The impasse in Denmark is over. Mette Frederiksen has changed coalition partners, but remains in power
After seven years of co-ruling with center-right parties, the Danish social democrats decided to form a left-wing coalition with the Socialist People's Party, the Social Liberal Party and the Moderate Party.
Her 21 cabinet ministers include famous names such as former Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen, who remains foreign minister and will continue to lead negotiations with the United States over Greenland's sovereignty.
Potential successors to Frederiksen
As part of a significant change, Peter Hummelgaard, the current Minister of Justice, and Nicolai Wammen, the Minister of Finance, will exchange positions. Although both politicians have so far been perceived as potential successors to Frederiksen, Danish political experts see this change as a signal that the prime minister sees Hummelgaard as the future leader of the Social Democrats.
If the Prime Minister were to resign from office before the end of her term, it was the Minister of Finance who would be best prepared to replace her. However, Frederiksen rejected such interpretations of the personnel changes, telling journalists that it was only part of a broader government reorganization.
Several independent ministries were incorporated into other ministries in the new cabinet, which is the first in Denmark's history to have more women than men.
In addition to the ministries of energy transformation and agriculture, food and fisheries, the ministry of European affairs, originally created to prepare the country for the presidency of the EU Council, was also liquidated.
