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[00:00:00] a meeting with the US Vice President and
[00:00:02] Foreign Minister, that a joint working group will be established.
[00:00:05] Now there is an agreement that only needs
[00:00:09] a signature. We have an agreement that has been
[00:00:12] negotiated and which we have parliamentary support for in Greenland and
[00:00:16] Denmark, and which the president in internal procedures in
[00:00:20] the USA, has also commented on. Mette Frederiksen looks forward
[00:00:23] to meeting Trump. Yes, I have a, I have an excellent relationship with the American
[00:00:27] president, and well. In a troubled
[00:00:30] world, I believe this agreement is good for our
[00:00:33] security,
[00:00:37] and the Trump administration has included things in the agreement that it
[00:00:41] considers absolutely crucial, says DR's USA
[00:00:44] correspondent. They have emphasized that it will be
[00:00:48] easier for them to establish bases. It
[00:00:51] is such that there are actually two concrete new bases that are to
[00:00:54] be established, that is part of the agreement, and
[00:00:57] in general, there will be a larger
[00:01:00] military, an American military, military
[00:01:03] presence in Greenland, so the
[00:01:06] Americans have also been very keen on the timeline,
[00:01:10] that is, in the early agreement from 1951, it
[00:01:13] states that it applies as long as NATO exists, here it
[00:01:17] states that it applies forever, and that has been important
[00:01:20] for the Americans, and it is also about something
[00:01:24] that the Americans have actually been very preoccupied with, namely, what
[00:01:28] happens if, uh... Greenland should choose to become
[00:01:32] independent, and there are mechanisms in place that
[00:01:35] ensure that Greenland and this agreement
[00:01:39] still hold together, because that has been
[00:01:42] absolutely central for
[00:01:43] the Americans.
[00:01:48] And let's get an overview of what Monday offers, among other things.
[00:01:51] Novo invites investors in
[00:01:55] when the company holds a capital markets day.
[00:01:58] This will take place in London, and here the management of Novo will, among other things, provide insight into
[00:02:02] the ongoing research and operations at the company. The day also
[00:02:06] comes in the wake of the pharmaceutical company changing its name
[00:02:09] from Novo Nordisk to
[00:02:36] Russian parliament, and for the first time in four years, it is back in
[00:02:40] the country. It is the first election since Russia's
[00:02:43] full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and it is not a
[00:02:46] free election. But the result can nevertheless show signs of how
[00:02:50] support for the
[00:02:52] Putin regime looks.
[00:02:56] The inventiveness is great in Garlinek's small setup.
[00:03:00] Kitchen waste spins along, to finally end up as a treat for
[00:03:03] the skin. But these are difficult times for
[00:03:06] luxury products, such as body scrubs and
[00:03:09] creams.
[00:03:13] Around 60% of Russians say they have experienced a decline in their living standards and a general
[00:03:17] deterioration of their economy. Several of those I have spoken to here,
[00:03:21] while I have been here, have mentioned things like food
[00:03:23] prices as something important, something they want to
[00:03:27] talk about, and especially that some of the goods.
[00:03:38] behavior, people go to buy things that are a little cheaper,
[00:03:42] discount products, for example, instead of more such big
[00:03:45] brands, and many know where the needle points
[00:03:48] to.
[00:03:54] Yes, and beef is 900 rubles,
[00:03:57] 800. Well, of course, we are now because of the war.
[00:04:08] Over the past months, the war has increasingly had consequences for more
[00:04:12] than just money for Russians. As recently as today, two people were killed here in
[00:04:15] Moscow when Ukraine sent 249 drones across
[00:04:18] the border. But despite soaring inflation and the war constantly getting
[00:04:22] closer, there is no prospect of any significant change, election or
[00:04:27] they succeeded in doing is not.
[00:05:00] They have trimmed the business, as they say,
[00:05:03] they succeeded in doing is so they hope that a cure for the economy
[00:05:04] will soon come.
[00:05:10] And we, yes, they just reduce their margin, but continue to work, continue to, so that...
