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Politico (25 March 2026)

Jakob WEIZMAN

The Danish prime minister suffered a major slump in vote share at the 2026 election, but will still be in pole position to lead the next government. 

Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen emerged battered and bruised from a hard-fought national election, but with a viable path to retaining her grip on power in Copenhagen.

Despite suffering its worst result in more than a century, Frederiksen’s Social Democrats still won the most votes in Denmark’s election after a winter of discontent during which she battled with U.S. President Donald Trump over his ambition to seize Greenland, a self-ruling Danish territory.

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