The Danish Prime Minister, the social democrat Mette Frederiksen, announced this Thursday the call for early general elections for next March 24. Frederiksen, who had already headed a minority Executive between 2019 and 2022, has governed for four years in a coalition with the Liberal Party and the centrist Moderate Party.
The parliamentary elections They were to be held at the latest on October 31although rumors about an early election had increased in recent weeks.
Frederiksen made the announcement from the Parliament rostrum (Folketing) and He did not rule out any possible government formula if his party retains its status as the most voted, including 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 we live in I am not going to make extreme demands,” he said. The social democratic leader highlighted, however, that His intention is to continue with the current line, in which defense investment has skyrocketed as a result of the 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 from the west and against threats from the west. The security policy is and will be the foundation of Danish politics for many years. The same with the harsh immigration policy,” he said.
Greenland and economic inequality, priorities
In recent months, Denmark has gone through a crisis in its relationship with the United States, due to the repeated interest of the American president, Donald Trump,appealing to security reasons.
The announcement at the end of January of a pre-agreement with NATO to strengthen security in the Arctic and the start of high-level working group meetings They have nevertheless reduced the tension.
Frederiksen also announced this Wednesday that the Social Democratic Party will propose introducing a wealth tax if it governs. “When the richest one percent of the population owns about a quarter of the total net wealth of Danesit’s too uneven. “That is why we propose a wealth tax, Denmark has not become a rich and strong society based on inequality,” he declared.
The tax would allow raise about 6 billion Danish crowns (about 800 million euros), which would be allocated to public primary schools.
