Overview
- Copenhagen will be led by SF’s Sisse Marie Welling, who announced a coalition with six parties after the Social Democrats fell to 12.7 percent and third place.
- Across Denmark, the Social Democrats are set to hold 26 mayoralties, down from 44 in 2021, with Venstre overtaking them in the number of mayor posts.
- The Danish vote unfolded alongside reported cyberattacks on party and media websites, with pro‑Russian group NoName057(16) claiming responsibility.
- Germany’s latest RTL/ntv Trendbarometer shows the AfD at 26 percent, the Union at 25 percent and the SPD at 14 percent, while Forsa reports the SPD has lost roughly 60 percent of its 1998 voters and 73 percent are dissatisfied with Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
- An Infratest dimap survey in Niedersachsen puts SPD and CDU tied at 26 percent, the AfD up to 20 percent and no majority for the current red‑green coalition.