“Enough is enough”: Danish youth protest cuts to student grants

Thousands of Danish high school and university students are expected to protest in Copenhagen on Wednesday against the government’s plan to reduce the public student grant, known as SU. Eleven student groups have called for a peaceful gathering at 12:30 p.m. at City Hall Square, followed by a march to Parliament; the Danish High School Students’ Association expects about 10,000 demonstrators, with further protests elsewhere in the country. The plan would end grants for students living with parents whose annual income exceeds €94,000 and reduce them for students whose parents earn between €55,500 and €94,000. The higher education ministry estimates that 14,000 students would lose their grant and 8,000 would receive less; the government also proposes limiting unemployment benefits for new graduates to those who worked for 18 of the final 24 months of their studies.