Danish minister resigns over mink culling order
The order to kill millions of mink, in which a mutated strain of the coronavirus is rampant, was done so illegally
18 November 2020 - 14:37
Copenhagen — Denmark’s minister for food and agriculture said on Wednesday that he would step down due to a lack of confidence from fellow lawmakers following an illegal order by the government to cull the country’s farmed mink.
“I have today informed the prime minister that I wish to resign from the government. I realise that there isn’t the necessary support for me among the parliamentary parties,” food and agriculture minister Mogens Jensen said on Twitter...
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