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Incumbent Mette Frederiksen widely predicted to continue as PM but neither bloc expected to be able to form majority

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Usually Danish political coalitions are formed of “red” and “blue” blocs.

“I am not a candidate for prime minister, but I would like to be the one who negotiates a government basis for a government across the middle. Not to form a government, but to investigate whether a government basis can be created. Therefore, I am announcing myself as a royal investigator if we in the Moderates have the decisive votes.”