Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen's attempt to form a new ruling coalition has failed after a key partner withdrew from negotiations, jeopardizing her goal of securing a third consecutive term following the March elections.

Denmark’s king asks Troels Lund Poulsen to form government after PM struggles to gather support The king of Denmark has asked a centre-right politician to try to form a new government after the prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, has failed to put together a ruling coalition. The announcement on Friday night shook the political establishment as Frederiksen has been a staple of Danish politics for decades. Her left-leaning party, the Social Democrats, won the plurality of votes in parliamentary elections in March.

(Brussels = Yonhap News) Correspondent Hyun Yoon-kyung = Attempts by Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen to form a coalition have been abandoned, and a red light has been lit on his three-year plan.