Pia Kjærsgaard, the speaker of Denmark’s parliament and former leader of the populist anti-immigration Danish People’s Party, was met by boycott and walkout when she visited Iceland to speak on the anniversary of the country’s independence.
Kkærsgaard on Wednesday gave a speech at the Thingvellir, a historic site and national park near Reykjavik that was the location of Iceland’s Althing parliament from the 10th to the 18th centuries. Iceland switched from home rule to full independence from Denmark in 1918.
Icelandic MPs from parties opposed to the views of the Danish People’s Party, the right wing anti-immigration party which Kjærsgaard co-founded and led from 1995 to 2012, chose to protest her appearance as a representative of the Danish parliament, which was reportedly given at short notice.
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