00:00Denmark votes today in a closely contested general election
00:03where Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is seeking a third term.
00:07The polls come amid months of heightened tensions
00:10over US President Donald Trump's push to take control of Greenland,
00:14which is a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark.
00:19Frederiksen's recent firm rejection of Trump's takeover bid
00:22had boosted her approval ratings,
00:24helping to stabilise her government after a period of declining support.
00:28Seeking to capitalise on that momentum, she called a snap election last month.
00:34Voters will now decide the make-up of Denmark's 179-seat parliament,
00:39with 90 needed to form a government.
00:41Recent polling shows Frederiksen's main challenger
00:44being centre-right defence minister, Trois Lund-Polsen.
00:48Surveys suggest her centre-left Social Democrats will remain the largest party
00:52but could record their weakest result in more than a century,
00:55amid discontent over cuts to social programmes and the rising cost of living.
01:00That would likely leave no party with an outright majority,
01:04setting the stage for coalition negotiations.
01:06We have questions, if you think it's over, which there is, I mean, no, we don't think it's over.
