Danish centre-right party to go it alone in minority govt

[WorldNews]

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The leader of Denmark's centre-right Venstre party said Friday he would form a minority government with ministers drawn solely from his own camp after unsuccessful negotiations with the anti-immigration Danish People's Party (DPP). "My feeling is that after this evening's discussions, it would be possible to form a Venstre government under my authority, which will receive the support of parliament," Lars Lokke Rasmussen told public broadcaster DR, among other media. Rasmussen was selected to become premier despite his party finishing third with 19.5 percent of the vote in elections last week, behind the Social Democrats and the far-right DPP, which saw its support jump to 21.1 percent from 12.3 percent.

 

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