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Press Release -11.2.2009:

Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Americans to show Support for
Dual Citizenship Proposal in Folketinget

COPENHAGEN, February 11, 2009:

On February 19th the halls of Folketinget will be filled with Americans, waving American, Danish, and EU flags.

"It is about time that Americans, like myself, who live in Denmark, speak Danish, work, and pay taxes have the right to Danish citizenship, without having to give up American citizenship," says Larry Feinberg, an American who has been living in Denmark for over twenty years and who has been working together with the grassroots organization statsborger.dk to amend the restrictive Danish law.

Feinberg, who is the Issues Chairperson for Democrats Abroad Denmark, is encouraging Americans and other foreigners who live in Denmark, to meet up in front of Folketinget on February 19th at 15:20.

From there, they will march into Folketinget together and watch as the members of parliament debate the law proposal on dual citizenship. As for whether or not the Danish members of parliament will be influenced by the Americans, Feinberg is optimistic.

"I truly believe, due to the strong alliance between Denmark and the United States, that the Danish politicians will pay attention to the American presence."

Feinberg is also working with Virginia Holst, an American citizen and member of Venstre, who is the former mayor of Hvalsø, a town in Southern Zealand. Law proposal b55, which would amend the Danish law to allow for dual citizenship, will be debated in Folketinget on Friday February 19th at 16:00. It is being proposed by the Radikale Venstre.

About Democrats Abroad Denmark

Democrats Abroad Denmark is the Denmark committee of Democrats Abroad, which is the official overseas branch of the U.S. Democratic Party.

The Denmark committee was established in November 2007, and works actively to help Americans living in Denmark, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Southern Sweden, and Northern Germany to vote via absentee ballot in U.S. elections.

It also encourages U.S. citizens living in the region to make campaign contributions to Democratic candidates in various federal and local elections in the United States.

Any U.S. citizen of voting age residing in Denmark and its territories and surrounding regions, and who believes in the principals of the U.S. Democratic Party, is welcome to join Democrats Abroad Denmark free of charge by going to the Democrats Abroad website www.democratsabroad.dk and clicking on the Join button.

Contacts:

Larry Feinberg, Issues Chairperson +45 50 30 74 97 jflarry@hotmail.com

Virginia Holst, former mayor of Hvalsø +45 59 18 57 44 viho@lejre.dk

David S. Miller, Chairperson of Democrats Abroad Denmark Mobile +45 40 60 33 60 E-mail david@dotmiller.com