The Moderate Party, who hold a crucial kingmaker role in post-election negotiations to find Denmark’s new government, have ignored calls from the left-wing parties to rejoin negotiations for almost two weeks. Until today.
Negotiators from the Moderate Party are set to meet at Marienborg, the Prime Minister’s official residence, on Wednesday, news wire Ritzau reports.
Three left wing parties, the Green Left, Red-Green Alliance and The Alternative, have already visited Marienborg today to take part in negotiations. Multiple party leaders have called for the Moderates to join the discussion, but until now there has been no news.
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, the leader of the Social Democrats, has been nominated to lead negotiations following the election on March 24th. Election results were inconclusive. The so-called ‘red bloc’, made up of the left-wing parties, achieved 84 seats, with the right-wing, ‘blue bloc’, achieving 77. Neither group has a 90-seat majority, rather they will need to collaborate with the non-aligned Moderates, who have 14 seats, if they want to govern.
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The Moderates have so far refused to back a government supported by the Red-Green Alliance, demanding economic reforms in return for their support.
The parties in the left-wing block have so far refused to meet the Moderates’ demands, which means that negotiations have reached somewhat of a road block.
Negotiations have been ongoing for four weeks. Last time around, it took six weeks to form a government.
