Potential Danish Government Polls at 47%, Negotiations Enter Record-Breaking Tenth Week

Denmark's potential new government, comprising the Social Democrats, SF, Moderates, and Radicals, is polling at 47% of the vote and is projected to secure 84 seats. This projection, based on the latest Voxmeter poll conducted for Ritzau, closely mirrors the 46.9% of the vote and 82 seats these parties collectively achieved in the March 24 general election.

The prolonged government formation process has now entered its tenth week, marking a new record for the longest negotiations in Danish history. The previous record was set in 2022 when Mette Frederiksen's Social Democrats formed the SVM government, a process that took 44 days from the election to the announcement of the new government.

Intensive government negotiations have been taking place at Marienborg, the Prime Minister's official residence. Mette Frederiksen is leading these discussions as the royal investigator. Both Enhedslisten and Alternativet, who are expected to provide parliamentary support for the new government, have also been involved in recent talks.

Sources indicate that negotiations are continuing, with discussions involving the parties intended to form the government. Enhedslisten's political spokesperson, Pelle Dragsted, remarked on Sunday evening that "knaster, der skal høvles af" (bumps that need to be planed off), but added that progress is being made. He described the negotiations as difficult, noting that "it is always when you begin to approach the finish line that it is the most difficult."

The Voxmeter poll was conducted between May 25 and May 31, involving 1,003 representative individuals over 18 years old through a combination of telephone and web interviews. The poll has a maximum statistical uncertainty of +/- 2.6 percentage points for individual parties.