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Danish PM says centrist coalition needed at time of crisis

Lars Lokke Rasmussen, of the Moderates, left, and Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, of the Liberal Party, finalize the negotiations with Denmark's acting Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, back to camera, at Marienborg Castle, in Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. Frederiksen says that a centrist government, the first in 44 years, came in “middle of uncertain time” as she outlined the basis for the three-party majority coalition which was a change in the political landscape, meaning the end of the two blocs that have opposed each other for decades. (Mad Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

From left, Jakob Engel-Schmidt, and Lars Lokke Rasmussen, of the Moderates, and Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, of the Liberal Party, finalize the negotiations with Denmark's acting Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, back to camera, at Marienborg Castle, in Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. Frederiksen says that a centrist government, the first in 44 years, came in “middle of uncertain time” as she outlined the basis for the three-party majority coalition which was a change in the political landscape, meaning the end of the two blocs that have opposed each other for decades. (Mad Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Acting Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen presents the new Danish government at Marienborg Castle, in Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. Frederiksen said that a centrist government, the first in 44 years, came in “middle of uncertain time” as she outlined the basis for the three-party majority coalition which was a change in the political landscape, meaning the end of the two blocs that have opposed each other for decades. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Acting Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen presents the new Danish government at Marienborg Castle, in Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. Frederiksen said that a centrist government, the first in 44 years, came in “middle of uncertain time” as she outlined the basis for the three-party majority coalition which was a change in the political landscape, meaning the end of the two blocs that have opposed each other for decades. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Acting Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen presents the new Danish government at Marienborg Castle, in Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. Frederiksen said that a centrist government, the first in 44 years, came in “middle of uncertain time” as she outlined the basis for the three-party majority coalition which was a change in the political landscape, meaning the end of the two blocs that have opposed each other for decades. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Acting Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, center, is flanked by Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, of the Liberal Party, left, and Lars Lokke Rasmussen, of the Moderates as they present the new Danish government at Marienborg Castle, in Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. Frederiksen said that a centrist government, the first in 44 years, came in “middle of uncertain time” as she outlined the basis for the three-party majority coalition which was a change in the political landscape, meaning the end of the two blocs that have opposed each other for decades. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Acting Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, center, is flanked by Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, of the Liberal Party, right, and Lars Lokke Rasmussen, of the Moderates, left, as they present the new Danish government at Marienborg Castle, in Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. Frederiksen said that a centrist government, the first in 44 years, came in “middle of uncertain time” as she outlined the basis for the three-party majority coalition which was a change in the political landscape, meaning the end of the two blocs that have opposed each other for decades. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, Chairman of Venstre, Denmark's Liberal Party arrives for government negotiations at Marienborg, in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tuesday Dec. 13, 2022. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Lars Lokke Rasmussen Chairman of the Moderates arrives for government negotiations at Marienborg, in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tuesday Dec. 13, 2022. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

File - Mette Frederiksen chair of The Social Democrats and acting Prime Minister takes to the press during government negotiations at Marienborg in Copenhagen, Sunday Dec. 11, 2022. (Liselotte Sabroe/Ritzau Scanpix via AP, File)

Danish PM says centrist coalition needed at time of crisis