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Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has one person to thank for
rescuing her from a looming political abyss: U.S. President Donald
Trump.

FrederiksenrCOs party has seen a dramatic surge in poll ratings through
January rCo just months after awful results in last yearrCOs local elections rCo as it launched a vehement defense of DenmarkrCOs sovereignty against TrumprCOs aggressive threats to annex Greenland.

rCLAfter a long time, they have finally drawn a clear line instead of
appearing submissive,rCY said Per Clausen, a left-wing Danish MEP from the opposition Enhedslisten party, who credited the change in approach with
driving a leap in voter support.

The phenomenon is not unique to Denmark. In elections from Canada to
Australia, standing up to Trump has become electoral rocket fuel, as
leaders who frame themselves as defenders of national sovereignty and
liberal democracy are being rewarded by voters eager for pushback
against the U.S. president.

FrederiksenrCOs center-left party rCo which governs in a coalition with the center-right Moderates and Venstre parties rCo netted 22.7 percent of the
vote and 41 parliament seats in a new poll by Megafon, a reputable
Danish consultancy, conducted from Jan. 20 to 22 among 1,012 Danes.
ThatrCOs a sharp upswing from the last poll by Megafon in early December,
which showed FrederiksenrCOs party winning just 32 seats.

The Social Democrats currently hold 50 seats out of 179, and the latest
polls show that it would still be the largest party in parliament with
41 seats, putting them back in pole position to lead coalition talks,
but leaving them dependent on partners to maintain power.

The uptick in support is even more notable given that the Social
Democrats suffered a terrible result in municipal elections in November,
which saw FrederiksenrCOs party lose Copenhagen, a symbolically important
seat, for the first time in 100 years.

The Moderates, led by Danish Foreign Minister Lars L|+kke Rasmussen,
nearly tripled its vote share in the poll from 2.2 percent to 6.4
percent, equal to about 12 seats. Another poll published Monday by the
research institute Voxmeter for Danish news agency Ritzau showed support
for FrederiksenrCOs Cabinet at 40.9 percent, the highest in two years. If
an election were held now, the coalition would be forecast to win 73
seats.

That would still leave them 17 seats short of the 90 needed for a
majority and needing to negotiate with other parties rCo but is far from
what just months ago looked like an imminent wipeout.

Rally around the flag
Since then, the world rCo and Danish politics rCo has changed dramatically. Trump said in early January that he would seize Greenland, a self-ruling
Danish territory in the Arctic, by any means necessary, an oft-repeated
threat that took on new menace after the American capture of Venezuelan
leader Nicol|is Maduro.

Frederiksen, who has been in power since 2019, has mounted a spirited diplomatic defense of the Arctic island, successfully repelling TrumprCOs advances for now.

And, according to the polls, Danes have rallied around her.

https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-saved-mette-frederiksen-from -electoral-oblivion/

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