Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister of Denmark
The decision was announced by Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, with the vote scheduled for March 24th.
Denmark will have elections legislative elections brought forward to March 24Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced today, amid a period of tension with the United States over North American claims over the autonomous Danish territory of Greenland.
“ANow it’s up to you, voters, decide which direction that Denmark will take over the next four years. And I’m looking forward to it”, declared Frederiksen in Parliament, when announcing the vote.
Voters will choose 179 members of the Folketingthe Danish Parliament, of which 175 represent mainland Denmark and two each from the semi-autonomous territories of Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
The legislation provides for elections to be held at least every four years, but the head of Government can convene them at any time.
The last legislative elections took place on November 1, 2022 and resulted in a three-party coalition that overcomes the traditional division between left and right.
Frederiksen, social democrat, has led the Government since 2019 and currently heads a coalition that includes the Liberal Party, led by Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen, and the Moderate Party, led by Foreign Minister and former Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen.
Among the main challenges faced by the executive in the last year is pressure from American President Donald Trump for greater United States control over Greenland, an autonomous territory of the Danish kingdom.
Tensions intensified last month with the temporary threat of imposition of new tariffs on Denmark and other European countries, with technical talks subsequently starting between Washington, Copenhagen and Nuuk on a possible security agreement in the Arctic.
The Danish and Greenlandic authorities reiterated that they do not negotiate sovereignty issues.
At the beginning of the month, Frederiksen stated that the crisis is not overnoting that the North American President continues to take the issue of Greenland “very seriously”.
