The Dutch politician Geert Wilders was a guest at the Danish People’s Party’s annual meeting in Viborg in September 2025. Geert Wilders calls Morten Messerschmidt »a strong champion of national sovereignty and Danish culture«. Foto: Mikkel Berg Pedersen/Ritzau Scanpix

As Morten Messerschmidt’s popularity grows at home, he is also strengthening his ties to right-wing groups in Europe and to networks around Trump.

Demagogues, Islamophobes ... and a hooligan convicted of violence: Here are the leader of the Danish far right's global connections

The Dutch politician Geert Wilders was a guest at the Danish People’s Party’s annual meeting in Viborg in September 2025. Geert Wilders calls Morten Messerschmidt »a strong champion of national sovereignty and Danish culture«. Foto: Mikkel Berg Pedersen/Ritzau Scanpix
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Med over 50.000 personlige stemmer blev Morten Messerschmidt den største stemmesluger ved folketingsvalget, og han er på vej til at blive næstformand i Folketinget.

For at forstå hvilken politiker han er, er det værd at se på hans internationale forbindelser.

For Messerschmidt, der har tilbragt en stor del af sin karriere i Europa-Parlamentet, er en særdeles aktiv skikkelse på Europas yderste højrefløj. Et broget netværk, som har tråde til USA og Israel, og som omfatter en selverklæret belgisk islamofob, en britisk ekshooligan og en tysk politiker, der efterforskes af politiet både for nazisympatier og for at være russisk påvirkningsagent.

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