The Social Democrats hold on in Denmark
The price has been the aping of harsh immigration policies
Until close to midnight it looked like a bad day for Mette Frederiksen, Denmark’s prime minister. For months polls had shown growing restlessness among the 6m Danes, a general drift to the right and, with no fewer than 14 parties contesting the elections on November 1st, the prospect of protracted haggling to form a new governing coalition. But as final returns trickled in, the mood among her Social Democrats (SDP) turned triumphant.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Matching the right”
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