After Frederiksen Falls Short in Denmark, Right-Leaning Politician Is Asked to Form Government
The New York Times • • world
Key Points:
- Denmark's king has appointed center-right politician Troels Lund Poulsen to try forming a new government after Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen failed to build a coalition.
- Frederiksen's Social Democrats won the most votes in March but struggled to unite leftist and moderate parties amid a fragmented political landscape with rising far-right and far-left parties.
- The king’s statement specified that the new government formation talks would exclude the Social Democrats and the Moderates.
- Frederiksen received praise for blocking former President Trump's attempt to acquire Greenland but faced challenges on domestic issues like tax policy, immigration, and agricultural regulations.
- In the March election, Frederiksen’s party recorded its worst performance in a century with only 22% of the vote, and the left-wing coalition fell short of a parliamentary majority.
