00:01Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen's Social Democrats finished first in Denmark's general
00:07elections, but lost ground compared with the last election in 2022, as did her two partners
00:13in the outgoing government. Official results showed neither left-leaning nor right-leaning
00:18blocs won a majority in Parliament. The left bloc was credited with 84 seats in the 179-seat
00:26Parliament and the right with 77, while 90 are needed for a majority. The centrist moderate
00:32party, headed by Foreign Minister Lars Lacher-Rasmussen, became kingmaker with 14 seats,
00:37and thorny negotiations are expected in the coming weeks to build a coalition government.
00:42Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, a Social Democrat who has been in office since 2019,
00:48was widely seen as the favorite in opinion polls running up to the election after standing up
00:53to U.S. President Donald Trump over Greenland. She told supporters that she's ready to stay on as
00:58Prime Minister.
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