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Denmark’s pro-Ukraine PM is on the way out – who will replace her?

RT International·RT·21 days ago
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Denmark’s government has collapsed after a record poor election showing for Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. King Frederik X has now asked Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen to form a right-wing government, but little will change: every major Danish party is preparing for war with Russia. In a statement on Friday night, Denmark’s monarch announced that he had tasked Poulsen with forming a government “that does not involve the participation” of Frederiksen’s center-left Social Democrats or Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen’s Moderates. The announcement came after Frederiksen tried and failed to build a government after winning a plurality – but not a majority – in general elections in March. Frederiksen’s party won just under 22% of the vote in March, the worst result for the Social Democrats since 1903. The election was dominated by two issues: the rising cost of living, and immigration.…

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