Caretaker Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, armed with a royal mandate, is leading coalition talks among the 12 parties in parliament but has so far only won support from left-wing groups, which is not enough to secure a parliamentary majority.
Frederiksen’s centrist coalition lost its majority in the March 24 election as voters revolted over a cost-of-living crisis, although her Social Democratic Party remains the biggest group in parliament with 38 out of 179 seats.
“There is no end date to the negotiations (on a new government), this must take the time that it takes,” Frederiksen told reporters late on Thursday during an EU summit in Cyprus.
The centrist Moderates Party and the right-wing Liberal Party, both members of Frederiksen’s outgoing coalition, have so far rejected the idea of relying on far-left parties to secure a majority.
