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The Danish Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksenannounced this Thursday that legislative elections will be held on March 24, in an attempt to strengthen its support amid pressure from the United States on Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.
In early January, President Donald Trump regained his interest in the Arctic island with greater intensity. Since then, Frederiksen has sought to mobilize European leaders and their NATO partners in the face of the obsession of the tenant of the White House. According to the latest polls, these efforts have increased in popularity, following public discontent caused by the rising cost of living and tensions over the welfare state.
That discontent was especially reflected in his party’s poor performance in the municipal elections. And at the end of 2025 the social democrats lost for the first time in more than a century the mayor of Copenhagen.
Recently, however, a YouGov poll identified a significant improvement in his approval ratings. In January, it added ten percentage points compared to December, which, according to the platform, was due to “a rallying effect around the flag, given the recent Greenland crisis.”
The social democratic prime minister governs for four years in coalition with the center and the center-right, represented by the Moderate Party and the Liberal Party, respectively. In this sense, Frederiksen, who made the announcement from the gallery of Parliament (Folketing), has not ruled out any possible government formula if his party retains its status as the most voted. This includes forming a coalition with the rest of the leftist forces, “if it has the capacity to maneuver and can collaborate broadly.”
“I am not excluding anything in advance, because in the time in which we live I am not going to raise extreme demands,” he stated in statements collected by Efe. Now, the prime minister has indicated that her intention is to continue with the current line, in which investment in defense has skyrocketed as a result of the Russian war in Ukraine.
“If we have the possibility of forming a government again, there are things that will remain fixed. Denmark will continue to rearm and help protect Europe against the Russian war machine from the west and against threats from the west. Security policy is and will be the foundation of Danish policy for many years. The same with the tough immigration policy,” he noted.
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