- Title: RECENT: Recent events in Greenland as Danes heads to the polls in elections
- Date: 7th January 2026
- Summary: NUUK, GREENLAND (FEBRUARY 5, 2026) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF COLOURED HOUSES BY THE WATER COVERED IN SNOW Canada and France open consulates in Greenland’s capital Nuuk on February 6, deepening ties amid rising geopolitical tensions. NUUK, GREENLAND (FEBRUARY 6, 2026) (REUTERS) MOTORCADE ARRIVING (SOUNDBITE) (English) CANADIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, ANITA ANAND, SAYING: “So wonderfu
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- Keywords: CHINA DENMARK EU EUROPE GREENLAND NUUK TRUMP USA
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- City: VARIOUS
- Country: Greenland
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Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has staked her leadership on defying U.S. President Donald Trump over Greenland. Convincing voters at home to give her a third term is proving harder.
She heads into a March 24 general election betting that her defiant stand over the Arctic island will overcome growing doubts about whether she has paid enough attention to a cost-of-living crisis in Denmark.
Frederiksen, whose Social Democrats suffered a historic defeat in municipal elections last November, has seen a revival this year which could make her Denmark's longest-serving leader since World War Two if she completes another full term.
Support for the Social Democrats plummeted to 17% in December opinion polls, well below the 28% it won in 2022, before rebounding to around 22% in recent weeks amid what many Danes said was resolute handling of the Greenland dispute.
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