Denmark's Frederiksen secures third term as prime minister
The new four-party coalition gives Frederiksen 82 seats and keeps Denmark aligned against U.S. efforts to take Greenland.
- On Wednesday, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen presented Denmark's new Cabinet in COPENHAGEN, featuring 21 ministers with a female majority for the first time in Danish history.
- Following months of talks after inconclusive March elections, Frederiksen formed a minority government between the Social Democrats, the Socialist People, Radikale Venstre, and the Moderates.
- Eleven of the 21 ministers are women; Moderates leader Lars Lokke Rasmussen retained his position as foreign minister, while Peter Hummelgaard was appointed finance minister.
- On Tuesday, Frederiksen presented a political platform pledging support for families struggling with rising prices while maintaining restrictive immigration policies; Nicolai Wammen became justice minister.
- Commentators note that both Hummelgaard and Wammen are contenders to succeed Frederiksen as leader of the Social Democrats, which registered its weakest election score since 1903.
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The Danish Prime Minister, who is serving her third term, promises intransigence regarding Greenland and better times for her compatriots.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has unveiled a government team that for the first time in the country has more women than men - 11 of the 21 members are female ministers. The program advocates the defense of Greenland, lowering food taxes and a strict migration policy.
In Denmark, a centre-left government is formed of four parties, but it does not have a majority in parliament. Over two months after the election, the social democrats of Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen are now cooperating with the Socialist People's Party, the Social-liberal Radical Venstre and the Moderate Party. Frederiksen is thus facing her third term.
The government has shrunk by four ministers, and Mette Frederiksen (S) can present an equal gender distribution.
The centre-left leadership that came into conflict with Donald Trump on the subject of Greenland is preparing to return for a third term. She will become Prime Minister of Denmark, forming a centre-left coalition government following negotiations that lasted more than two months.
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