Denmark is set to become the next EU country to ban the burqa, following in the footsteps of France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Bulgaria.
The majority of parties in the Danish government backed a ban on the Islamic face covering.
Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen said on Facebook:
There will come a masking ban in Denmark. That’s how it is.So if it is practically possible to have such a ban without betraying ourselves or our own values, then the Liberal Alliance will vote for itWe are ready to ban the burqa if that is what it takes … But there are some dilemmas, not least with regards to how such a ban would be enforced
The issue has been debated in Britain ever since France became the first European country to ban the burka – the Islamic full-face veil – in 2011.
And it seems the older generation are more likely to support a burka ban. According to data collected by YouGov, 78 per cent of respondents aged 65 years or older backed the ban, compared to just 34 per cent of 18 to 24-year-olds.
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