Several political parties favour withdrawing Denmark completely from the Danish-Swedish postal company, newspaper Jyllands-Posten reports.

The Danish People's Party, the Liberals, the Conservatives and the Social Liberal party all see benefits in leaving the cooperation, according to the report.

A final decision by the parties is pending further consideration, however. The Ministry is to make an assessment no later than March.

The Swedish government has meanwhile announced it will launch an inquiry to look into the postal system by early spring.

Hans Kristian Skibby, the Danish People's Party’s spokesperson for post, said he would prefer a purely Danish company to operate the country’s post.

“Hopefully we can have a happy divorce with PostNord in Sweden,” Skibby said.

The Danish government owns 40 percent of PostNord, with 60 percent owned by its counterpart in Stockholm.

The company has faced sharp criticism on several occasions since it began announcing losses in 2012.

Inefficient mail distribution and poor financial management have been among the criticisms.

But pulling Denmark out of PostNord would be as expensive exercise, according to says Per Nikolaj Bukh, a professor of business economics at Aalborg University.

“Costs for separation would be in the 100-million-kroner class,” Bukh said.

Neither would such a move solve the issues with Denmark’s postal service, according to the professor.

“The Danish part of the postal service will not become more efficient by splitting it up,” he said.

One concern amongst the Danish political parties is that the financial situation in the Swedish part of PostNord will come under increasing pressure in the future due to digitalization. That could result in a negative impact on Danish state finances, given the current joint ownership.

But Denmark cannot simply run away from the bill, Bukh said.

“Experience with the Swedes tells us that the matter can be viewed in different ways. Sweden is not just going to let Denmark make off with the benefits,” he said.

Skibby claimed that Denmark has paid its share in the form of bailouts to PostNord.

“We cannot go blindly into a partnership in which we take on some of Sweden’s financial burdens,” he said.

PostNord continues to make a loss but came increasingly close to breaking even in Denmark in 2019.

The company has also cut deliveries, raised prices and closed virtually all of Denmark's post offices over the last decade, replacing them with counters in supermarkets and convenience stores.

The Danish and Swedish states injected funds to assist the company during the 2018 cost-cutting programme.

An EU commission opened in June 2019 will investigate whether state support of around two billion kroner from Denmark and Sweden breached EU rules.

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