Danish PM Mette Frederiksen’s left-wing bloc wins election but falls short of majority

Denmark’s left-wing bloc headed by Social Democratic Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen won Tuesday’s general election but failed to secure a majority, as the Social Democrats posted their weakest showing in more than 120 years. With all votes counted, the left-wing bloc was credited with 84 seats in the 179-seat parliament and the right with 77. The centrist Moderate party, headed by foreign minister and former prime minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen, became kingmaker with 14 seats, and thorny...