After weeks of negotiations, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has failed to form a government, and King Frederik X has now asked Liberal Party leader Troels Lund Poulsen to lead talks, EURACTIV reports.
In a statement on Friday, the royal household said the King had asked Poulsen to begin negotiations on a government at the request of several centre-right to far-right leaning parties, including the liberals, moderates, conservatives and the far-right Danish People’s Party.
Under the King’s mandate, Poulsen is now expected to explore the formation of a government that excludes both the Social Democrats and the Moderates, signalling a major shift to the right in Denmark’s political landscape.
The move came after weeks of difficult coalition talks following Denmark’s fragmented March snap election, which saw 12 parties enter parliament, with only three winning more than 10% of the vote.
After a meeting with the King on Friday afternoon, Frederiksen said that the Danes had composed the parliament in such a way that a right‑wing government could indeed be formed.
In a social media post on Saturday, Frederiksen acknowledged the setback, saying that “many weeks of negotiations for a new government ended yesterday” and adding: “Of course, I wish Troels all the best for his work in the future.”
Frederiksen had suffered a staggering blow in municipal elections in November 2025, when her party – traditionally Denmark’s biggest – came in second and lost nearly half of the municipalities it controlled, including the capital Copenhagen.
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