After a week of trying to put together a coalition, the Liberal leader acknowledged defeat, Friday, and announced that the centre-right parties had given him the go-ahead to form a Liberal-only government that will have to rely heavily on outside support on a vote by vote basis. This is according to Seven59.dk and other media.<\/p>\n
Only one government in Danish history, in 1973, had fewer members in parliament, with 22 seats, and that lasted just 14 months.<\/p>\n
Mr L\u00f8kke Rasmussen said he was confident of support in parliament, before presenting his new cabinet to Queen Margrethe.<\/p>\n
Kristian Jensen, who at one point last year was widely expected to take over Liberal leadership when Mr Rasmussen was hit by an expenses scandal, was named foreign minister.<\/p>\n
The Danish People\u2019s Party (DF), EU-sceptic and right wing in most aspects of its policies, refused to join the government despite winning its best election result yet and becoming the largest party on the right in parliament. Party leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl said:<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you\u2019re a minority government and you\u2019re not ready to listen, you\u2019re going to have a hard time. If you\u2019re willing to listen, especially to the DPP (DF), then you\u2019ll have the opportunity to have a reasonable and stable government.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to media sources, Mr Thulesen Dahl had refused to back down on his demand for further restrictions on immigration and a referendum on whether Denmark should stay in the European Union.<\/p>\n
Political watcher Martin Larsen of Copenhagen University, said it\u2019s \u2018extremely likely\u2019 that an election will be called before the four-year period is over as, on average, one-party governments sit for no more than two-and-a-half years.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt opens up the possibility of broad, across the aisle legislation without the government, which would make life difficult for the prime minister,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Prime Minister presented his new cabinet to Queen Margethe, Sunday \u2013 17 new ministers representing 50 per cent of the Liberals\u2019 parliamentary representation.<\/p>\n
New Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen will also assume responsibility for development aid, while former defence minister S\u00f8ren Gade, seen as a potential rival to Lars L\u00f8kke Rasmussen, has been bypassed. <\/p>\n
For universities, the most interesting minister is the new Minister of Education and Research: Esben Lunde Larsen. To TV2 news the new minister said that the first thing that he will start work on as a minister is the controversial Study Progress Reform, that was designed to speed up students’ graduation times.<\/p>\n
Here is the list of ministers:<\/p>\n
Prime Minister: Lars L\u00f8kke Rasmussen
\nMinister for Foreign Affairs and Development: Kristian Jensen
\nFinance Minister: Claus Hjort Frederiksen
\nJustice Minister: S\u00f8ren Pind
\nBusiness and Growth Minister: Troels Lund Poulsen
\nTax Minister: Karsten Lauritzen
\nImmigration and Housing Minister: Inger St\u00f8jberg
\nMinister for Employment: J\u00f8rn Neergaard Larsen
\nMinister for Culture and Ecclesiastical Affairs: Bertel Haarder
\nMinister for Transport and Buildings: Hans Christian Schmidt
\nEnvironment and Agriculture Minister: Eva Kjer Hansen
\nSocial Minister and Minister of the Interior: Karen Ellemann
\nEnergy and Climate Minister: Lars Christian Lilleholt
\nMinister for Children, Education and Equality: Ellen Trane N\u00f8rby
\nMinister of Health and Care for the Elderly: Sophie L\u00f8hde
\nMinister of Education and Research: Esben Lunde Larsen
\nMinister of Defence, with responsibility for Nordic Affairs Carl Holst<\/p>\n
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