How campaigners beat industrial farming in Denmark’s ‘pig election’

Mette Frederiksen’s new government promises overhaul for people – and animals – in home of ultra-intensive farming

Like all new prime ministers, when Mette Frederiksen secured a third consecutive term as Denmark’s head of government this week, she promised her administration would take steps to “improve the everyday lives” of the country’s inhabitants.

Unlike most new prime ministers, however, she specified that her left-leaning coalition’s policy programme would be not just for “the people who are in Denmark and the ⁠generations to come” but also “for the animals”.