{"id":25890,"date":"2026-02-26T23:49:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T23:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/25890\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T23:49:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T23:49:18","slug":"denmark-pm-calls-snap-election-amid-row-with-trump-over-greenland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/25890\/","title":{"rendered":"Denmark PM calls snap election amid row with Trump over Greenland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Denmark\u2019s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called an early election for March 24, betting a popularity boost from a stand-off with US President Donald Trump over Greenland will help secure her another term in office.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The move comes after the US president revived claims over the Arctic territory in early January, causing a diplomatic rift with Europe.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The rupture in relations bolstered Frederiksen\u2019s domestic standing, reinforcing her image as a disciplined and steady leader during periods of national strain.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cIt will be a decisive election, because in the next four years, we as Danes, and we as Europeans, will truly have to stand on our own,\u201d Frederiksen, 48, said in a speech on Thursday in parliament.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cWe must define our relationship with the US. We must rearm to secure peace on our continent. We must hold Europe together and we must safeguard the future of the Kingdom of Denmark.\u201d<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">As in Denmark, Trump\u2019s return to the White House is set to shape political elections across Europe. With major votes looming across the bloc, the outcomes will help determine how Europe positions itself towards the US and how much it seeks to stand on its own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Denmark\u2019s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called an early election for March 24, betting a popularity boost from a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25891,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[27,26,16549,10572,57],"class_list":["post-25890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-denmark","tag-danmark","tag-denmark","tag-denmark-election","tag-frederiksen","tag-greenland"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}