Almost two months after parliamentary elections in Denmark, acting Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has once again been tasked with forming a government.
Frederiksen was picked after the so-called King's Round on Saturday, which took place after the right-wing liberal Troels Lund Poulsen had previously failed in coalition talks.
In the King's Round, all parliamentary parties appear before King Frederik X and announce whom they support as leader of the government negotiations. Whoever unites the greatest support behind them is allowed to be the first to try to form a government.
Frederiksen had already received this mandate after the first King's Round at the end of March but failed to achieve a breakthrough in her talks. Then it was Lund Poulsen's turn.
Now Frederiksen is allowed to try again. Her Social Democrats emerged from the election as the strongest party.
The aim now is likely a centre-left coalition. A key role therefore falls to former Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen who founded the Moderates, a new political centre party, some years ago.
To be able to govern in Denmark it is enough not to have a majority against you.
