Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is hoping to seize on her popularity after having pushed back against President Donald Trump’s effort to seize Greenland.
Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen Thursday announced snap parliamentary elections on March 24.
It comes as her party sees a surge in popularity after she pushed back against US President Donald Trump’s aggressive bid to acquire the Danish territory.olitics
Danish PM calls snap election after Greenland standoff
The Danish PM saw a modest polling bump after US President Donald Trump’s renewed threats over Greenland
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has called for elections to be held on 24 March, triggering an early vote months before the October 2026 deadline.
On Thursday, Frederiksen took the floor in the Danish Parliament for “a remark of a special nature” – the informal signal that a prime minister is calling a general election.
“It will be an important election,” she said, arguing that in the next four years Danes and Europeans must stand on their own, redefine their relations with the United States, rearm to secure peace on the continent, keep Europe united and safeguard the future of the kingdom.
Frederiksen shifted Denmark into campaign mode amid one of the country’s biggest foreign policy crises in decades, after the US threatened to take over Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory within the Danish realm.
After Greenland clash, Danish PM pivots to domestic battleground
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After Greenland clash, Danish PM pivots to domestic battleground
The Danish PM saw a modest polling bump after US President Donald Trump’s renewed threats over Greenland and the ensuing diplomatic push that led European countries – including Germany and France – to deploy troops to the Arctic island.
Elisabet Svane, political analyst at Politiken, told Euractiv earlier this week that the crisis reinforced Frederiksen’s image as a steady crisis manager – much as during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
Frederiksen, in office since 2019, has led a rare centrist coalition since 2022 spanning the centre-left Social Democrats, the Moderates and the centre-right Liberals. Polls suggest the alliance could lose its majority in a new parliament.
Currently the third-longest serving EU leader, Frederiksen has broken ranks with Europe’s social democrats by aligning with Italy’s far-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on migration.
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