Although Demokraatit is a sister party to the Liberal Alliance in Denmark, the so-called blue bloc in Denmark cannot automatically count on support from Demokraatit if the party succeeds in entering the Folketing.
Thus, Demokraatit is following in the footsteps of Siumut, where party chairman Aleqa Hammond has also announced that if Siumut does not automatically support a Social Democratic prime ministerial candidate.
Party chairman of Demokraatit, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, tells Sermitsiaq that the party will not point to a prime ministerial candidate in advance, but that it is about securing as much for Greenland as possible in any negotiations:
Representing more than one party
- We of course have sympathy for some of the parties that we feel closer to in terms of values, but when you are elected to the Folketing from Greenland, where there are only two mandates, we think you have a responsibility and an obligation to try to secure as much as possible for Greenland, says Jens-Frederik Nielsen and continues:
- Even though you are a representative of a party, in many ways you are a representative of more than that, so we will not point to anyone in advance, but we would look forward to having some conversations about what Greenland will get out of either one or the other government.
The Demokraatit did not win a seat in the Folketing in the 2022 election, where the party ran with Anna Wangenheim and Justus Hansen. But Wangenheim won a solid election with 3,482 votes, and on Friday the party announced at a press conference that Wangenheim is running again, even though she currently sits as a member of the Naalakkersuisut with responsibility for health and people with disabilities.
North Atlantic seats saved minister
Since the 2022 parliamentary election, Demokraatit has had two successful elections, respectively in the election to Inatsisartut in March 2025 and again shortly after in the municipal elections.
In the previous election period, the four North Atlantic seats acted as a support party for Mette Frederiksen's SVM government, and in April 2025, three North Atlantic seats voted together with the government to save Climate Minister Lars Aagaard from dismissal. Thus, the North Atlantic mandates could be extremely important for a future government.
The USA is lurking in the background
Regarding the possibility that power changes hands in Denmark from Mette Frederiksen to another candidate, Jens-Frederik Nielsen says that he has been making preparations, also in view of the continuing tense situation with Donald Trump in the White House:
- I have been incredibly involved in it, and I have for a very simple reason. We are still in a difficult situation in foreign policy. We are still facing a great power that has a desire to control us. To own us.
- And that is why we will have to be able to maneuver in very close cooperation as the Greenlandic government and as the Danish government. That is why I have already spoken to almost all the party chairmen in relation to it, says Jens-Frederik Nielsen.
Nielsen: The USA or others should not interfere
He also states once again that the relationship between Greenland and Denmark is not something the USA should interfere in.
- It is something that needs to be discussed between Greenland and Denmark, and the USA or others should absolutely not interfere in it. It is up to us, and we will have to be constructive in that. There we will have to look into the things we have in our past to see how we can create a future no matter what construction is chosen.