[00:05:14] As expected, the Russian party, United Russia, which
[00:05:18] supports President Putin, is set to become the largest party in the parliamentary election,
[00:05:22] says DR's journalist in Moscow. The polling
[00:05:26] stations in Russia have now closed this evening, as you can see behind me, it is
[00:05:30] getting dark and closed and shut down. One of the things we have
[00:05:33] been keeping an eye on during the day has been how the support for the election
[00:05:37] would be, not least because President Putin himself, before the election, made a big deal
[00:05:41] out of encouraging people to go down and vote and take part in this election, and it
[00:05:44] seems to have worked, because if you believe the official figures from
[00:05:48] the election commissions, which you can perhaps always debate whether you should, well then
[00:05:51] voter turnout is very high, because one of the things that has made
[00:05:54] headlines this evening is actually that it is 56%, and that is
[00:05:58] higher than when the last election was held in 2021, but
[00:06:02] actually also in 2016 and perhaps all the way back to
[00:06:05] 1993, and that probably
[00:06:08] shows, it will be interpreted as, that there has been great support for this election.
[00:06:12] When it comes to the actual result, well, I still don't think there will
[00:06:16] be much tension about it. I will go out on a limb and say that it will probably
[00:06:20] be United Russia, i.e., the ruling party, that will win
[00:06:23] the majority of the votes, but how they finally distribute themselves among the
[00:06:26] parties that may eventually be elected to parliament, we will have to
[00:06:30] wait and see when a final result comes in during the night or
[00:06:34] tomorrow. And now it's time for a look at the
[00:06:37] weather. There is still a lot of wind in
[00:06:40] the forecast for the night to Monday, and the strongest wind field
[00:06:44] that has moved over Skagerrak, Kattegat and across
[00:06:47] the Baltic Sea area too, and with a wind that gradually turns more in a
[00:06:51] northerly direction, it creates pressure on the especially north-facing
[00:06:54] coasts, Roskilde Fjord, Odense Fjord can
[00:06:58] risk getting somewhat high water levels Monday
[00:07:01] morning. There will also be a bit of wind for the next
[00:07:05] day or so, but it will gradually die down as the
[00:07:08] hours pass. Monday night a bit of rain furthest to the southwest.
[00:07:12] and there may also be a little rain to begin with in the southern part
[00:07:16] of the country, Monday morning, but by far the most
[00:07:19] will have a dry day on Monday. Good
[00:07:22] chances of sun we have especially furthest to the east and all the way to the
[00:07:26] north, where one is sheltered by the Norwegian mountains with this northwesterly
[00:07:30] current. Monday and Tuesday will be dry and
[00:07:34] sunny right until a new front with new rain knocks
[00:07:38] on Wednesday.
[00:07:38] We are currently
[00:07:50] live with the latest news. We start in Germany, where
[00:07:54] the German Chancellor's party, CDU, is facing a
[00:07:57] catastrophic result in two major state elections on Sunday.
[00:08:01] The election could be a gauge for Germany and the Chancellor's own future.
