Over half of Danes believe that it is more urgent to get a handle on defense and security in Denmark than the climate crisis. This is reported by Berlingske. In a poll conducted by the research institute Verian for the newspaper, participants were asked whether they consider the climate crisis or defense and security to be the most urgent task that politicians must solve in the coming years.
Here, 56 percent answer - that defense and security are most urgent. Conversely, 24 percent believe - that climate is more urgent. Election researcher Kasper Møller Hansen from the University of Copenhagen tells Berlingske that he has never seen Danes place defense so high before.
- We have to go back a long way to find a level that is even remotely reminiscent of this in the Danes' attention to defense. We need to go back to the time when surveys did not exist, he says.
Back in 2019 - leading up to the general election that year - climate was the most important issue for voters. The election was called a climate election. By the next election to the Folketing in 2022, however, climate had already lost first place in favor of the health service. And now it is defense and security that Danes value more than climate.
The opinion poll from Verian comes after a few months when security has seriously come into debate in Denmark. This is not least due to Donald Trump's statements about Greenland. The US president wants the US to take control of Greenland. This is necessary for US national security as well as international security, he has said several times.
At the same time, doubts have arisen in Europe about the US's continued commitment to the defense alliance NATO, which plays an important role in supporting Ukraine in the war against Russia. Both Donald Trump and his vice president, J.D. Vance, have criticized European NATO countries for not investing enough in their defense.
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