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Danish PM picks right-leaning rivals as key ministers in new government

Jakob Ellemann-Jensen of the Liberal Party, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of the Social Democrats and Lars Lokke Rasmussen of the Moderates attend a presentation of a new Danish government at Marienborg Castle, Copenhagen, Denmark December 14, 2022. Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen via REUTERS

Denmark's Social Democratic Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Thursday appointed right-leaning political rivals as key ministers in her new reform-oriented bipartisan government.

Opposition leader Jakob Ellemann-Jensen of the Liberal Party was appointed deputy prime minister and defence minister, while former prime minister and leader of the newly formed Moderates party, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, was appointed foreign minister.

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