Rising Security Risks Push Denmark to Quit EU’s ‘Frugal Four’

Denmark will break away from the alliance of frugal nations as it enters the next round of European Union budget negotiations, the Nordic country’s prime minister said, signaling a shift in priorities as security concerns dominate the bloc’s agenda.

“Being a part of the ‘frugal four’ is no longer the right place for us,” Mette Frederiksen said at a press briefing in Copenhagen on Tuesday. “Because things have changed and the world is changing rapidly and we have to find the right answers to all these challenges in front of us.”