2022.11.2022 07:35 (performance 11.2.2022 10:49)
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced her resignation. ©Portal
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced her resignation despite the electoral success of her Social Democrats.
She wants to try to form a new government with broader support across parties, Frederiksen said Wednesday night in Copenhagen. She had already indicated this intention before the election.
It is clear to them that there is no longer a majority behind the government in its current form, explained Frederiksen. Therefore, she will present her resignation to Queen Margrethe II on Wednesday. She will then meet with representatives from other parties for exploratory conversations.
Frederiksen voluntarily resigns to form a government
Frederiksen’s Social Democrats emerged as the strongest force in Tuesday’s election. The incumbent has a good chance of being asked to form a government and stay in power, especially as the centre-left camp, which has so far supported her minority government in parliament, is likely to secure a slim majority of 90 of the 179 seats. . The prerequisite would be that the two terms granted in autonomous Greenland go to the left bloc on Wednesday morning, as expected.