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1. Forthcoming policy developments

2. Ongoing debates

Forthcoming policy developments

In June 2026, the new coalition government consisting of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokratiet), the Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti), the Moderates (Moderaterne), and the Danish Social Liberal Party (Radikale Venstre) presented its government platform, The Political Foundation of the Four-Party Government (Det politiske grundlag for firkløverregeringen). The platform outlines a range of initiatives that are expected to affect young people in Denmark in the coming years.

The government has announced new investments in welfare services and education, including measures to strengthen public primary and lower secondary schools (Folkeskolen), improve support for students with low academic achievement, and address school absenteeism and mental health challenges among children and young people. The government also plans to introduce new cross-sectoral support measures for families experiencing severe well-being challenges and long-term school absence among children and young people.

Furthermore, the government intends to continue reforms aimed at improving educational attainment, labour market participation, and social inclusion. These priorities are linked to broader objectives concerning economic sustainability, workforce supply, and equal opportunities for young people across the country.

The government notes that patterns of volunteering are changing, with fewer people willing to take on long-term organisational responsibilities and more people preferring flexible and project-based forms of engagement. In response to these developments, the government intends to launch a tripartite dialogue on civil society and voluntary associations (Foreningslivets Trepart). The initiative will bring together umbrella organisations representing voluntary associations, municipalities, and foundations to address major societal challenges and strengthen the conditions for voluntary engagement. The government emphasises that participation in voluntary associations and organised communities can contribute positively to children’s and young people’s well-being, democratic engagement, and sense of belonging. A key objective of the initiative is therefore to ensure that more children and young people have access to meaningful communities through sports clubs, youth organisations, cultural associations, and other forms of voluntary engagement.

Former governments initiatives
As part of the former 2022-government’s policy on strengthening vocational education as well as preventing young people from failure in education and job, a policy on called More young people must have a leisure job (Flere unge skal have et fritidsjob) (see also press release), has been implemented.

Furthermore, the municipalities have been entitled with the task of monitoring and supporting young people in their educational activities and labour market affiliation until the age of 25 years old. In case of young people with a troubled trajectory, the monitoring may continue until the age of 30 years old. The municipalities umbrella organisation, KL, has published informational and promotional material to the municipalities.

Ongoing debates

There is no ongoing debate on youth policy governance, however youth issues are recurrent in public debate.