Mette Frederiksen, Danish Prime Minister, calls early parliamentary elections | EUROtoday

Mette Frederiksen, the Danish Prime Minister, chief of the Social Democrats, has known as early legislative elections for March 24 within the Nordic nation, she introduced on Thursday February 26 in Parliament.

“Today I recommended to His Majesty the King to call elections to the Folketing [le Parlement danois] »said Mette Frederiksen, who is seeking a third term. “You know what I stand for. If I am to be your prime minister, it will depend on the strength of the mandate you give to the social democrats”she added in entrance of Parliament, the place the utmost period of a legislature is 4 years.

She took the chance to current the broad outlines of her electoral program. Denmark should proceed to rearm and contribute to the safety of Europe by serving to Ukraine towards Russia, she argued. But additionally “against threats coming from the west and against the risk of terrorism coming from the south”she clarified, saying she wished to take care of a strict migration coverage.

“Security policy is and will remain the very foundation of Danish policy for many years to come”in line with M^me Frederiksen. Over the following 4 years, Denmark should “to assert oneself fully” : the connection with the United States will, amongst different issues, must be redefined. “We must maintain the unity of Europe and ensure the future of the kingdom”insisted Mette Frederiksen.

These elections come as Denmark is in talks with the United States and Greenland about the way forward for the autonomous Arctic territory, coveted by Donald Trump. After having lengthy refused to rule out using pressure to take management of the autonomous Danish territory, the American president introduced on the finish of January a “agreement framework”the main points of which aren’t recognized, negotiated with the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Mark Rutte.

Copenhagen, nevertheless, recalled that solely Denmark and Greenland might make choices that concern them. At the identical time, a working group bringing collectively senior Danish, Greenlandic and American officers is engaged on the Greenlandic query, with out its highway map having been made public. For its half, NATO launched a mission, known as Arctic Sentry, to strengthen its presence within the Arctic.

In energy since 2019

M^me Frederiksen has led Denmark since mid-2019. Since the final election, in November 2022, she has led a coalition authorities bringing collectively the Liberal Party of Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen and the centrist celebration of Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen, former prime minister. In November 2025, following the municipal elections, the Prime Minister’s celebration misplaced management of greater than fifteen municipalities out of 98. Among them, the capital, Copenhagen, whose new mayor comes from the Socialist People’s Party.

The Folketing has 179 seats, of which 175 are reserved for parliamentarians representing Denmark and two every for parliamentarians from the dominion’s two semi-autonomous territories, Greenland and the Faroe Islands. On Wednesday night, the Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands known as elections to the native parliament for March 26, his workplace stated.