Martin Ågerup wrote that an analysis commissioned by the City of Copenhagen described how kitchen staff at several nursing homes rejected residents' requests for beef on their birthdays due to the municipality's CO₂ accounts. He used the story of the 95-year-old Niels as an example but emphasized that the person was fictional. According to Ågerup, the municipality's guidelines allowed for a maximum of 80 grams of beef, veal, and lamb per week, including deli meats for lunch. He quoted a resident's statement about a significant longing for decent meat. In April, the Conservative Party, Liberal Alliance, Social Democrats, Venstre, and Danish People’s Party proposed exempting nursing homes from the municipality's food strategy. The Socialist Folk Party, Red–Green Alliance, and the Radical Left rejected the proposal in the Health and Care Committee on August 20, Ågerup wrote. He expected the five parties to be in the minority when the new strategy would be adopted in the City Council at the beginning of 2027. Ågerup argued that politicians should not decide how much meat the elderly should eat, and wrote that nursing home residents should be able to choose their birthday food. He highlighted that, according to him, residents had paid taxes for most of their lives, paid rent for their care homes, and 4,414 kroner per month for food. He concluded with a call for less paternalism and more hamburgers, as well as an invitation to join the Taxpayers Association. https://t.co/5SLqHWljnU #plejehjem #fødselsdag #madpolitik (translated)