[00:08:05] The extremist right-wing party Alternative for Germany
[00:08:09] is surging, while the Chancellor's party is facing a massive
[00:08:14] have experienced two elections with very different
[00:08:18] results. The result in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, we cannot
[00:08:22] sugarcoat it, it is a
[00:08:24] disaster. The CDU fought,
[00:08:28] but in the end the CDU was crushed in the
[00:08:31] polarization between SPD and
[00:08:34] AfD. Yes, there was a dejected Friedrich Merz speaking after the
[00:08:37] first exit polls came in. Right now, Merz's
[00:08:41] party, the CDU, is right on the brink of the 5% threshold
[00:08:45] in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, while Alternative for
[00:08:48] Germany is getting a good 37% of the votes in
[00:08:51] Berlin, where the CDU is facing a setback of about 8% points,
[00:08:55] while the AfD is gaining almost 7% points, and that is a
[00:08:58] gain that does not go unnoticed. We clearly
[00:09:02] have the mandate to govern, we have more than doubled, so it's sensational,
[00:09:06] and we will offer talks to all parties,
[00:09:09] but no one wants to talk to them, except the BSW, who wants to talk to them
[00:09:12] but doesn't want to form a coalition. We'll see, as I said, we'll first
[00:09:16] accept this result, the voter has given us a very clear mandate, as I said,
[00:09:20] we have more than doubled here, that's something to celebrate first, the CDU is still struggling
[00:09:24] for entry, so let's wait and see, today
[00:09:27] the Germans' growing frustration with prices and
[00:09:31] bureaucracy has helped put the AfD on a winning
[00:09:35] course, says DR's correspondent, what
[00:09:39] to anger
[00:09:43] and frustration that many Germans feel about the sitting
[00:09:45] government, channel it into their
[00:09:49] own political circuit, and thus got people in
[00:09:53] large numbers to vote for them, over every third vote in
[00:09:56] Mecklenburg-Vorpommern went to them here in Berlin, about every
[00:10:00] sixth vote, this is their best election ever here in
[00:10:03] the capital, but it is the Germans' frustration with
[00:10:06] rising prices for diesel and petrol, for
[00:10:09] rents, uh for groceries. About
[00:10:12] bureaucracy, about abysmal
[00:10:16] public services in a long range of areas, schools falling apart,
[00:10:19] bridges collapsing, I could go on, and that gives, the AfD has with great
[00:10:23] success and skill in their election campaign blamed
[00:10:27] Friedrich Merz and his party for this. And now
[00:10:30] the question is whether Friedrich Merz can survive in his position as chancellor,
[00:10:33] as voters are fleeing the chancellor's party as frustrations, and
[00:10:37] among other things the German economy, grow.
[00:10:39] For the cup here, political change is brewing. The whole
[00:10:43] economic
[00:10:47] situation in Germany has actually gone downhill a lot,
[00:10:50] and now something has to happen. Anja Hühnemörder
[00:10:54] Britzner has always voted for the conservative CDU, but now she
[00:10:58] will vote for the right-wing party AfD in today's
[00:11:01] state election in Mecklenburg- Vorpommern in northeastern
[00:11:04] Germany. I am incredibly disappointed with the
[00:11:07] Chancellor, because I actually had hoped
[00:11:11] as a man of economics and actually thought
[00:11:14] much more that he would really immerse himself in
[00:11:17] economics.
[00:11:19] Two weeks ago, Alternative for Germany, AfD, became
[00:11:23] the largest party in Saxony-Anhalt.
[00:11:25] "We have made history, we are taking
[00:11:28] back our country, it
[00:11:31] starts here in Saxony."
[00:11:34] The CDU, on the other hand, was halved. Chancellor
[00:11:37] Friedrich Merz called the result the worst defeat for
[00:11:40] the party in decades. We are all deeply
[00:11:44] shocked, we did not
[00:11:48] expect it in this form. Now the Chancellor and
[00:11:51] the CDU are facing another test, besides Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
[00:12:12] that it will work again, otherwise I don't
[00:12:15] know, it looks quite sad, and even though
[00:12:19] Chancellor Merz has said that he has no
[00:12:22] plans to resign, well, the result is something that
[00:12:26] comforts the party. They have a very hard time understanding it. I was
[00:12:30] in Berlin's parliament, in the CDU, that is, in
[00:12:34] the Chancellor's party's large hall, when these results came
[00:12:38] in. And the conservative members
[00:12:41] looked at each other and had a very, very hard time understanding this. The Chancellor himself
[00:12:45] also has it, and it is both his party, but also the
[00:12:48] once large Social Democrats that have melted
[00:12:52] down here, and what is really the conclusion of
[00:12:55] both elections, one could say, is that not only the AfD, but
[00:12:58] also the far left, or at least those who, like the Social Democratic
[00:13:02] Minister-President in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, have waged an election campaign that
[00:13:05] polarizes voters, it is they who have won, it is the far
[00:13:09] right, the far left, especially here in Berlin, who have won, and in that
[00:13:13] way it confirms the trend that has been seen elsewhere in
[00:13:16] Europe in recent years, the wings are growing, the
[00:13:20] far right, which we talk about most, but actually also the far
[00:13:23] left. And the votes are still being counted,
[00:13:27] and in our live blog on DR.DK, yes, you can throughout
[00:13:30] the night get the latest news from the two
[00:13:32] state elections.
