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Proposal: The Danish Parliament should require the government to remove mu­ni­ci­pa­li­ties' option to provide mother tongue instruction in certain languages

Official title (in Danish): Forslag til folket­ings­beslut­ning om at forbyde kommuner at udbyde mod­er­smålsun­der­vis­ning i sprog, der ikke er hovedsprog i et EU-/EØS-land, på Færøerne eller i Grønland

Parliamentary resolution · B 15 (2026-27) · Un­der­vis­nings­min­is­ter­iet

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In short

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  • Proposed by: Dan­marks­de­mokraterne (7 members, first named: Ulrik Knudsen)
  • What is proposed: The proposal calls on the Danish Parliament to require the government to introduce a bill that removes municipalities' option to provide mother tongue instruction in languages that are not main languages of an EU/EEA country, in the Faroe Islands or in Greenland.
  • Who would be affected: The proposal concerns municipalities' provision of mother tongue instruction in languages that are not main languages of an EU/EEA country, in the Faroe Islands or in Greenland.
  • When: The proposal has not been adopted yet. A proposal for a parliamentary resolution is not an act and does not change the rules by itself. If the Danish Parliament adopts it, it is usually a call on the government to act.

Written by AI from verbatim quotes from the source and checked by code and AI. Dates, tables and the fact box are calculated by fixed rules. Unofficial translation. Always read the original.

What the proposal says:

  • The government must introduce a bill before the end of the 2026-27 parliamentary year.
  • The bill must remove municipalities' option to provide mother tongue instruction in certain languages.
  • This applies to languages that are not main languages of an EU/EEA country, in the Faroe Islands or in Greenland.

Sources and original

Read the official text (in Danish) →

The case at the Danish Parliament (ft.dk)

Source: the Official Report of the Danish Parliament (Folketingstidende) and ft.dk

Translated from Danish · The Danish version and the original source apply.

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  1. Introduced · 8 October 2026
    Status in the Danish Parliament: Fremsat
    Folketingets Åbne Data – sagstrin: fremsættelse
  2. 1st reading · 10 November 2026
    Scheduled by the Danish Parliament
  3. Adopted or rejected
    Awaiting the Danish Parliament