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Defense and Deputy Prime Minister Troels Lund Poulsen is confident that it will soon be easier to win over Venstre’s base to the advantages of a centrist majority government.

Deputy Prime Minister: We've banished the ghost of the previous SV government

Venstre and Troels Lund Poulsen have now been in government with Socialdemokratiet and Mette Frederiksen for two and a half years. »We didn't buy a pig in a poke,« Lund Poulsen states today. Foto: Jens Dresling
Venstre and Troels Lund Poulsen have now been in government with Socialdemokratiet and Mette Frederiksen for two and a half years. »We didn't buy a pig in a poke,« Lund Poulsen states today. Foto: Jens Dresling
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When the SVM government was young and fresh, Jakob Ellemann-Jensen’s stand-in Troels Lund Poulsen (Venstre) gave an interview filled with praise for his flawless cooperation with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (Socialdemokratiet). The interview was so unexpected that Politiken’s satire section, At Tænke Sig (ATS), had a field day for weeks with the surprising political romance.

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