Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s Social Democrats won Tuesday’s parliamentary elections with 21.9 percent of the vote and 38 seats. However, the left-wing bloc will not have a majority in the 179-member parliament (Folketing) and will occupy 84 seats, while the right-wing bloc will have 77 mandates. Post-election negotiations to form a new government coalition may last several weeks. A decisive role will probably be played by the centrist group Moderates of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Lars Lökke Rasmussenwhich will have 14 deputies. TASR informs about it according to the reports of AFP and AP agencies.
- The Social Democrats won the election with 21.9 percent of the vote and 38 mandates.
- The left-wing bloc won 84 seats, the right-wing bloc will occupy only 77 mandates.
- The Moderate Party with 14 MPs can decide on the future government coalition.
- Despite the victory, the Social Democrats achieved their weakest result since 1903.
- Frederiksen warned that the seizure of Greenland by the United States could end the existence of NATO.
Despite the victory, it is the worst election result for the Social Democrats since 1903. According to the official results, other current coalition partners also lost – Rasmussen’s Moderates and the liberal Left (Venstre), whose leader is Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen. On Wednesday night, just before all the votes were counted, Poulsen ruled out re-forming a coalition with the Social Democrats.
Frederiksen called the election last month. Denmark has been leading since the middle of 2019. The issue of Greenland, a semi-autonomous island under the administration of Copenhagen, has occupied the government most in recent months and, in addition to the rising cost of living, was also an important topic of the election campaign. In January, Frederiksen warned that the eventual seizure of Greenland by the United States, which US President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened, could result in the end of the North Atlantic Alliance. According to several analysts, it was her firm attitude that helped to avert an even worse result for the party.
The parliament has a total of 179 deputies, of which four mandates belong to the two semi-autonomous territories of the kingdom – two deputies were elected each in Greenland and the Faroe Islands. About 4.3 million Danes could vote in the election.
