Farewell to welfare?

Everyone knows Greece's beggarly status. But the EU Commission says Denmark is among four other countries that have run up unsustainable deficits. That has the famously self-doubting Danes ( ". . . that is the question") wondering if their luxuriant social policies are doomed. Under the headline "Farewell Welfare State," Berlingske Tidende's Poul Høi writes today: "It's not just the warm countries that have to cut back on their pensions and social services. The cold countries, too, have to make some cold calculations and reconsider their social model."