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Lars Løkke says the number of ministries must be cut, but he will not say which ones. His political colleagues, however, are eager to.

Good idea, Lars Løkke: Liberal Alliance and Alternativet point to which ministries could be abolished

Lars Løkke Rasmussen (M) after government negotiations at Marienborg in Kongens Lyngby on Monday, May 25, 2026. On Monday, the royal investigator, Mette Frederiksen, will again meet with Socialistisk Folkeparti, Moderaterne and Radikale Venstre. (Photo: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix) Foto: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix
Lars Løkke Rasmussen (M) after government negotiations at Marienborg in Kongens Lyngby on Monday, May 25, 2026. On Monday, the royal investigator, Mette Frederiksen, will again meet with Socialistisk Folkeparti, Moderaterne and Radikale Venstre. (Photo: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix) Foto: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix
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If the negotiations over governing power in Denmark were a party, all signs suggest it is turning into a game of musical chairs.

The guests who are no longer in the game have gone home, leaving Mette Frederiksen (Socialdemokratiet, S), Pia Olsen Dyhr (SF), Lars Løkke (Moderaterne, M), Martin Lidegaard (Radikale Venstre, RV) and their friends behind.

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