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The leader of the Danish Social Democrats, Mette Frederiksen, in November
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In Denmark, for the first time in decades, there are signs of a government being formed involving left and right-wing forces.
The leader of the Danish Social Democrats, Mette Frederiksen, said she had reached an agreement with the Liberals as the main opposition party and the Moderate party to form a coalition government with her as prime minister.
The Social Democrats had become the strongest force in the parliamentary elections at the beginning of November and had achieved their best election result in decades.
Frederiksen had campaigned for a broad coalition across the traditional left-right divide, arguing that political unity was needed at a time of international uncertainty.
This will give Denmark a government constellation across the political center that is rare for the country.
At the same time, after years of minority governments, Germany's northern neighbor will have a government with its own parliamentary majority.
So far, Frederiksen's Social Democrats have sought majorities in Parliament in Copenhagen depending on the political measure.
The new government will be presented on Thursday.
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