Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen recently announced to the nation that a new government will not be in place for a few weeks.
However, she confirmed that it is not about who will be part of the majority, but more about who will not be.
As things stand, eight parties are still at the negotiating table to join: Frederiksen’s own party Social Democracy together with the Moderates, Liberals, Conservatives, Liberal Alliance, Radicals, SF and the Danish People’s Party.
The first party to withdraw was the Danish Democrats, followed by Nye Borgelige. And then today, Wednesday 23 November, Enhedslisten and Alternativet withdrew.
It looks like at least five weeks
Frederiksen held a short press conference outside the Prime Minister’s Office today. It follows three weeks of negotiations โ and means that Denmark still does not have a government in place 22 days after the parliamentary election.
In total, she revealed, there have already been 49 meetings between Frederiksen and the party leaders โ as well as two meetings involving all parties.
Should all seven parties remain involved, it would give the majority (when the North Atlantic seats are factored in) 143 of the 179 seats in parliament.
“It will be a process where the parties can either see themselves in a broad government or in binding cooperation with a broad government,” explained Frederiksen.
Source: The Nordic Page