Thus, immigration and integration policies have been recast on the basis of a distinction between desired migrants and the others, between the 'deserving' and the 'freeloaders', particularly in the wake of the economic crisis, in view of their integration and their contribution to economic life and the welfare state, but also in terms of respect for the liberal values that characterise Danish soci. [...] In the 1973 parliamentary elections, the Progress Party enjoyed immediate success and became the country's second largest political force, with 16% of the votes cast and 28 of the 179 seats in the Folketing, the single chamber of the Danish Parliament. [...] Unlike the Progress Party, the Danish People's Party does not question the generosity of the welfare state, but proposes that the benefits be reserved for the Danish population (i.e., the "native" population), the only net contributors to the nation's resources. [...] The interweaving of the issue of preserving the wealth of "the people" with the issue of their identity is reflected in the party's criticism of the European Union, and in particular its opposition to the adoption of the single currency in 2000, in the name of national identity, a certain social model and a way of life threatened by European deregulation policies. [...] If the parties to the contract, the immigrant and the municipality, do not agree on the content of the integration program, it is up to the municipality to ultimately determine it.
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