Frederiksen Forms 4-Party Denmark Government After 2 Months of Talks
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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 1
Frederiksen Forms 4-Party Denmark Government After 2 Months of Talks
12 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 1
Monday night’s deal keeps Mette Frederiksen in office with a new left-of-center government backed by a parliamentary majority after Denmark’s longest post-election negotiations.
More than two months of talks followed the March election, when her Social Democrats suffered their worst result in a century with just 22% of the vote.
The four-party coalition includes the Social Democrats, Moderates, Green Left and Social Liberals, according to earlier Danish broadcaster reports.
Frederiksen survives less on voter enthusiasm than on a fragmented opposition, extending a tenure that could make her Denmark’s longest-serving postwar leader and preserving a key European voice during tensions over Greenland.
Can left-wing economics and Europe's strictest immigration policy coexist in Denmark's new government?
After her party's worst election since 1903, how did Mette Frederiksen remain Denmark's prime minister?