Camre made statements on several occasions which occasioned controversy. Among other things, he stated that
"When I look at the voting rules, I see that countries like Romania and Bulgaria have many more votes than Denmark and Sweden and Finland, and I think - honestly speaking - that we are more clever than they are,"[1]
This statement was interpreted by several other MEPs, among them Hannes Swoboda, an Austrian Social-Democrat and Renate Weber, a Romanian MEP, to mean that Camre had stated that Danes were more clever than Bulgarians and Romanians.
On 13 November 2007 he was elected to the Danish parliament, but only two days later announced that he declined his seat in parliament because it would mean that he couldn't finish his term in the European Parliament.[2]
EducationEdit
1961: Bachelor of commerce (accountancy)
1967: Master's degree in political and economic science
CareerEdit
1967-1968 and 1987-1995: Civil servant, Budget Department of Finance Ministry
1974-1989: Member of Tax Tribunal
since 1980: Chairman of the Board of KTAS (1982-1992) and board member of a number of other companies
1985-1987: Member of the Board of Governors of Denmark's National Bank
1995-1999: Budgetary Adviser with Denmark's Permanent Representation to the EU
"The Islamic political-religious movement deals with world supremacy, as did other fanatic political ideologies in history. This world supremacy they are not able to achieve by military means, but try to achieve by flooding the world with people. All western countries are infiltrated by the Muslims - and some of them speak to us nicely, while they wait to be many enough to have us removed - like in the Sudan, Indonesia, Nigeria and in the Balkans."
"There shall not be given concessions to Islamic demands of a place in Denmark - never shall there be built a mosque in our country."
^Waterfield, Bruno (2009-05-14). "Bulgarians and Romanians 'not intelligent enough' to make decisions for the EU". London: telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
^ (in Danish). Politiken. 2007-11-15. Archived from the original on 2007-11-16. Retrieved 2007-11-15.
^. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
External linksEdit
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mogens, camre, mogens, niels, juel, camre, march, 1936, december, 2016, danish, politician, member, european, parliament, with, danish, people, party, danish, dansk, folkeparti, vice, chairman, union, europe, nations, european, parliament, committee, budgetary. Mogens Niels Juel Camre 29 March 1936 5 December 2016 was a Danish politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Danish People s Party Danish Dansk Folkeparti a vice chairman of the Union for a Europe of Nations and sat on the European Parliament s Committee on Budgetary Control and its Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Mogens Camre in 2011 He was also substitute for the Committee on Constitutional Affairs Contents 1 Controversy 2 Education 3 Career 4 Quotes 5 See also 6 Notes 7 External linksControversy EditCamre made statements on several occasions which occasioned controversy Among other things he stated that When I look at the voting rules I see that countries like Romania and Bulgaria have many more votes than Denmark and Sweden and Finland and I think honestly speaking that we are more clever than they are 1 This statement was interpreted by several other MEPs among them Hannes Swoboda an Austrian Social Democrat and Renate Weber a Romanian MEP to mean that Camre had stated that Danes were more clever than Bulgarians and Romanians On 13 November 2007 he was elected to the Danish parliament but only two days later announced that he declined his seat in parliament because it would mean that he couldn t finish his term in the European Parliament 2 Education Edit1961 Bachelor of commerce accountancy 1967 Master s degree in political and economic scienceCareer Edit1967 1968 and 1987 1995 Civil servant Budget Department of Finance Ministry 1974 1989 Member of Tax Tribunal since 1980 Chairman of the Board of KTAS 1982 1992 and board member of a number of other companies 1985 1987 Member of the Board of Governors of Denmark s National Bank 1995 1999 Budgetary Adviser with Denmark s Permanent Representation to the EU 1962 1966 and 1968 1987 Member of Executive Social Democratic Party in Copenhagen 1967 1968 and 1981 1982 Member of National Executive of Social Democratic Party 1981 1982 Member of Danish TUC s Executive Committee 1981 1982 Member of the executive committee of the Labour Movement s Economic Council 1968 1987 Member of the Folketing Member of several Folketing committees including the Political and Economic Affairs Committee Chairman of the Folketing s Environment and Planning Committee Vice chairman of the Folketing s Market Relations and Finance Committees since 1999 Member of the European Parliament since 1999 Vice chairman of the Union for Europe of the Nations GroupQuotes EditMogens Camre Danish People s Party s annual meeting September 16 2001 3 The Islamic political religious movement deals with world supremacy as did other fanatic political ideologies in history This world supremacy they are not able to achieve by military means but try to achieve by flooding the world with people All western countries are infiltrated by the Muslims and some of them speak to us nicely while they wait to be many enough to have us removed like in the Sudan Indonesia Nigeria and in the Balkans There shall not be given concessions to Islamic demands of a place in Denmark never shall there be built a mosque in our country See also Edit2004 European Parliament election in DenmarkNotes Edit Waterfield Bruno 2009 05 14 Bulgarians and Romanians not intelligent enough to make decisions for the EU London telegraph co uk Retrieved 2008 06 08 Camre dropper Folketinget in Danish Politiken 2007 11 15 Archived from the original on 2007 11 16 Retrieved 2007 11 15 Mogens Camres Arsmodetale 2001 Dansk Folkeparti dit land dit valg Archived from the original on 2011 07 16 Retrieved 2011 01 10 External links Edit nbsp Wikiquote has quotations related to Mogens Camre Official website nbsp Personal profile of Mogens Camre in the European Parliament s database of members Declaration PDF of financial interests in Danish nbsp This article about a Member of the European Parliament from Denmark is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mogens Camre amp oldid 1164777063, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
