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Denmark's PM Resigns After Historic Election Defeat

3/26/2026

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  • Voters prioritized local concerns in Denmark's election, sidelining international issues such as Greenland and NATO.
  • Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and the Social Democrats won 22% of the vote, the party's worst result in a century.
  • Frederiksen resigned after the Social Democrats failed to win a parliamentary majority.
  • Voter fatigue with Frederiksen's tenure and 12 competing parties contributed to the result.