nearly as "sexy" and sellable as King Frederik running or cheering at a sports event.
I beg to differ with those people. Not just for the obvious reasons (Hello, I'm a woman with working eyes) but because a person's intelligence, ethics, and passion mean more to me than their ability to run or hoo-rah at a sports event. Yes, Sporty!Frederik is great fun, but the other Frederik isn't a slouch, and that part of him deserves more respect.
Going nuclear is one of the "green" options that a lot of EU countries are facing after the invasion of Ukraine.
Poland really isn't that well suited for a massive investments in windmills and solar-farms, well.... Thermo-energy from deep drills might be a possibility but that technology is only being developed right now.
Going nuclear or not is of course an open discussion and in any case that's not a Danish export.
ADDED: A pic of FX:
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In his high-school teacher look.
It's all in the eyes of the beholder, I suppose.
Perhaps he could borrow a few of Daniel's glasses? And look a bit more sharp and angular.
NO! I hate Daniel's glasses. They look god-awful, and I wish he'd get a different shape of frames. If Frederik started wearing frames like that, I'd cry. LOL
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