00:00Denmark's acting prime minister, Matt Frederiksen, says she will form a center-left minority coalition government months after the country's
00:09general elections.
00:10She says the deal was reached after prolonged talks and that a new cabinet will be presented on Wednesday.
00:17A total of 12 parties won seats in the inconclusive general election in March.
00:23Frederiksen's Social Democratic Party won the most votes but recorded its weakest performance since 1903 and well short of the
00:3190 needed for a majority.
00:33According to a statement from the Royal Palace, the new coalition will include the Social Democrats, the Socialist People's Party,
00:41the center-left, and the centrist moderates.
00:44The agreement gives Frederiksen a third term as prime minister, at a time when U.S. President Don Trump has
00:52reiterated calls for the U.S. to take control of Greenland for national security reasons.
00:57Frederiksen has firmly rejected any suggestion that Denmark will cede sovereignty, saying a U.S. takeover will signal the end
01:05of NATO.
01:05Frederiksen has
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