Denmark’s new centre-left government will increase public spending and cut greenhouse gas emissions by 70% before 2030, the country’s youngest ever prime minister is to announce. Arguing they were needed to protect Denmark’s prized welfare system, Frederiksen backed many of the Rasmussen government’s tough immigration measures. The incoming prime minister described the accord as “one of the first in the world to really define green ambitions”. She joined the Social Democrats’ youth league at 15. While the Social Democrats’ vote share declined compared with the previous 2015 elections, the Liberals’ increased.

Source: The Guardian June 25, 2019 23:20 UTC