Danish general election called after PM faces mink cull ultimatum

Mette Frederiksen bypasses vote of no confidence over handling of mass cull by calling 1 November ballot

Denmark's prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, has called a general election for 1 November after a member of her ruling coalition threatened to withdraw its support over her handling of the country's controversial Covid mass mink cull.

The Social Liberal party issued an ultimatum demanding that the centre-left leader Frederiksen, who became Denmark's youngest prime minister aged 41 in 2019, call elections before parliament's first debate on 6 October, seven months before they were due.