Denmark's Frederiksen Seeks Stable Government

0:00On March 25, Denmark's Prime Minister, Metfred Erickson, is determined to hold on to power after an election that delivered no outright winner. Her center-left social democrats stayed the biggest party with 38 seats in the 179 seat parliament, but their vote. Shared dropped to about 22 percent, from 27.5 percent two years ago. The left block fell short, with the green surging to 20 seats on 11.6 percent. From the right, the liberal party took 18 seats, the liberal alliance, 16, and the anti-immigration Danish peoples party climbed to 16, seats with 9.1 percent. That leads the center moderates, who won 14 seats, in a strong position to tip the balance. Fredrickson stressed the urgency of a stable government amid global tensions like wars in Europe and the Middle East. The moderates leader, former Prime Minister Lars Lake Rasmussen, called for national unity as a small NATO and EU nation. Still, the liberal party's defense minister ruled out partnering with her again.

1:04She's earned international praise for tough stances on Ukraine, and the Greenland dispute with former President Trump, plus strict immigration rules. That some admire in places like the UK, but voters focused on rising living costs, squeezing her from greens on the left and hardliners on the right. Last weeks of tense coalition negotiations ahead, as Denmark works to build a workable government for the challenges ahead, that wraps global news today, brought to you with AI. I'm Corey with the story.