“I will be the spokeswoman for democracy for the Social Democrats, with a particular focus on spiritual rearmament,” Ida Auken wrote on Facebook.
“We need to strengthen Danish democracy … We have to know our history. We need to speak about our values,” she added.
The term “spiritual rearmament” appeared at the start of the year, when Danish Social Democrat Mattias Tesfaye began talking about it.
“It’s good to reinforce militarily, but if there’s no equivalent spiritual rearmament, we will not guarantee the sovereignty and security of Denmark, the West, and Europe,” the education minister told the Weekendavisen weekly.
Auken said “spiritual rearmament exists through many of our institutions that we tend to take for granted and that are under enormous pressure”.
“These include state schools, the Lutheran church, the state and the voluntary sector,” she told local news agency Ritzau.
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