Six weeks after the legislative elections, Denmark has a government bringing together the Social Democrats and the Liberals, an unprecedented left-right alliance for more than 40 years, announced Tuesday, December 13 the reappointed head of government, Mette Fredriksen.
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A new government will be presented on Thursday, made up of the Social Democrats, the Liberals and (from the centrist party) the moderates,
” the Social Democratic leader told reporters after informing Queen Margrethe II of the deal.
“A lot of ambitions”
Accustomed to leading minority governments, the Social Democrats, by far the largest party with 50 seats out of the 179 in Parliament, wanted to govern beyond traditional divisions after the November 1 legislative elections.
They had to convince the Liberal Party, the main formation of the Danish right, while a centrist party, the Moderates, newly created by former Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen supported a coalition government.
For this new government, "
there are a lot of compromises, but above all a lot of ambitions
," said Mette Frederiksen, who is due to present the government platform on Wednesday with the leaders of the two other parties.
The new government will be supported by 89 deputies, one less than the absolute majority.
But he should also be able to count on the support of elected MPs from Greenland and the Faroe Islands to have enough support.