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Danish PM avoids impeachment over illegal mink cull

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen holds a news conference with Justice Minister Mattias Tesfaye at Field's shopping centre a day after a shooting occurred at the mall, in Copenhagen, Denmark, July 4, 2022. Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen/via REUTERS

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen received an official reprimand from parliament on Tuesday, including from her own party, but avoided an impeachment over the government's decision to cull all mink in the country two years ago.

Supporting parties to the minority Social Democratic government handed Frederiksen the equivalent of a political slap on the wrist, local media reported, and one party has demanded the government calls an election in early October.

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