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Crown Prince gets key post in Denmark's government

Mette Frederiksen's third Danish government consists of eleven women and ten men. The fact that Peter Hummelgaard will be the new Minister of Finance is interpreted as making him Frederiksen's "crown prince". We have waited a long time, but it has been worth it; the party's youth leader rejoices.

Frederiksen says her four-leaf clover coalition did the impossible

It is a coalition that will need support to get its policies through. It is the result of ten weeks of negotiations in Denmark. "We are curious about each other and will try to find new solutions," says Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, equally happy and relieved.

First negotiations on Danish government end after Marienborg talks

The first negotiations for a center-left government in Denmark have now been concluded.

Denmark's Prime Minister wants to talk to Trump

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has proposed a conversation with Donald Trump after his outburst about "taking control" of Greenland. I don't think anything concrete will happen before Trump becomes president, she says according to Denmark's Radio after a crisis meeting with Danish party leaders.

Danish left-winger to redraw the map

Mette Frederiksen beaten on open street

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was assaulted by a man on a square in Copenhagen on Friday. The man has been apprehended.