[00:13:36] The Danish Prime Minister and Foreign Minister flew to New York on Sunday. The same
[00:13:40] did the top of the Greenlandic government, to sign a
[00:13:43] new security agreement with the USA. This is to happen at a
[00:13:46] ceremony in connection with the UN General Assembly, most
[00:13:49] likely on Tuesday. We are almost there, you can be ready, Copenhagen Airport at
[00:13:53] noon. After many
[00:13:56] months of work and after many months of
[00:14:00] negotiations, we are approaching a
[00:14:03] good agreement. For Mette Frederiksen, the most important thing is that
[00:14:07] the unyielding demands from Greenland and Denmark are included
[00:14:11] in the agreement. What we have called the red lines must be respected,
[00:14:14] i.e., that we are a sovereign state, the Kingdom of Denmark, that
[00:14:18] the Greenlanders' right to self-determination must also be respected in the
[00:14:21] future, and what we call territorial
[00:14:25] integrity, and that is, that is all contained
[00:14:28] in this, should we get the agreement first? The Foreign Minister takes
[00:14:31] the plane from Billund Airport. Well, the thing about
[00:14:35] agreements is that they are not there until they are there, and it just needs to be
[00:14:38] signed. Neither Mette Frederiksen nor Lars Løkke will say much about
[00:14:42] the real content of the agreement. Well, we don't comment on this agreement before
[00:14:46] it is concluded. Out of respect for the
[00:14:50] last few days, and everything has to be in place as an agreement, so
[00:14:54] I won't be able to go into the concrete
[00:14:56] content, but the Americans, and especially Donald
[00:15:00] Trump, have given their interpretation of the Greenland agreement on social
[00:15:03] media. According to them, the USA gains control over security in
[00:15:07] Greenland, according to Trump, forever, and the Americans
[00:15:11] will immediately increase military presence in Greenland.
[00:15:14] The USA also claims that they will henceforth approve
[00:15:17] foreign investments, and if other countries wish to
[00:15:21] establish bases, and this has caused unrest in Greenland. Do
[00:15:25] you not have a duty to go out and just give your explanation of this
[00:15:28] agreement? I understand well that people are
[00:15:31] concerned about what this will concretely mean, and that applies
[00:15:34] of course - especially in Greenland,
[00:15:37] where they have been through a very, very difficult period, I would
[00:15:41] say in general that I would not myself sign an agreement, and
[00:15:45] I know that Jan Frederik Nielsen would not sign an agreement if it was not
[00:15:49] good for Greenland and for the Kingdom. The agreement will be the provisional
[00:15:52] conclusion of a long conflict between the USA and the Kingdom of
[00:15:55] Denmark. It began when Trump seven years ago
[00:15:59] demanded to get Greenland.
[00:16:03] And continued when Trump was
[00:16:04] re-elected.
[00:16:12] In January this year, a meeting with the US Vice President
[00:16:16] and Foreign Minister resulted in the establishment of a joint
[00:16:19] working group. Now there is an agreement that only needs
[00:16:23] a signature. We have an agreement that has been
[00:16:26] negotiated and which we have parliamentary support for in Greenland and
[00:16:30] Denmark, and which the president in internal procedures
[00:16:33] in the USA, has also commented on. Mette Frederiksen looks forward
[00:16:37] to meeting Trump, yes, I have a, I have an excellent relationship with the
[00:16:40] American president, and well, in a
[00:16:44] troubled world, I believe this agreement is good for our
[00:16:47] security,
[00:16:51] and the Trump administration has included things in the agreement
[00:16:55] that it considers absolutely crucial, says DR's
[00:16:58] USA correspondent. They have emphasized that it will be
[00:17:02] easier for them to establish bases, uh, it is
[00:17:05] such that there are actually two concrete. the new bases that are to
[00:17:08] be established, that is part of the agreement, um, and
[00:17:11] in general, there will be a larger
[00:17:14] military, an American military,
[00:17:17] military presence in Greenland, so the
[00:17:20] Americans have also been very keen on the timeline,
[00:17:24] that is, in the earlier agreement from 1951, it states
[00:17:27] that it applies as long as NATO exists, here it
[00:17:31] states that it applies forever, and that has been important for
[00:17:35] the Americans, and it also concerns something
[00:17:38] that the Americans have actually been very preoccupied with, namely, what
[00:17:42] happens if uh, Greenland were to choose to
[00:17:45] become independent, and there are mechanisms in place
[00:17:49] that ensure that Greenland and this
[00:17:52] agreement still hold together, because that has
[00:17:56] been absolutely central for
[00:17:57] the Americans.
