We have different traditions and there are differences in culture and, in spite of there being many points of similarity, there are also major differences between one country and another in the nature and extent of the social problems concerned. It is therefore important to emphasise that social policy is a national concern.
Vi har forskellige traditioner, der er forskelle i kultur, og trods mange lighedspunkter er der også store forskelle i karakteren af de sociale problemer og i deres omfang fra land til land.