In an interview with The Local, Jensen said that she does not expect the Danish parliament to vote through a new citizenship bill until October 2027 at the earliest, calling on the estimated 14,000 people in the queue to be "patient".
Denmark's last government – also led by the Social Democrats, although it was further to the right politically – shelved the citizenship bill in October 2025, with the parliament’s Office of Naturalisation (Indfødsretskontoret) claiming parliament did not have time to handle it due to Denmark's presidency of the EU.
The next bill – tabled in parliament in January 22nd this year – was cancelled after the election was announced at the end of February.
The Ministry of Immigration, meanwhile, in March said it was suspending the processing of citizenship applications, citing the need to wait for clarity on what rules would apply after the election.
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