[00:18:02] And let's get an overview of what Monday, among other things, offers.
[00:18:05] Novo. and invites investors, when
[00:18:09] the company holds a capital markets day.
[00:18:12] This will take place in London, and here the management of Novo will, among other things, provide insight
[00:18:16] into the ongoing research and operations at the company. The day also
[00:18:20] comes in the wake of the pharmaceutical company changing its name
[00:18:23] from Novo Nordisk to
[00:18:50] Russian parliament, and for the first time in four years, it is back in
[00:18:54] the country. It is the first election since Russia's
[00:18:57] full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and it is not a
[00:19:00] free election. But the result can nevertheless show signs of how
[00:19:04] support for the Putin regime looks.
[00:19:10] The inventiveness is great in Galilee's small setup.
[00:19:12] Kitchen waste is spinning away, to finally
[00:19:16] end up as a treat for the skin.
[00:19:19] But these are difficult times for luxury products, such as body scrubs and
[00:19:23] creams.
[00:19:27] Around 60% of Russians say they have experienced a decline in their living standards and a
[00:19:31] general deterioration of their economy. Several of those I have spoken to
[00:19:34] here, while I have been here, have mentioned things like. of
[00:19:37] food, as something that is important, something they
[00:19:41] want to talk about, and especially that some of the goods have become relatively
[00:19:45] expensive, and one of the places you can see that is in a place like here in
[00:19:49] a Russian supermarket, where people simply
[00:19:52] change their behavior, they go to buy things that are a little
[00:19:55] cheaper, discount products for example, instead of more such
[00:19:59] big brand names, and many know where the arrow points
[00:20:02] to.
[00:20:23] and in recent months, the war has increasingly had consequences for more than just money for
[00:20:26] Russians, as recently as today, two people were killed here in Moscow when
[00:20:30] Ukraine sent 249 drones across the border, but despite
[00:20:34] soaring inflation and the war constantly getting closer.
[00:20:50] In late summer, Yabloko was excluded from the election.
[00:21:03] Yabloko was one of the only remaining parties that were
[00:21:06] vocal critics of the war. The two
[00:21:09] women, Galina and Alina, are still mixing things up in the small back room in
[00:21:13] Siberia. They have trimmed the business, as they say. So
[00:21:16] they hope that a cure for the economy will soon come.
[00:21:20] who, like us, simply reduce their marginality, but continue to work, continue to stay afloat.
[00:21:23] маргинальность, но работают дальше, продолжают, чтобы остаться на
[00:21:27] As expected, the Russian
[00:21:30] party, United Russia, which supports President Putin, is set to
[00:21:34] become the largest party in the parliamentary election, says DR journalist in
[00:21:38] Moscow. The polling stations in Russia have now closed
[00:21:42] this evening, as you can see behind me, it is getting dark and closed and
[00:21:45] shut down. Uh, one of the things we have been keeping an eye on during the day has been
[00:21:49] how. support for the election would be, not least because President Putin
[00:21:53] himself, before the election, made a big deal out of encouraging people to go down and vote and
[00:21:56] take part in this election, and it seems to have worked, because if you
[00:22:00] believe the official figures from the election commissions, which you can perhaps always
[00:22:03] debate whether you should, well then voter turnout is very
[00:22:07] high, because one of the things that has made headlines this evening is actually that it
[00:22:10] is 56%, and that is higher than when the last election was held
[00:22:14] in 2021, but actually also in 2016 and
[00:22:18] perhaps all the way back to 1900. 93, and that
[00:22:21] probably shows, it will be interpreted as, that there has been great
[00:22:25] support for this election. When it comes to the actual result, well, I
[00:22:29] still don't think there will be so much tension about it. I will
[00:22:32] go out on a limb and say that it will probably be United Russia, i.e., the ruling party, that will
[00:22:36] win the majority of the votes, uh, but how they finally
[00:22:40] distribute themselves among the parties that may eventually be elected to
[00:22:43] parliament, we will have to wait and see when a final result comes in
[00:22:47] during the night or tomorrow, and...
