Danish PM calls elections to renew parliament in June
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen says elections to renew Denmark's 179-seat parliament will be held June 5 as his three-party governing coalition appears to be behind in opinion polls.
Recent polls show the center-right government bloc, which includes the anti-immigration Danish People's Party, is trailing behind the five-party, center-left opposition headed by the Social Democrats.
Under Denmark's Constitution, a vote must be held by June 17, when the current Parliament, elected in 2015, completes its term.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Loekke Rasmussen, who heads the Liberals, has been in power since 2015. In November 2016 he formed a coalition with the smaller Liberal-Alliance and the Conservatives, but it still depends on the populist Danish People's Party to muster a majority.
The current government has notably adopted laws tightening asylum and immigration rules.