Denmark will once again become a tax haven with low levies on climate-damaging fossil fuels if politicians cut the tax on gasoline and, especially, diesel, as several parties argued for during and after the campaign.

The proposals come even though a broad majority in Parliament decided in 2024 to raise the diesel tax by 50 øre (Danish cents) plus VAT per liter, because German hauliers and motorists were filling up on low-tax diesel in Denmark. That tax increase helped put Denmark, until this year, on track to meet its climate targets.