That quote is from the former right wing liberal and prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen. So he tried to assert himself as someone who wants to move away from the concept that Scandinavia is locked in the ''nordic model'' syndrome, which is understandable from his point of view. His term is mostly defined by fiscally conservative measures like budget cuts and tax reform. However, there is now a left-wing social democratic government (led by Mette Frederiksen) who is trying to reintroduce some social market principles: focus on higher recruitment of teachers, higher minimal wage, lower gas emissions, etc.
Bernie Sanders definition of his ''Democratic Socialism'' is quite confusing TBH, I give you that. When he refers to Democratic Socialism, some Americans think of a state controlled economy (or simply put: communism, but that is totally different than democratic socialism). Europeans on the other hand think that he means a democratic planned economy, which entails that workers democratically control the means of production. So it's basically a rejection of private owned capitalism.
But if you look closely at his references (about Scandinavian socialism, medicare for all, free education, higher minimum wage, etc.), he basically means what we consider as a moderate social democratic model. It's moderate as in that private ownership is ok, but regulated for the benefit of the workers, consumers and small enterprises (right to form a union, protection against high prices, against monopoly), accessible insurance for everyone, free lower and higher education & higher taxes on the rich to finance basic public needs. These concepts define the social market economy, a mid way between the laissez-faire Anglo-Saxon model and socialist (state led) economies. A lot of social democratic parties in Europe were or are proponents of this model.
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Hoe is ie? I always thought you were from Belgium (didn't know why), but alright! Team Orange is well represented on this forum.
