 In his fifth annual New Year s speech to the Danish people, Prime Minister Nyrup Rasmussen centers on five separate areas of interest: The European Union, in face of the referendum on the Amsterdam treaty. Immigrants and refugees, laying down a double-sided, human but firm line. Families aiming for a less stressful everyday. Environmental issues such as water pollution and the Kyoto treaty. And, as a second step to follow the improvement of the economy, a new but not very specific focus on the improvement of the lives of the weakest groups of society.