Thousands of students took to the streets of Copenhagen

They could be heard from afar as they made their way through the streets of Copenhagen on their way to Christiansborg.

The high school students from different parts of Denmark had a common goal – to stop the Danish government's planned cuts to the student allowance.

- The state wants to cut SU (the Danish student grant). It is already difficult for us who come from families that do not earn much, said Molly Kareis Livingstone.

She is in her final year at Det frie gymnasium, located in the Nørrebro district, and had taken the lead in one of the demonstration trains with a bright green sign with the text "Vi har brug for vores SU".

She does not mean that the demonstration was inspired by the protests seen in France which degenerated into violence. Rather, it is about governments around Europe "apparently" planning similar cuts, to which the students "of course" react.

Her friend Tristan Holsteen Nissen agrees. He walked out of today's classes because he is worried that fewer people will choose to study if the cuts are carried out - and what consequences this could have in the long run:

- I also don't think that your parents' income should affect how much you get. Just because your parents earn a lot doesn't mean you get a lot, he said.

According to the news agency Ritzau, the government in Denmark wants, among other things, to withdraw the student allowance (SU) for students living at home whose parents together earn more than 710,077 Danish kroner a year, and gradually reduce the subsidy for combined parental incomes between 419,589 and 710,077 Danish kroner.

According to Danish media, around 10,000 people were expected to participate in the demonstration outside Christiansborg, which proceeded peacefully. 19 buses drove students from all over the country there. In addition, approximately 40,000 students from over 50 high schools around Denmark have gone on strike from today's teaching.