During the election in Denmark, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen painted a tough picture of the coming winter, with war in Europe, an energy crisis and a slowing economy. Her idea to strengthen Denmark by forming a government across the bloc is now about to – perhaps – come to fruition.
It was a seemingly satisfied and hopeful Acting Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen who met the press on Wednesday, for the first time since the election three weeks ago. She then got the Social Democrats’ best election result in many years, and her own majority for the red bloc – but still went ahead with the idea of forming a broad government across bloc borders.
– Now the negotiations continue and enter a more intensive phase. It is a stage where the parties that can either see themselves in a broad government or in a more binding cooperation with a broad government, will be included, says Frederiksen.
Of the twelve parties in the Folketing, eight are still in the talks, from the Socialist People’s Party on the left to the Danish People’s Party on the right. In the negotiations, care, the economy and the climate have now been cut off, and foreign policy and defense have begun to be discussed.
In the player above: Everything about the negotiations in Denmark – which are expected to continue for a couple more weeks.