1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:04,600 Speaker 1: International Correspondence with insin eye insurance, peace of mind for 2 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:06,000 Speaker 1: New Zealand, business. 3 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 2: Boording away from sex in New Zealand and a sick 4 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:11,639 Speaker 2: in Denmark hitting to the polls. Early March twenty four 5 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 2: is the date joining us as Gevin Gray are UK 6 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:14,800 Speaker 2: europe correspondent. 7 00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 1: Given this is all Trump related, isn't it? 8 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:19,480 Speaker 3: Well, I think it is actually Ryan Yes, I mean 9 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:21,599 Speaker 3: they didn't have to go for an election until the 10 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:25,840 Speaker 3: end of October. Buterick Meta Frederickson, the forty eight year 11 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 3: old Prime minister, has called this early. Why well, because 12 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:32,640 Speaker 3: the opinion polls hadn't been very kind to her over 13 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:35,840 Speaker 3: the last few months. There's been pressure about rising cost 14 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:39,960 Speaker 3: of living and also welfare pressures. It appears she may 15 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 3: have called the staff election because at the moment she's 16 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:45,840 Speaker 3: now riding high in the opinion polls. Why well because 17 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:48,080 Speaker 3: of the row over Greenland, which is part of the 18 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 3: Kingdom of Denmark. But of course is something that Donald 19 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 3: Trump covets, and not just that. Of course, we are 20 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 3: due to hear in the next week if Donald Trump 21 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 3: has sent this so called hospital ship over to Greenland. 22 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:02,640 Speaker 3: He says, very very poor healthcare over there. The Greenland 23 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:06,080 Speaker 3: leader hit back and said, well, actually, we have good 24 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:08,039 Speaker 3: health care here, and what's more, it's free to all 25 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:11,319 Speaker 3: our public, unlike America. Of course, we don't know what 26 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:13,800 Speaker 3: this ship is. They've not actually i'd really given any 27 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 3: details about it. But it does come amid this rising 28 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:20,560 Speaker 3: tension between the US and Europe, and this election that 29 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:23,240 Speaker 3: she's called for the end of March looks like something. 30 00:01:23,319 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 3: At the moment the opinion pause are suggesting she's going 31 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 3: to win. At the moment she's in a three way coalition, 32 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:32,160 Speaker 3: she may just have enough to get a bit less 33 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:35,039 Speaker 3: in need of a bit less agreement. 34 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:37,480 Speaker 1: It's interesting, isn't it, Because the same thing kind of 35 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:40,639 Speaker 1: happened with Kenada, didn't that en Carne? You know, Trump 36 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 1: and his trade war and the threats, and then actually 37 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:46,040 Speaker 1: he changes the course of an election, probably to his detriment. 38 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:49,560 Speaker 3: Yes, very much. And often I think this is the 39 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 3: way things happen, that you know, you have one intention 40 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 3: at the outset, and then all of a sudden, actually 41 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 3: you find the opposite has happened. It certainly did happen 42 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 3: with Mark Carney in when he swept a Paris prime minister. 43 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 3: And here I think we're going to see that with 44 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 3: Meta Frederickson as well. If these opinion polls are right, 45 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 3: she is taking a gamble, but it looks like at 46 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:12,960 Speaker 3: the moment it's a gamble that she considers to be 47 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 3: confident of winning. 48 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:18,079 Speaker 1: Brilliant, Thanks so much, Kevin Gray are UK you're a correspondent. 49 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:21,840 Speaker 2: For more from Early Edition with Ryan Bridge, listen live 50 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 2: to News Talks it be from five am weekdays, or 51 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:26,919 Speaker 2: follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.