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Mette Frederiksen, Danish Prime Minister and chairman of the Social Democratic Party, reacts during a meeting with members of her party in the parliament in Copenhagen, Denmark, early Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022.
DESPITE finishing first in Denmark’s election, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen decided to step down along with her Social Democratic government today in an attempt to build a broader coalition across the political divide.
Ms Frederiksen’s announcement came after a dramatic vote count, in which the centre-left bloc that has backed her since 2019 retained its majority in parliament by a single seat.
In theory, the 44-year-old Social Democratic leader could have stayed in power as head of a minority government.
Despite opposition from Greenland’s people and Denmark, Washington intends to control the Arctic territory one way or another. Strategic dominance, mineral wealth and military power are the driving forces at play, writes ROGER McKENZIE
Communists lit the spark in the fight against Nazi German occupation, triggering organised sabotage and building bridges between political movements. Many paid with their lives, says Anders Hauch Fenger
