The tax reform agreement between the government, Liberals and Conservatives seems to have made the situation worse for the Socialist People’s Party, according to a Gallup poll for Berlingske which gives the SocPpl a mere 5.5 per cent of the vote.

At the last election in November 2011, the Socialist People’s Party garnered 9.4 per cent of the vote.

The poll was taken following the agreement between the six parties on Friday, and following intensive but aborted negotiations with the Red Green party, which would have resulted in agreement between the two sides, but which gave way for a broader agreement with the centre-right.

The drop in the Socialist People’s Party poll projection to 5.5 per cent compares to the last Gallup poll carried by Berlingske on June 8, which showed a following of 7.4 per cent.

“We have a hard job ahead of us to explain the agreement. Obviously we are not content. We have much greater ambitions. I hope that when we explain the agreement, the Danes will also understand,” Søvndal tells Berlingske.

The Gallup poll gives the Social Democrats 17.8 per cent of the vote, the Social Liberals 9.4 per cent and the Red Greens 13.3 per cent – double the 6.7 per cent they received in the November 2011 general election.

The Liberals remain by far the largest party in the Gallup poll on 31.2 per cent, the Liberal Alliance receive 4.4 per cent, the Conservatives 4.9 per cent and with the Danish People’s Party stable at around 13.5 per cent.

According to Gallup, the centre left, including the Red Greens, who have now announced they are no longer the government’s parliamentary safety net, would garner 45.9 per cent of the vote if an election were held now.

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