Denmark's Election: Frederiksen's Immigration Stance

0:00On March 24, Denmark heads to the polls on Tuesday for a general election, with Prime Minister Met Frederekson likely securing a third term. Her social democrats lead a centrist coalition that's taken a tough stance on immigration, aiming to slash asylum numbers since she took office in 2019. These policies have grabbed attention across Europe, influencing tougher approaches in places like Sweden and the UK. Journalists say they've kept far-right parties from surging by pulling their ideas into the mainstream, shifting the whole political debate rightward on. Migration, a young graduate from the town of Kokodol, plans to vote left but skip the social democrats, frustrated by what she sees as rising anti-immigrant talk, and unequal treatment of refugees from different wars. Local flashpoints, like past cultural clashes over holidays, still fuel tensions, and experts note Denmark's public has grown less tolerant on, surveys. Polling shows neither the left-leaning red block, nor the center-right blue block, has

1:01a clear majority, leaving the moderate party as potential. Kingmakers, some immigrants back Frederekson anyway, praising her on other issues like handling foreign threats to Greenland. This election highlights how immigration remains Denmark's hottest issue, with Frederekson strategy holding power amid a divided landscape.