Denmark’s PM resigns

Danish Social Democratic Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, who narrowly won November 1 general election, said she had handed in her resignation to the Queen on November 2 and will begin exploring a coalition across the political middle, Report informs referring to Reuters.

The talks are however expected to be lengthy as both friends and foes of Frederiksen have expressed scepticism of such a coalition, making the outcome uncertain.

The left-leaning bloc, of which Frederiksen’s Social Democratic party is a part, got 90 seats, the slimmest possible majority in the 179-seat parliament, while the right-wing bloc got 72 seats and a newly formed centrist party secured 16.

Frederiksen had campaigned on the need for a broad coalition across the traditional left-right divide, arguing that political unity is needed at a time of international uncertainty.