Most European countries now have too many 3G operators for all of them to be profitable: Denmark, for example, has four players and 3.8m mobile users, while Switzerland has four licence-holders for its 5.3m users.

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Anti-Islamicization parties are increasingly part of coalition governments in, for example, the Netherlands, Denmark and Italy.

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Denmark, for example, number four on the list of worst polluters, has pledged to double the nation's windpower and to wean itself off fossil fuels by 2050.

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In Denmark, for example, around 9, 000 skilled bricklayers and masons will retire by the end of this decade, but only half that number will finish their apprenticeships and be available to replace them.

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For example, regulators of pension funds in Sweden and Denmark have recently tweaked the rules in a way that has translated into some easing of demand for German bonds.

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But even less controversial topics must be adapted to local medical practice, according to Mikael Vissing, the firm's chief executive: lyme disease, for example, is treated with different drugs in Britain, Denmark and Germany.

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Take the example of Denmark's capital, Copenhagen, where for the last two decades the city authorities have been investing in measures to encourage cycling.

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