Mette Frederiksen

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Acting Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Wednesday...

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The Social Democrats will lead the coalition with Mette Frederiksen, 45, continuing as prime minister, she said in broadcast comments on Tuesday. In a rare turn ...

Acting Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says an agreement has been struck to form a new center-led minority government after 42 days of talks ...

Frederiksen's party won 28% of the vote, or 50 seats in the Nov. Details of who will get the different Cabinet posts will be revealed Thursday. Frederiksen said the governing coalition would include her own Social Democrats, the Liberal Party and the newly created Moderate party of former Danish Prime Lars Løkke Rasmussen.

Denmark's new coalition government plans to cut tax to incentivise work, abolish a public holiday and reform its generous welfare model, Social Democratic ...

The country faces soaring energy prices and the highest inflation in four decades eating into household budgets. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story The government plans 5 billion Danish crowns ($717 million) in tax cuts to encourage people to work more and the abolishing of a public holiday, bringing the number down to 10, she said.

Social Democratic Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Wednesday proudly presented a new cabinet in collaboration with the Liberals, marking the first time ...

Her party is just one of several left-wing parties that either left or were asked to leave government negotiations over the last few weeks because they saw it impossible to find common ground with the Liberals. The new Danish government presented the foundation for several labor and education reforms in Wednesday's press conference. [took center stage](https://www.courthousenews.com/denmark-prepares-for-historic-election-in-time-of-crisis/) in the Nov. Politicians have promised voters they will find solutions to mitigate soaring inflation, uncertainty about energy prices and security questions triggered by the war in Ukraine and [the recent sabotage](https://www.courthousenews.com/denmark-says-explosions-ripped-holes-in-nord-stream-pipelines/) of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines. She also faced a looming vote of no confidence from her own party triggered by [a plan](https://www.courthousenews.com/asylum-deal-with-rwanda-sparks-political-unrest-in-denmark/) to establish a national immigration reception center in Rwanda instead of on Danish soil. The three-party coalition was formed after what has been the longest political negotiations in recent Danish history, taking 42 days to reach an agreement.

Denmark's Social Democratic leader Mette Frederiksen said Tuesday evening she had agreed to form a bipartisan government, breaking the traditional Danish ...

Frederiksen’s center-left Social Democratic Party won more than a quarter of the votes, accounting for 50 seats, followed by the Liberals, which secured 23 seats. The three parties, therefore, hold a practical majority together as four seats of the parliament go to lawmakers from Greenland and the Faroe Islands, who traditionally don’t intervene in Danish domestic politics. [said](https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2022-12-13-mette-frederiksen-hos-dronningen-klar-til-at-danne-svm-regering) Tuesday evening she had agreed to form a bipartisan government, breaking the traditional Danish left-right divide for the first time in more than four decades.