[00:22:50] now it's time for a look at the weather. There is
[00:22:53] still a lot of wind in the forecast for the night to
[00:22:56] Monday, and the strongest wind field that has moved
[00:22:59] over Skagerrak, Kattegat and across the Baltic Sea area
[00:23:02] too, and with a wind that gradually turns more northerly, it
[00:23:06] creates pressure on the especially north-facing
[00:23:09] coasts. Roskilde Fjord and Odense Fjord
[00:23:12] can risk getting somewhat high water levels Monday
[00:23:15] morning. There will also be a bit of wind for the next day
[00:23:19] or so. It will gradually die down as the hours pass.
[00:23:23] Monday night a bit of rain furthest to the southwest, and there can
[00:23:26] also be a little rain to begin with in the southern part of
[00:23:30] the country, Monday morning, but by far the most will have
[00:23:34] a dry day, Monday. Good
[00:23:37] chances of sun we have especially furthest to the east and all the way to the
[00:23:40] north, where one is sheltered by the Norwegian mountains with this
[00:23:43] northwesterly current. Monday and
[00:23:46] Tuesday will be dry and sunny right until a new
[00:23:50] front with new rain knocks on Wednesday.
[00:24:04] We are live with the latest news. We begin in Germany,
[00:24:08] where the German Chancellor's party, CDU, is facing a
[00:24:11] catastrophic result in two major state elections on Sunday.
[00:24:15] The election could be a gauge for Germany and the Chancellor's own future.
[00:24:19] right-wing party Alternative for Deutschland
[00:24:23] is surging, while the Chancellor's party is facing a massive
[00:24:26] setback. Today we have experienced
[00:24:30] two elections with very different results. The result in
[00:24:34] Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, we cannot sugarcoat it, it
[00:24:37] is a disaster. The
[00:24:40] CDU fought, but in the end the CDU
[00:24:44] was crushed in the polarization between SPD and
[00:24:48] AfD. He is the chairman. A dejected Friedrich Merz spoke after the
[00:24:52] first exit polls came in. Right now, Merz's party,
[00:24:55] the CDU, is right on the edge of the 5% threshold
[00:24:58] in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, while
[00:25:01] Alternative for Germany is getting a good 37% of the votes in
[00:25:05] Berlin, where the CDU is facing a setback of about 8% points,
[00:25:09] while the AfD is gaining almost 7% points. And that is a
[00:25:12] gain that does not go unnoticed. We clearly
[00:25:16] have the mandate to govern.
[00:25:50] That's what DR's correspondent says. What
[00:25:53] to channel a lot of that anger
[00:25:57] and frustration that many Germans feel about the incumbent
[00:25:59] government, channel it in. uh in their
[00:26:03] own political circuit, and thus
[00:26:06] got people in large numbers to vote for them. Over every
[00:26:09] third vote in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern went to them
[00:26:13] here in Berlin, approximately every sixth vote, which is their
[00:26:16] best election ever here in the capital, but it is
[00:26:19] the Germans' frustration over rising prices for diesel
[00:26:22] and petrol, for rents, uh for
[00:26:25] groceries, over bureaucracy,
[00:26:28] over poor public services in a wide range of
[00:26:31] areas. Schools decaying, bridges collapsing, I could just
[00:26:35] go on, and the AFD has, with great success and skill, in
[00:26:39] their election campaign, blamed Friedrich Merz and his party
[00:26:42] for this. And now the question is whether Friedrich Merz can
[00:26:45] survive as chancellor, as voters flee the
[00:26:49] chancellor's party as frustrations, and among other things the German
[00:26:52] economy, grow.
