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On Wednesday 4 June, the Danes will elect their new Parliament. The vote, save big surprise, should give victory to the Social Democrats on the outgoing liberal majority of Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen.
The liberal party Venstre does not make any more recipe. Admittedly, Denmark remains one of the most productive economies in the world, with an unemployment rate of less than 4% , but the budget austerity rule since the crisis of 2008 passes badly with a majority of Danes worried about their flexicurity system .
Social Democrats want measures to limit immigration
The Social Democrats, on the other hand, promised the end of budget cuts and more investment in the education, health and welfare sectors. But what the voters also appreciate, according to the polls, is the party's shift on immigration issues: border closures, systematic evictions, seizure of jewelery and refugee species, detention. ..
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Mette Frederiksen, head of the Social Democrats since 2015, subscribes to the policy implemented by the government. A policy originally instigated by the nationalists of the Danish People's Party. However, this now normalized party has lost 10 points of popularity in one year, and is competing with two small groups even more on the far right of the political spectrum. Immigration has been a central theme of debate in the campaign, with the social model and climate issues.