Politics Right-wing liberal fails to form government in Denmark
Almost two months after the parliamentary elections in Denmark, another attempt to form a government has failed. At a press conference, the right-wing liberal Troels Lund Poulsen said that he wanted to inform King Frederik X this evening that he would not be able to form a government.
22.05.2026, 19:28
SDA
This is likely to lead to a new so-called royal round. The parliamentary parties will present themselves to the Danish monarch and announce who they would like to lead the government negotiations. Whoever gathers the most support behind them may attempt to form a government.
Mette Frederiksen was also unsuccessful in forming a government
Following the parliamentary elections at the end of March, caretaker Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was initially given the mandate to negotiate the formation of a new government. However, after weeks of talks, the Social Democrat was unable to announce any success.
Now her rival's search for a coalition has also ended without success. Frederiksen could therefore be at the helm again after the King's Round. Her Social Democrats emerged from the election as the strongest party. However, neither of the two traditional political camps in Denmark - neither the left-green nor the bourgeois-conservative - had clearly won the election.
Former Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, who founded a new centrist party - Moderaterne - a few years ago, therefore has a key role to play. To be able to govern in Denmark, it is enough not to have a majority against you.
