{"id":2583676,"date":"2026-03-25T12:27:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T16:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/danish-pm-resigns-after-lackluster-social-democrat-backing-moderates-ascend\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T12:31:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T16:31:44","slug":"danish-pm-resigns-after-lackluster-social-democrat-backing-moderates-ascend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/danish-pm-resigns-after-lackluster-social-democrat-backing-moderates-ascend\/","title":{"rendered":"Danish PM resigns after lackluster Social Democrat backing, Moderates ascend"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdanish-pm-resigns-after-lackluster-social-democrat-backing-moderates-ascend%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2583676&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Danish Prime Minister mette Frederiksen resigned after her Social Democrats posted their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/incoming-leftist-coalition-government-in-germany-to-open-doors-to-mass-chain-migration\/\" title=\"Incoming ...ist Coalition ... in Germany to Open Doors to Mass Chain Migration\">worst election result<\/a> in more than a century. The left<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/take-five-intervention-watch-is-here\/\" title=\"Take Five: Intervention watch is here\">-wing bloc<\/a> won 84 seats, but this was still short of a majority against the 77 seats for the right-wing bloc, with the Moderates at 14 seats, leaving Denmark\u2019s parliament fractured and in need of cross-party coalition-building. Frederiksen\u2019s party remains the largest, with 38 seats and 21.9% of the vote, but the declines open the way for new leadership to emerge. The Moderates, led by L\u00f8kke Rasmussen, have become kingmakers, capable of forming a centrist coalition that could bridge the sides, as there is no clear left or right majority. The Danish People\u2019s Party also rose to about 9% of the vote, signaling a shift in politics. In the background, discussions about Greenland and U.S. ties influenced the political landscape, with both Frederiksen and Rasmussen having benefited from those talks as they maneuver to form a new government.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Danish prime minister resigns after lackluster election for Social Democrats, Moderates seek to wield power<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2542817\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/denmark\">Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen<\/a> has submitted her resignation after her party suffered their worst electoral performance in over a century, but a swift return to office is not out of the question.<\/p>\n<p>The Social Democrats&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >left-wing bloc walked<\/a> away as the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/denmark-general-election-parliament-greenland-frederiksen-a47b681838c18ef9b7b4fe63fd4b3b0c\">ostensible winners<\/a> of the Tuesday general election with 84 seats in the nation&rsquo;s 179-seat parliament. But it was far from a majority, with their rival right-wing bloc securing 77 seats and the centrist Moderate Party walking away with 14.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4502083\/iran-speaker-negotiating-tehran-denials\/\">US and Israeli officials insist Iran&#8217;s speaker is negotiating despite denials<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4502598\/two-men-arrested-london-antisemitic-arson-attack\/\">Two men arrested in connection with London antisemitic arson attack<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4502441\/german-president-steinmeier-us-iran-war-illegal\/\">German president says US justification for Iran war &#8216;does not hold water&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The fractured parliament will now need to bridge partisan divides to form a government.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Danes have spoken. They have given us a playing field that, to put it mildly, is a bit tricky to handle when it comes to forming a government,&rdquo; Frederiksen <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2026\/03\/25\/denmark-kingmaker-election-greenland-frederiksen-lokke-rasmussen\/009f9e18-2839-11f1-a0f2-3ba4c9fe08ac_story.html\">said<\/a> of the results on Wednesday. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chairwoman of the Social Democrats Mette Frederiksen leaves after party leaders debate the day after the parliamentary election at the Confederation of Danish Industry&rsquo;s building in Copenhagen, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo\/Sergei Grits)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She continued: &ldquo;But a government must be formed. The world out there doesn&rsquo;t wait for us, and it has only become even more unsettled than when the election was called.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Social Democrats remain the single largest party in the legislature with 38 seats and 21.9% of the vote, but it&rsquo;s a hollow victory for the long-dominating juggernaut of Danish politics. The last time the Social Democrats did worse was in 1903 with 20.4%.<\/p>\n<p>The Royal Palace <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kongehuset.dk\/nyheder\/h-m-kongen-modtog-statsministeren\">confirmed on Wednesday<\/a> that Frederiksen resigned and advised the sovereign to hold meetings with the leaders of the nation&rsquo;s 12 major political parties &mdash; standard procedure after an election shifts the balance of power in the parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Despite her party&rsquo;s decline, Frederiksen is still a top contender to lead the next government.<\/p>\n<p>But the real winners of the election are the Moderates, led by Minister of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4418957\/denmark-united-states-working-group-greenland\/\">Foreign Affairs L&oslash;kke Rasmussen<\/a>. With neither the progressives nor conservatives able to form a majority on their own, the centrist party is now capable of throwing its weight behind whichever coalition can meet it in the middle.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What is clear &mdash; with all conceivable reservations &mdash; I think is that there is no red majority to the left of us, and there is no black-blue majority to the right of us,&rdquo; Rasmussen told supporters on election night, referring to the left- and right-wing coalitions.<\/p>\n<p>The foreign minister explained on Wednesday that he sees his party as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/saturday-october-9th-2021\/\" title=\"Saturday | October 9th, 2021\">prime candidate<\/a> to bring both sides of the aisle together under a mutually palatable platform.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I offered the other day &mdash; and it remains our position &mdash; to take responsibility for sitting down with parties on both sides of the political center line to see whether a political platform can be created, on which a government agreement could then subsequently be established,&rdquo; Rasmussen said.<\/p>\n<p>Both Frederiksen and Rasmussen are believed to have benefited from their roles in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4409022\/trump-options-military-acquire-greenland\/\">negotiating with the United States<\/a> about Greenland&rsquo;s future after President Donald Trump floated the idea of buying the island territory.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4439423\/greenland-independence-activist-trump-us\/\">GREENLAND INDEPENDENCE COULD MAKE THE ISLAND A MAJOR US ALLY, ACTIVIST ARGUES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4417653\/viral-post-barron-trump-danish-princess-match-greenland-talks\/\">King Frederik<\/a> has already wrapped up his meetings with the party leaders for discussions about who should be designated as the &ldquo;royal investigator&rdquo; &mdash; the official tasked with overseeing coalition-building negotiations to form a new government.<\/p>\n<p>The Danish People&rsquo;s Party, the nation&rsquo;s most strident opponents of immigration, more than tripled its support to 9% of votes. It remains an outsider party, but the uptick in support, coupled with the Social Democrats&rsquo; decline, signals a broader shift in Danish politics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frederiksen resigns; Democrats falter, Moderates rise<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3468,"featured_media":2583677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26084448152857.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[13316,76516,5894],"class_list":["post-2583676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-denmark","tag-pm-resignation","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26084448152857.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2583676"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2583680,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583676\/revisions\/2583680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2583677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2583676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2583676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2583676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}