Troels Lund Poulsen, leader of Denmark’s right-wing Liberal Party (Venstre), is moving to form a minority centre-right government, despite falling significantly short of a majority in the Folketing.
Speaking from a hotel in Copenhagen, Poulsen expressed frustration over the protracted government formation talks, emphasizing that the country has urgent business to attend to and negotiations should no longer drag on.
To survive, Poulsen is betting that the opposition will not form the majority needed to topple his administration. He hopes to govern by presenting a policy framework—focused on tax cuts, business support, military expansion, and stricter immigration and deportation laws—that can win partial, issue-by-issue backing from parties outside his formal arrangement.
His strategy already has some momentum, as Morten Messerschmidt, leader of the Danish People’s Party, publicly declared his support for the setup. The viability of Poulsen’s minority government may now depend on the reaction of Lars Løkke Rasmussen and his centre-right Moderates.
