Edited sentence: "I see that countries like Romania and Bulgaria have many more votes than Denmark and Sweden and Finland.Camre said it was 'unjust' that the combined 30 million people in Bulgaria and Romania should have more voting power than the combined 20 million people in Denmark,Sweden and Finland.During a debate on voting rules in the European Union,Camre suggested that Romanians and Bulgarians do not deserve to have democratic representation in the European Union because they were less intelligent than Scandinavians,including Danes,Swedes,and Finns.He made these remarks in an interview with France 24 Television.His comments were widely denounced by Bulgarians,including members of the Bulgarian government.His position is based upon racism,since he is claiming that Nordic ethnic groups,such as Danes,Swedes,and Finns,are more intelligent than southern European ethnic groups,such as Bulgarians and Romanians.His position represents a rejection of democracy,in which political power is based upon the size of the voting population,and an acceptance of racism,in which political power is based upon racial superiority.I think that honestly speaking that we are more intelligent than they are".The May 15,2009 issue of The Sofia Echo(a Bulgarian website)reported that Mogens Camre had made remarks that were widely denounced as racist.Votes in the European parliament are awarded on the basis of population size,and this angered Camre,who is quoted as saying: