Denmark's Frederiksen Warns Europe of Islamist 'Enemy Within' After Ceuta Migration Surge
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 25
Denmark's Frederiksen Warns Europe of Islamist 'Enemy Within' After Ceuta Migration Surge
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 25
Summary
Mette Frederiksen told Denmark's parliament that Europe now faces a threat "from within" from some foreigners with an Islamic background, linking the warning to terror support, Hamas sympathy and rejection of European values.
Ceuta's recent mass-crossing crisis triggered the clash: pressed on solidarity with Spain, Frederiksen said Russia remains Europe's biggest external enemy but argued migration-driven extremism has become an internal one.
Frederiksen has already hardened Denmark's line, backing strict asylum rules, a 2021 deportation law and a 2018 measure targeting "parallel societies" in neighborhoods with large non-Western populations.
Since June, she has openly opposed Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on migration, then joined 20 other EU leaders on Aug. 1 and Italy's Giorgia Meloni again on Aug. 10 to demand tougher border controls and defense of Europe's values.
Analysts said the blunt language from a center-left leader shows how far Europe's migration debate has shifted, with Denmark's model pairing a generous welfare state with tight border and integration policies.