According to Spiegel, the decision was made in the so-called royal round, where all parliamentary parties present themselves to King Frederik the Tenth and name their preferred candidate for forming a government. Whoever receives the most support gets to try first to forge a coalition. Frederiksen had already received this mandate at the end of March but failed in her negotiations. Lund Poulsen then took his turn but also failed to achieve a breakthrough.
Frederiksen’s Social Democrats emerged from the election as the strongest party despite heavy losses. The goal is likely a center-left government. Former Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, whose party Moderaterne sits in the center of the political spectrum, plays a key role. In Denmark, it is enough for a government not to have a majority against it.
Source: www.spiegel.de
