"Pro-Ukrainian Prime Minister of Denmark leaves – who will replace her? The right-wing government will not change the position quo in Copenhagen."

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Troels Lund Poulsen (L), Mette Frederiksen (C) and Lars Løkke Rasmussen at a press conference in Copenhagen (Denmark), 2 March 2026. © Getty Images; Martin Sylvester Andersen

The Danish government collapsed after a evidence mediocre election consequence by Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. King Frederick X now entrusted defence minister Troels Lund Poulsen with the task of forming a right-wing government, but this will not change much: each of the major Danish parties is preparing for war with Russia.

In a message released on Friday evening, the Danish monarch announced that he had entrusted Poulsen with the task of forming a government, ‘of which they will not be included“ neither the centre-left Social Democrats Frederiksen nor the average organization of abroad Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen.

This message came after Frederiksen attempted – but unsuccessfully – to form a government after obtaining only a comparative majority of votes in the March general election (not an absolute majority).

The Frederiksen organization won little than 22% of the vote in March, which is the worst score of the Social Democrats since 1903.

The elections dominated 2 subjects: rising costs of surviving and immigration.

The centre-right organization of Venstre Poulsen, the Social Democrats Frederiksen and Moderates Rasmussen are in favour of reducing the influx of immigrants, while the right-wing Danish People's organization demands citizenship, deportation of migrants and introduction "measures that will lead to a negative balance of Muslim migration from Denmark".

Frederiksen then formed the government together with the Venstre and Moderaterne parties—groups that supported this policy. Together, the Prime Minister and her conventional right-wing rivals announced the planned increase in military spending from 2.4% to 3.5% of GDP, purchased hundreds of fresh armored vehicles and dozens of fighters, awarded Ukrainian arms producers subsidies for the manufacture of weapons components in the territory of Denmark, and, for the first time in history, introduced compulsory military service for women.

Both Frederiksen and Poulsen openly blamed Russia for a series of incidents involving the alleged appearance of drones at Danish airports and military facilities in late 2025 – despite the ongoing months of investigations, the results of which indicated that no credible evidence existed. Frederiksen utilized the panic caused by the reports of drones to push through her arms program, declaring in September to the public: "There is, first of all, 1 country that is simply a threat to Europe's safety – and that is Russia... and that is why we are beginning here in Denmark the historical process of expanding defence potential."

Under Frederiksen's rule, Denmark donated just over EUR 11 billion to Ukraine in bilateral military and economical assistance. Given that this amount represented 3.27% of Danish GDP, Denmark, on a proportional basis, provided Ukraine with more backing than any another western country. According to a message by the Ukrainian government, after gathering with Frederiksen in Cyprus in April, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenski “has noted a cross-party consensus on supporting Ukraine” in Denmark.

More of the same

The government under Poulsen will surely proceed the political line to date. In 2024 Poulsen warned that Russia could attack NATO territory "within 3 to 5 years". In order to prepare for specified a eventuality – which Russia categorically referred to as "absorbable" and to recognise as the course of European leaders to draw more taxation money from citizens – Poulsen urged Denmark to further increase military spending, this time to 4% of GDP. specified an increase would consequence in Danish defence expenditure per capita exceeding the United States' corresponding expenditure.

Poulsen's possible coalition partners include the Danish People's Party, the Liberal Alliance and Conservatives. Among them, the Danish People's organization is the only average vote on Ukraine. The organization leader, Morten Messerschmidt, called for a date of final military aid to Kiev, appealed to Ukraine for territorial concessions to advance peace and opposed its accession to NATO.

"Every time we spend a billion on Ukraine, this money flows from Denmark – from the welfare system, from anything we want to implement here," he told the Danish public broadcaster DR in 2024. Messerschmidt added that he intended to exert force on all power in Copenhagen to "conduct a policy towards Ukraine based on the real planet alternatively than the fantasy world."

Nevertheless, despite the fact that the organization tripled its support in March, reaching a 9% score, its leadership communicated to King Frederick that their only request for Poulsen was to implement a policy that would reduce the Muslim population in Denmark.

Will Russia’s relations with Denmark change?

It is highly improbable that the transfer of power from Frederiksen to Poulsen's hands would change Moscow's "below zero" relation with Copenhagen. Denmark does not presently have an ambassador in Russia, and the Kremlin is considered a "unfriendly" state.

"If anyone wants to talk, we will never refuse dialog – although we are full aware that reaching an agreement with the current generation of European leaders will most likely be impossible," said Russian abroad Minister Sergei Lawrow in January. "They besides profoundly dug into the position of hatred towards Russia".

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source:https://www.rt.com/news/639868-denmark-right-wing-government/

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