The op-ed was a reply to a recent campaign by Jyllands-Posten for dropping the Femern Belt-Bridge project to connect Denmark and Germany, and instead building a new Danish internal bridge – the so-called Kattegat-link – that would connect Zealand with the Jutland Peninsula. Gillesberg's op-ed argued that we should think ahead, and not only build both bridges, but also include maglev rail, that would be the beginning of a Danish and international maglev net operating at speeds of 3-400 mph.

The op-ed ran the day after Jyllands-Posten featured the possibility of a Danish maglev on its front page. Although JP covered the SI maglev proposal on its website in April, this is the first time it has allowed the Schiller Institute to present its idea of the maglev system in its print edition. The op-ed was placed in the most prominent op-ed location, side by side with JP's own editorial, and with a color picture of Gillesberg, who was presented as the chairman of the Schiller Institute in Denmark.

On top of the title, is a quote from the op-ed, "First with the new, or last with the old?" In the middle of the op-ed the following quote was inserted and highlighted with bold letters: "Let's quickly get started on building the Femern Belt-bridge, and at the same time prepare the Kattegat-link, so we can start building the Kattegat project soon."

The untranslated op-ed can be read here and a full translation, here.