PM Adviser-Frederiksen To Seek Broad Centrist Gov't

Wires carrying comments from an adviser to head of the Social Democrats Mette Frederisken. Says that Frederiksen has offered her resignation to Queen Margrethe II (as is custom after an election) and will seek to form a 'broader centrist coalition gov't'.

• This comment adds credence to the scenario mooted in our earlier note on the election, that Frederiksen could seek to leave the far-left Red-Green Alliance out of a new governing coalition. Instead they could be replaced by the centrist Moderates of former PM Lars Lokke Rasmussen, a much closer ideological fit to Frederiksen's Social Democrats.
• A coalition of the Social Democrats, Moderates, Social Liberals, Green-Left, and the three left-leaning deputies from Greenland and the Faroe Islands would hold 91 seats in the Folketing, a majority of two. This would eliminate the need for the support of the Red-Green Alliance and even the leftist progressive Alternative Party, making for a much more moderate, centrist gov't.
• Potentially some unease on left with working with former PM Rasmussen's party. Rasmussen governed on two non-consecutive occasions as head of centre-right Venstre. Unclear what junior role he and his party would be willing to accept.

MNI POLITICAL RISK- Negotiations Key To Deciding Direction Of Denmark’s New Government.pdf