Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was defeated

Copenhagen (EFE). – The Danish Prime Minister, Social Democrat Mette Frederiksen, was beaten this Friday in the center of Copenhagen by a man who has been arrested, the Ritzau agency reported.

Frederiksen is “shocked” by what happened, the prime minister’s office said in a brief letter sent to Ritzau, which also cited police sources confirming the incident.

Danish authorities have not provided any further information about Frederiksen’s condition.

“Oh no, what a surprise. That’s not Denmark. We don’t attack our prime ministers. I send my best thoughts to Mette,” Vice President and Defense Minister, the liberal Troels Lund Poulsen, wrote on the social network X.

The leaders of the main Danish parties and several ministers have also reacted on social networks, condemning what happened and sending messages of support to Frederiksen.

Mette Frederiksen, 46, has been head of government since June 2019: the first term, as head of a centre-left coalition; and from December 2022, at the head of a centre-left executive with two right-wing forces.

Pedro Sánchez dismissed the attack

The President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, expressed his support for the Danish Prime Minister, Social Democrat Mette Frederiksen, following the attack against her.

“Mette Frederiksen is a committed leader, a wonderful person and a great friend. The attack on her tonight is an attack against all of us who believe in a Europe of freedom, tolerance and peace,” Sánchez published on her social network X.

Sánchez sent support to Frederiksen “and to the Spanish citizens in this difficult time”.

He concluded, “Violence has no place in the European Union.”

Meloni also supports Mette Frederiksen

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni also condemned the attack on her Danish counterpart and expressed solidarity with the Danish President.

“I am shocked by the news of the attack on the Danish prime minister,” the Italian leader said in a statement, calling what happened “an act of intolerable violence that represents an attack on the heart of democratic values.”
“My solidarity goes out to my colleague Mette,” Meloni said.