Denmark's PM to explore broad coalition after narrow election win

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The talks are expected to be lengthy, as people have expressed scepticism about such a coalition. Read more at straitstimes.com.

COPENHAGEN - Denmark’s Social Democratic Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, who narrowly won Tuesday’s general election, handed in her resignation on Wednesday and said she would begin exploring a coalition across the political middle.

“This is going to take some time, and compromises will be needed,” she said during a debate with other party leaders on Wednesday, adding that forming a new government “will be very, very troublesome”. The Social Democrats secured their strongest backing in two decades despite criticism of Ms Frederiksen for having centralised power around her office and a controversial decision to cull all mink during the pandemic.

 

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