Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen\u2019s Social Democrats have emerged as the strongest party in Denmark\u2019s general election but are heading for a historically poor result, initial projections showed on Tuesday after the polls closed.<\/p>\n
It is not yet certain how, or indeed whether, Frederiksen will be able to govern the country for a third term.<\/p>\n
Exit polls conducted by the major television broadcasters DR and TV2 Tuesday evening pointed to an unclear balance of power.<\/p>\n
The three parties that have formed Frederiksen’s administration – the Social Democrats, the centre-right Venstre and Foreign Minister Lars L\u00f8kke Rasmussen\u2019s Moderates – are expected to fall well short of a majority.<\/p>\n
Even a traditional left-green alliance would, according to the projections, be dependent on the support of another party, most likely the centrist Moderates.<\/p>\n
Around 4.3 million Danes were eligible to vote. A provisional final result could be confirmed in the course of Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
Frederiksen is seeking a third term after a row with Washington over the future of Greenland thrust her into the international spotlight.<\/p>\n
The vote comes amid months of heightened tensions over US President Donald Trump’s push to take control of the semi-autonomous Arctic island.<\/p>\n
Frederiksen’s firm rejection of Trump’s bid boosted her approval ratings, helping to stabilize her government after a period of declining support.<\/p>\n
Seeking to capitalize on that momentum, Frederiksen called a snap election last month. She sought to present herself as a reliable crisis manager.<\/p>\n
Projections indicated, however, that the party risked getting its weakest result in more than a century amid voter discontent over cuts to social programmes and the rising cost of living.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen\u2019s Social Democrats have emerged as the strongest party in Denmark\u2019s general election but…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47597,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[9157,27,26,26763,3396,4090,58,16112],"class_list":["post-47596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-denmark","tag-danish-prime-minister","tag-danmark","tag-denmark","tag-initial-projections","tag-mette-frederiksen","tag-munich-security-conference","tag-president-donald-trump","tag-social-democrats"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116286255493367730","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}