[00:26:56] For the bearer here, political change is brewing. The whole
[00:26:59] economic situation.
[00:27:22] because I actually had hope as Mr.
[00:27:26] of the economy and actually thought much more that he would also
[00:27:30] really delve into the economy. delve into the economy.
[00:27:33] Two weeks ago, the Alternative for Germany (AFD) became
[00:27:37] the largest party in Saxony- Anhalt. We have
[00:27:40] made history. We are taking
[00:27:43] back our country, it begins here in
[00:27:46] Saxony-Anhalt. Sie de week was halved.
[00:27:49] halved.
[00:27:52] Chancellor Friedrich Merz called the result the worst defeat for the party in decades. We are
[00:27:56] all deeply shocked. We have
[00:28:00] not expected it in
[00:28:03] this form. Now the Chancellor and the CDU are facing
[00:28:06] another test. Besides Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germans are voting
[00:28:10] in Berlin. I say, it will be very
[00:28:13] close. I would be in favor of the AFD winning,
[00:28:16] because then they have to prove themselves. Many voters
[00:28:19] believe that time is running out for Chancellor Merz and
[00:28:22] the CDU. We must somewhere now draw a line and make a cut
[00:28:26] so that it goes back up again.
[00:28:29] Otherwise, I don't know. The
[00:28:33] whole thing looks so sad, and even though Chancellor Merz has said that he has no plans
[00:28:37] to resign, yes, the result is something that
[00:28:40] troubles the party. We have a very hard time understanding it. I was standing
[00:28:44] in Berlin's parliament, in the CDU, that is, in the
[00:28:48] chancellor's party's large hall, when these results came
[00:28:52] in, and the conservative members
[00:28:55] looked at each other and had a very, very hard time understanding this, the chancellor himself also
[00:28:59] has it, and it is both his party, but also
[00:29:02] the large, once large social democracy, which has
[00:29:05] melted down here, and what is in reality the conclusion of both
[00:29:09] elections, one could say, is that not only the AfD, but
[00:29:12] also the far left, or at least those who, like the social democratic
[00:29:16] prime minister in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, have waged an election campaign that
[00:29:19] polarizes the voters, they are the ones who have won, it is the far
[00:29:23] right, the far left, especially here in Berlin, who have won, and in that
[00:29:27] way this fits into the trend that has been seen elsewhere in
[00:29:30] Europe in recent years. the eyes are growing, the far
[00:29:34] right, which we talk about the most, but actually also the far
[00:29:37] left, and the votes are still being counted,
[00:29:41] and in our live blog on DR.K, yes, throughout the night
[00:29:44] you can get the latest news from the two
[00:29:46] state elections.
[00:29:50] The Danish Prime Minister and Foreign Minister flew to New York on Sunday, the same
[00:29:54] did the Greenlandic government top to sign a
[00:29:57] new security agreement with the USA. This will happen at a
[00:30:00] ceremony in connection with the UN General Assembly, most
[00:30:03] likely on Tuesday, we want to be there, please be ready,
[00:30:06] at Kastrup Airport at midday, yes, after
[00:30:10] many months of work, and after many
[00:30:13] months of negotiations, we are approaching
[00:30:16] a good agreement, for Mette Frederiksen
[00:30:20] the most important thing is that the inalienable demands from
[00:30:23] Greenland and Denmark are included in the agreement. What we have called the
[00:30:27] red lines must be respected, that is, that we are a sovereign state,
[00:30:30] the Kingdom of Denmark, that Greenland's right to self-determination, also in
[00:30:34] the future, must be respected, and what we call
[00:30:38] territorial integrity, um, and that is, that is all
[00:30:42] contained in this. Shall we just get the agreement first? The Foreign Minister
[00:30:45] takes the plane from Billund Airport. Well, agreements are
[00:30:49] not there until they are there, and it just has to be
[00:30:52] signed. Neither Mette Frederiksen nor Lars Løkke will say much about
[00:30:56] the real content of the agreement. Well, we don't comment on it here.