{"id":4324,"date":"2026-03-25T11:26:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T11:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/03\/25\/denmarks-pm-resigns-after-failing-to-secure-majority-in-general-election-al-jazeera\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T11:26:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T11:26:29","slug":"denmarks-pm-resigns-after-failing-to-secure-majority-in-general-election-al-jazeera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/03\/25\/denmarks-pm-resigns-after-failing-to-secure-majority-in-general-election-al-jazeera\/","title":{"rendered":"Denmark\u2019s PM resigns after failing to secure majority in general election &#8211; Al Jazeera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Mette Frederiksen could return for a third term as prime minister after tough coalition talks.<\/em><br \/>Save<br \/>Share<br \/>Danish \u2060Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has \u2060submitted her government\u2019s resignation \u2060to the king after her three-party coalition <a href=\"\/news\/2026\/3\/24\/polls-open-in-key-denmark-elections-clouded-by-trumps-greenland-threat\">suffered a \u200clarge defeat in a general election<\/a>, the royal palace said in \u2060a statement.<br \/>Parties are set \u2060to launch potentially tough and \u2060long negotiations on Wednesday to determine \u2060whether \u2060the next government will be formed by Frederiksen \u200cor another party leader.<br \/>Frederiksen\u2019s Social Democratic Party had \u2060its worst election since 1903 on Tuesday, winning just 38 seats in the 179-seat parliament \u2013 down from 50 four years ago \u2013 amid voter concerns over immigration, a cost-of-living crisis and welfare.<br \/>Her left-wing bloc won 84 seats in parliament, versus 77 for the right-leaning parties, with both sides falling short of the 90 needed for a majority.<br \/>That leaves both sides dependent on \u2060the 14 seats won by the unaligned Moderates Party of Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen, a centrist group that could emerge \u2060as kingmakers in coalition talks.<br \/>The Social Democrats remains Denmark\u2019s biggest party, however, with 21.9 percent support, meaning Frederiksen could return for a third term as prime minister following coalition talks.<br \/>Domestic policy issues overshadowed the support for Frederiksen\u2019s defiant stance towards United States President Donald Trump\u2019s \u200crepeated ambitions to acquire Denmark\u2019s semi-autonomous territory, Greenland.<br \/>Frederiksen warned in January that a <a href=\"\/news\/2026\/1\/7\/us-says-military-always-an-option-in-greenland-as-europe-rejects-threats\">US takeover of Greenland<\/a> would amount to the end of NATO.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Al Jazeera English:<\/p>\n<p><a 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potentially tough and \u2060long negotiations 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