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Denmark holds early parliamentary elections.
This was announced by Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.
The social democrat named November 1 as the date.
Frederiksen was able to determine the time himself.
The new election only has to take place no more than four years after the last parliamentary election, in this case by June 4, 2023 at the latest.
The announcement comes as no surprise.
The signs of an election in autumn had already increased in the past few days.
"I think it could be coming soon," Frederiksen had said on Tuesday after Parliament opened.
She has been head of government since 2019 and leads a minority government.
threatened vote of no confidence
The background is an ultimatum from the left-liberal party Radicals.
This supports Frederiksen's one-party government, but had demanded that the social democrat call parliamentary elections before the opening of parliament after the summer recess.
Otherwise, the party wanted to force a vote of no confidence in the coming days.
According to observers, she has a majority in parliament behind her.
Frederiksen has been criticized for her role in the mink scandal.
Millions of mink were illegally killed during the coronavirus pandemic.
In a report, an independent commission sharply criticized the prime minister and parts of her government, which made the decision to kill the mink because the coronavirus had mutated in the animals and spread to humans.
Mink breeding is now permitted again in Denmark.
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