For Wammen, our time is just as defining for Denmark as when we joined NATO and the EU.

With an extra 58 billion in the pipeline, Wammen’s biggest problem is convincing us that we don’t need to spend all the money right now.

Monday was not just the day that Finance Minister Nicolai Wammen (S) could present an increase in the discretionary power of 58 billion kroner. It was also a special day for him personally.

We will return to that. We will dwell for a moment on the staggering 58 billion kroner that is included in the slipstream of economic indicators, which gives Denmark a completely unique position among our European friends. We are at the top when it comes to, among other things, exports, employment, and surpluses on public finances. And at the bottom when it comes to inflation and debt.