{"id":13647,"date":"2026-11-04T18:25:32","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T18:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=13647"},"modified":"2026-11-04T18:25:32","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T18:25:32","slug":"danish-students-join-european-protest-wave-against-education-funding-cuts-education-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=13647","title":{"rendered":"Danish students join European protest wave against education funding cuts | Education News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thousands of young people in Denmark have demonstrated against a government plan to cut student stipends under a decades-long allowance scheme, adding to a wave of youth unrest across Europe.<\/p>\n

Organisers said up to 13,000 students marched from Copenhagen\u2019s city hall square to parliament over proposed cuts to free up funds for defence spending on Monday, under the banner \u201cEnough is Enough\u201d.<\/p>\n

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The rally echoed student protests in France that spread to other European countries in recent weeks, and that morphed into wider grievances over the cost of living and housing crises impacting young people across the continent.<\/p>\n

Student associations said some 40,000 students were on strike at 57 schools across Denmark over the proposed cuts.<\/p>\n

Since 1970, all students enrolled in schools or university in Denmark over the age of 18 have automatically received the student allowance regardless of their parents\u2019 income.<\/p>\n

Students currently receive 1,154 kroner ($173) a month for those who live with their parents, and 7,426 kroner ($1,116) for those who live on their own.<\/p>\n

Under the new government proposal, the allowance would be abolished for students living with parents earning over 700,000 Danish kroner ($105,248).<\/p>\n

Only students living with parents earning between 419,589 kroner ($63,087) and 700,000 kroner ($105,248) a year would be eligible for the allowance, with stipends staggered based on their parents\u2019 income.<\/p>\n

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Students rally in Copenhagen against Danish government plans to reform the student allowance system, November 4, 2026 [Ritzau Scanpix\/Ida Marie Odgaard\/Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Copenhagen police were out in force during the demonstration.<\/p>\n

Thousands of young people chanted \u201cBroken Promises\u201d and carried signs reading \u201cSave SU\u201d, the Danish acronym for the student allowance, \u201cLess Support, Less Educated\u201d and \u201cDon\u2019t Cheat the Young\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Denmark, we get funding and economic support for getting an education, and we\u2019re very proud of this,\u201d said one protest organiser, Danish High School Students Association president Oscar Tonsberg Hoffmann.<\/p>\n

He told AFP that it would be wrong to dismantle \u201cone of the world\u2019s strongest educational systems\u201d.<\/p>\n

Kieran Hindshaw, a 23-year-old agronomy student, said he felt betrayed by the government.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m infuriated that we finally get a supposedly \u2018red\u2019 government in Denmark that includes the left parties \u2026 we get cuts to our welfare and to the economies of young people whilst they\u2019re funding corporate tax reductions and warfare,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Higher Education Ministry said around 14,000 students are expected to lose their stipends, and some 8,000 would see it reduced.<\/p>\n

The government has also proposed that unemployment benefits for recent university graduates be paid only to those who have worked during 18 of the last 24 months of their studies.<\/p>\n

Industry Minister and Social Liberal Party leader Martin Lidegaard has meanwhile said the cuts \u201care not pleasant decisions\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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