Polls open in Denmark election with Trump’s Greenland threats on voters’ minds – Europe live

06.28 EDT 'So important what message we will send to Europe and world tonight' Miranda Bryant in Copenhagen Good morning from Copenhagen where I have just bumped into Pelle Dragsted , the leader of Enhedslisten – the Red-Green Alliance – high-fiving and waving at passing commuters on bicycles. The recently elected Copenhagen Lord Mayor, Sisse Marie Welling, from the SF party also just cycled by. After a short but intense election period, Denmark goes to the polls today in what is expected to be a very tight election. The Social Democrats’ Mette Frederiksen is largely predicted to remain prime minister, but it is not guaranteed – with the Moderates’ Lars Løkke Rasmussen expected to be in pole position to be a kingmaker in coalition talks. The 12 leaders were debating on television late into the night last night . The election has been dominated by domestic issues like animal welfare, drinking water, further tightening immigration and the cost of living in front of the back drop of geopolitical issues – not least the crisis with the US in January when Donald Trump threatened to invade Greenland, which is part of the Danish kingdom. Dragsted told me the election is “about Danish daily life of citizens but it’s also an election of what’s going on in the world. “We have a clash of authoritarian forces one side and we are having a lot of important elections in coming years that will define the future of Europe. Our election is part of that clash.” He added: “For me it’s so important what message we will send to Europe and the world tonight.”