The moderates’ chairman is highlighted by several media as the man who holds the key to Denmark’s next government.
The Danish general election has ended up on the front page of a large number of online media worldwide on Wednesday.
This applies, among others, to the BBC, The Guardian, CNN, the New York Times, NRK in Norway and SVT in Sweden.
CNN writes, among other things, that the election ended with an “unsettled result”.
The media point out that the election campaign has rather focused on “everyday problems rather than her (Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, ed.) handling of the crisis surrounding US President Donald Trump’s ambitions towards Greenland”.
The BBC mentions “Social Democracy’s weakest election result in more than 100 years”, but believes that Mette Frederiksen “still has a chance to stay in power for a third term”.
– But Denmark is typically governed by coalition governments, so tough negotiations, which can take days or weeks, are now threatening, it says.
At NRK and SVT, it is noted that the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the chairman of the Moderates, Lars Løkke Rasmussen (M), occupies a key position in relation to determining how a future government should be put together.
“He can decide who will be Denmark’s next prime minister,” reads the headline at SVT.
The media writes that Lars Løkke Rasmussen and the Moderates will play a role as a “wave breaker” who can decide how a future government is put together.
The moderates won 7.7 percent of the vote and 14 mandates in Tuesday’s general election.
The 14 mandates can be decisive in the formation of a government, as neither red nor blue block can muster a majority without the party.
The result shows 84 mandates for the red bloc and 77 for the blue bloc.
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