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'What's going on?' Mette Frederiksen goes to the polls | BT Politik - www.bt.dk Analysis: On Tuesday afternoon, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was upset to say the least. At Christiansborg, it is a public secret that the Prime Minister is not best friends with his temperament, but it is still rare that it gets a free run in front of rolling cameras. "It's crazy," "what's going on?" And "someone has to pay for cancer treatment in this country," shouted the Prime Minister into the parliament hall, after Frie Grønne's leader had asked why Mette Frederiksen would rather save 320 jobs at Aalborg Portland than giving the full throttle on the Co₂ tax to climate-heavy cement factory in her own constituency. Precisely this small scene in the Folketing Hall is a picture of the mission with which Mette Frederiksen enters the election campaign. People must work for the community and for the welfare state. No one should laze it off. Immigrant women and newly graduated academics must be forced into work. And if they do not want to, then the hammer falls. Everyone must contribute to a great welfare state. It will be Mette Frederiksen's big hit when the election campaign for the autumn really starts. But already now Mette Frederiksen has started to close the attacking flanks and screw the charm on to the constituencies. On Monday, she announced that the government will give 5,000 kroner extra to the most disadvantaged old-age pensioners, just as the early retirees must also have a small check to remedy the current price increases. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (S) will hand out election material, in connection with the election on the defense reservation, on Rådhustorvet in Randers on Saturday 23 April 2022. This is no coincidence. B.T. has several times described how the S-government has repeatedly bypassed the elderly, and Ældre Sagen's chairman, Bjarne Hastrup, has fired sharply at the government. “The government has drastically downgraded the elderly area. They do absolutely nothing before we shout at the press. So we do it now, "said Bjarne Hastrup to B.T. in March. The small check for the pensioners is Mette Frederiksen's attempt to woo the pensioners up to an election. And at the same time she meets the red friends in SF and the Unity List. Two birds with one stone. On the same occasion, Mette Frederiksen also announced that there will be a large-scale 2030 plan for the Danish economy after the summer holidays. A real election proposal from the Social Democrats. Mette Frederiksen's big problem, however, is that the coffers are empty. Ukrainian refugees, a historically large military rearmament, and several children and the elderly have eaten the entire budget. She must therefore go out and battle with Ellemann and Pape to be most financially responsible. A place where the bourgeoisie usually has a home ground. The fact is that there is simply no room for any rain of gifts in a 2030 plan, when you as S chairman do not want to cut a bent 25 øre in welfare. In reality, it is about playing safe and ‘closing holes’ in Mette Frederiksen's defense. No big state when, as S-chairman, you are in for a sure victory far into the battle against the blues. On the other hand, she must be closer to the older groups of voters and especially younger city voters, who turned their backs on the Social Democrats in the local elections. The election will probably come no earlier than November - perhaps not until next spring - but Mette Frederiksen has gone into election campaign fashion. From now until an election, we must get used to proposals on proposals from Mette Frederiksen's troops. Anders Leonhard, political editor at B.T. abroad BEATS ALARM: Won a billion: Be good at your home UKRAINE BERLINGSKE Berlingske Media A / S Pilestræde 34 DK-1147 Copenhagen KTlf. +45 33 75 75 33 CVR.no .: 29 20 73 13