COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Thursday presented a three-party majority coalition that crosses the left-right divide and includes the leader of the Liberal Party and a former prime minister in key jobs. Liberal leader Jakob Ellemann-Jensen became defense minister while former prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen — who once headed the Liberals but left it and …
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Denmark’s voters defied the recent trend in Europe, of right-wing electoral gains, and rewarded their centre-left Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in Tuesday’s parliamentary elections. The elections took place amid criticism of Ms. Frederiksen’s decision to cull millions of minks during the COVID-19 pandemic and pollsters had expected Ms. Frederiksen to suffer a setback. Before the elections, Ms. Frederiksen had said …
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