Denmark’s foreign minister and his centrist party are expected to decide who will lead the Scandinavian country’s next government after Tuesday’s parliamentary elections ended without a clear majority for any party or bloc. Center-left Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen could survive for a third term, despite a disappointing result.
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Hospitals say it will have ‘disastrous’ impact.Welcome to allergy season. Here's how to protect yourselfJudge questions Pentagon's motives for labeling Anthropic as a security threat in battle over AIDoctors want more women lifting weights. Experts say welcoming gyms and education would helpJehovah's Witnesses ease policy on transfusions, allowing storage and use of one's own bloodDenmark’s election on Tuesday ended in an inconclusive result that left the prime minister’s future unclear. More than 4.3 million people are eligible to have their say in the vote for the new Folketing, or parliament, in Copenhagen, which is elected for a four-year term. More than 4.3 million people are eligible to have their say in the vote for the new Folketing, or parliament, in Copenhagen, which is elected for a four-year term. Chairman of the Moderates party and Denmark’s Foreign Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen holds his ballot at a poling station in Græsted, Denmark, on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, during the general election. Denmark’s Prime Minister and chairperson of the Social Democrats, Mette Frederiksen, speaks during the election celebration in the Common Hall at Christiansborg, in Copenhagen, early Wednesday, March 25, 2026. People recount votes for the parliamentary election held one day ago, in Aarhus, Denmark, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. The polling station in Nuuk closes and the Greenlandic votes are counted in Nuuk, Greenland, Tuesday, March 24, 2026. Greenland is represented in the Danish Parliament with two mandates, which are elected every four years in a single electoral district. Denmark’s election on Tuesday ended in an inconclusive result that left the prime minister’s future unclear. More than 4.3 million people are eligible to have their say in the vote for the new Folketing, or parliament, in Copenhagen, which is elected for a four-year term. More than 4.3 million people are eligible to have their say in the vote for the new Folketing, or parliament, in Copenhagen, which is elected for a four-year term. Chairman of the Moderates party and Denmark’s Foreign Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen holds his ballot at a poling station in Græsted, Denmark, on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, during the general election. Chairman of the Moderates party and Denmark’s Foreign Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen holds his ballot at a poling station in Græsted, Denmark, on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, during the general election. Denmark’s Prime Minister and chairperson of the Social Democrats, Mette Frederiksen, speaks during the election celebration in the Common Hall at Christiansborg, in Copenhagen, early Wednesday, March 25, 2026. Denmark’s Prime Minister and chairperson of the Social Democrats, Mette Frederiksen, speaks during the election celebration in the Common Hall at Christiansborg, in Copenhagen, early Wednesday, March 25, 2026. People recount votes for the parliamentary election held one day ago, in Aarhus, Denmark, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. People recount votes for the parliamentary election held one day ago, in Aarhus, Denmark, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. The polling station in Nuuk closes and the Greenlandic votes are counted in Nuuk, Greenland, Tuesday, March 24, 2026. Greenland is represented in the Danish Parliament with two mandates, which are elected every four years in a single electoral district. The polling station in Nuuk closes and the Greenlandic votes are counted in Nuuk, Greenland, Tuesday, March 24, 2026. Greenland is represented in the Danish Parliament with two mandates, which are elected every four years in a single electoral district. Center-left Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen could survive for a third term, despite a disappointing result. But she will need to negotiate a deal with the kingmaker, Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, if she is to lead a new coalition. The outgoing government resigned Wednesday. Leaders from each party debated their positions in a roundtable setting and are expected to later meet with Denmark’s single-chamber parliament, the Folketing, is elected for a four-year term. Lawmakers from Denmark hold 175 of its seats, while two each go to representatives from thinly populated Greenland and the kingdom’s other semiautonomous territory, the Faroe Islands. More than 4.3 million people were eligible to vote in a country of 6 million people. Nearly 84% of the electorate cast their ballots.Official results showed that Frederiksen’s center-left Social Democrats lost ground compared with the last election in 2022, as did her two partners in the outgoing government. No single party won a majority in parliament, which was expected. Denmark’s system of proportional representation typically produces coalition governments, traditionally made up of several parties from either the “red bloc” on the left or the “blue bloc” on the right, after weeks of negotiations. Frederiksen’s outgoing administration was the first in decades to straddle the left-right divide, and she said she is ready to stay on as prime minister for a third term. Her Social Democrats remained the biggest single party by some distance but Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen, the best-placed center-right challenger to Frederiksen, made clear that he and his Liberal party don’t intend to go into government with the Social Democrats again.“Whether it will be in a new centrist coalition or a government based mostly on votes from the red bloc, that is up to the negotiations,” Stubager, who co-heads the Danish National Election Study, said Wednesday.in its defense against Russia’s invasion and for a restrictive approach to migration — continuing what has become a tradition in Danish politics.Because neither the left-leaning nor right-leaning blocs won a majority, Løkke Rasmussen is now in the role of kingmaker. His centrist Moderate party, with 14 lawmakers in the 179-seat parliament, is in a position to determine whether Frederiksen can serve a third term at the helm of the European Union and NATO country. It takes 90 seats to form a majority. Løkke Rasmussen called on rivals on the left and right to climb down from some of the positions they staked out in the campaign, and “come and play with us.” Neither of the blocs are able to form a majority without the Moderates’ support, making them the only real winner of the election. Stubager said they will be able to force concessions from each party’s campaign promises to reach their goal — a centrist government. “As far as I can see it, it’s not possible to form a government if all these tripwires are intact,” Stubager said. “So somebody will have to go back on a promise in order for there to be a government.”, Stubager said. Late last year, the party was polling poorly, but then got a major bump from Løkke Rasmussen, the government’s foreign minister, through his diplomatic work to calm the tensions with the U.S. that included a headline-grabbing trip to Washington. “Donald Trump put up a stage on which Lars Løkke could perform, and he performed well in the eyes of most Danes,” he said. Frederiksen also was banking on Greenland. Her own polls earlier this year showed an increase in support, prompting her to call the election in February — several months before she had to. She apparently hoped that her resolute image in the standoff would help her with voters. The early election was not necessarily a failed gamble, as the Social Democrats’ support had been lower before the crisis spiked.on threats to impose tariffs on Denmark and other European countries that opposed the U.S. taking control of the vast Arctic island, and the U.S., Denmark and GreenlandDazio covers Northern Europe from Berlin for The Associated Press. She previously covered crime and criminal justice from Los Angeles.
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