Denmark's centre-right coalition talks break down, prolonging political deadlock

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COPENHAGEN, May 22 (Reuters) - Denmark's acting Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen's attempt to form a ​centre-right government broke down on Friday, he ‌said, prolonging a post-election stalemate in the Nordic country's parliament.

A March election resulted in a fragmented ​assembly of 12 parties, with Prime ​Minister Mette Frederiksen resigning after her ⁠Social Democrats remained the largest party but ​suffered their worst election result since 1903.

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Poulsen, ​leader of the right-wing Liberal Party, had been asked by the king to explore government options ​after caretaker Prime Minister Frederiksen's own coalition talks ​collapsed earlier this month.

He had sought to form a ‌government, ⁠seeking backing from right-wing parties, but failed to secure support from Lars Lokke Rasmussen's centrist Moderate Party, which had abandoned ​talks with ​Frederiksen and ⁠proposed that Poulsen be given the task.

Denmark's King Frederik will ​now hold fresh talks with party ​leaders ⁠and could ask Frederiksen to make another attempt at forming a government, or hand ⁠the ​task to one of ​the other party leaders.

Reporting by Stine Jacobsen and Jesus Calero, ​editing by Terje Solsvik and Anna Ringstrom

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